Challenge and Transformation: Britain c1851-1964 - A Level History Quiz

Question 1

What were some of the impacts of Sandon's Education Act, 1876?

Accepted Answer

Set up attendance committees.

Question 2

Which of the following acts helped to safeguard workers?

Accepted Answer

Shops Act., Labour Exchanges Act., Coal Mines Act.

Question 3

What were some of the reasons for the split of the Liberal Party in 1886?

Accepted Answer

Gladstone's conversion to Home Rule., Attitudes to imperialism.

Question 4

How many Labour MPs were elected in the 1906 general election?

Accepted Answer

29

Question 5

What were some of the reasons for the depression in industry, 1860s-1870s?

Accepted Answer

After 1870, Britain was facing more competition., Supply was overtaking demand as production increased., Britain was falling behind countries such as Germany.

Question 6

John Redmond was the leading of which of the following groups?

Accepted Answer

Parnellite Nationalists.

Question 7

How much did the wages of industrial workers rise by in average between 1850 and 1875?

Accepted Answer

50%, 30%

Question 8

What were some of the clauses of the Second Reform Act?

Accepted Answer

All male householders who lived at the same area for a year., Lodgers who paid £10 pounds a year.

Question 9

Why was the People's Budget of 1909 not accepted?

Accepted Answer

The House of Lords saw it as an attack on their wealth.

Question 10

Which of the following acts helped the issue of poor housing in the years 1886-1905?

Accepted Answer

Working Class Dwellings Act., Housing of the Working Class Act.

Question 11

Emmeline Pankhurst was the founder of which of the following unions?

Accepted Answer

The Woman's Social and Political Union.

Question 12

True or false, Britain was not a free trading nation.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Who were the Fenians?

Accepted Answer

National militants who wanted a repeal of the Act of Union.

Question 14

In what year did Gladstone resign for the last time?

Accepted Answer

1994

Question 15

Which of the following made it so that trade unions could be sued?

Accepted Answer

Taff Vale case.

Question 16

What were Dissenters and Nonconformists?

Accepted Answer

Protestants who had broken away from the Church of England.

Question 17

Who was the Prime Minister from 1865-1866?

Accepted Answer

Lord John Russell

Question 18

Who is this man?

Accepted Answer

Samuel Smiles.

Question 19

Which person does this source dipict?

Accepted Answer

Lord Salisbury.

Question 20

In what year did Charles Parnell emerge as the leader of the Irish Nationalists?

Accepted Answer

1879

Question 21

What year did the Great Exhibition take place?

Accepted Answer

1851

Question 22

What were some of the reasons for problems in agriculture, 1870s-1880s?

Accepted Answer

Competition from cheap imports of wheat from the US., The canning process development.

Question 23

For what reasons did the third Home Rule Bill get delayed?

Accepted Answer

It was rejected by the House of Lords., The outbreak of the First World War.

Question 24

What did Gladstone do to encourage self-help for those in poverty?

Accepted Answer

Set up Post Office Savings Banks.

Question 25

Why did the Conservative Party Split in 1846?

Accepted Answer

Repeal of the Corn Laws

Challenge and Transformation: Britain c1851-1964 - A Level History Quiz

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