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Who was the prime minister when WW1 Broke out?
Asquith
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Which government was Asquith leading?
Liberal gov and had INP support.
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How was Asquith seen as weak?
He appointed lord kitchener to secretary of state for war as he was not a natural war leader however this showed him as passing the responsibility to someone else.
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What did the liberal government introduce at the start of the war 1914?
DORA (defence of the realm act)
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What did DORA do?
This gave the government extensive war time powers including the censorship of newspapers and also making strikes illegal.
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What problems had started to arise in 1915?
The shell crisis caused by a shortage of ammunition
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Who was the leader of the conservative party at this time?
Bonar Law
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What changes were decided for the government in 1915?
A coalition or national government.
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What was introduced in January 1916?
The military service act which imposed conscription on unmarried men between 18 and 41.
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What changed to do with this law in april?
Asquith extended conscription to be with married men aswell.
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What occurred 1916 in Dublin?
The easter rising
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Who became the prime minister after the Asquith?
Lloyd George
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What did lloyd George pass in february 1918?
The representation of the people act.
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What did the representation of the people act?
Enfranchising all men over 21 and women over 30 meeting the property qualifications.
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When did the Maurice debate take place and what was it?
May
General Maurice had written in the times accusing Lloyd George of not adequately supplying troops on the western front.
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Who won the coupon election 1918?
Bonar Law
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What problems did the conservitives face under Bonar-Law?
-Party disunited over tarriff reform.
-They had become intense, endorsed and used violence
-They were viewed negatively.
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What successes did Bonar law have during and after WW1?
-Joined the coalition movement meant that they had moved away from their tarnished reputation.
-Helped cons become electorale
-success in 1918 election
-became PM
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When were seats distrubuted and why?
1918 and this was to try and ensure equal sized constituencies adding to the uncertainty of the december election results.
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How did politics change from 1918?
Voting on 1 day and this was to reduce corruption.
Returning officers expenses to be paid by the state not the candidates.
£150 deposit to deter time wasters to stand
Plural voting if owned more than one land could only vote twice.
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How many women had made up the electorate in 1918?
42%
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Why did the liberals decline?
-Labour party growth
- Lloyd George was weak.
-They were divided
-Lloyd was power hungry
-Its middle class character lost its working class support.
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When did the abdication crisis happen?
December 1936.
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What was the abdication crisis?
Edward VIII wanted to marry and proposed to Mary Wallis Simpson who was already married and going through a divorce.
This was viewed bad among the church as she would never be queen and their children would succeed the throne seen as the end of the monarc
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Who supported Edward VIII?
Mosley
Winston Churchill
Daily mail
Daily express
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Why was winston churchill viewed negatively after this?
He was seen as interfering as he was his friend.
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Who was against Edward VIII?
Archbishop of Cantebury
Times
He was also seen as a Nazi Sympathiser as he met Hitler in 1937.
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Who became king after Edward VIII was forced to abdicate?
George VI
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what was the cons gov like during 1922-1923?
Bonar Law 1922-23 retires ill
1922 cons election victory
divided over tariff reform
BALDWIN 1923-23
Baldwin calls a election but fails
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What was labour government like 1923-24?
-strengthened self for future.
-Strong education and social policies
-Big failure with the Zinoviav letter with 'soft on communism'
-Came in power again 1929-31
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What was the gov like under MacDonald?
-Minority government
-liberal support
-weak
-saw events such as the wall street crash and the great depression.
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What was the conservative government like in 1924-29?
Baldwin leader won by landslide majority of 223 seats
1928 passed women vote 21
but had problems with the general strike 1926
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What was the BUF?
The British Union of Fascists which was a political party formed in 1932 by Oswald Mosley.
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