Britain 1951-2007 AQA A Level Quiz

Britain 1951-2007 AQA A Level Quiz

11th - 12th Grade

161 Qs

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Britain 1951-2007 AQA A Level Quiz

Britain 1951-2007 AQA A Level Quiz

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History

11th - 12th Grade

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Harrison Glennon

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161 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Macmillan make his speech in Cape Town in 1960?

To let the white minority regimes know that they could no longer resist reform

To let the native Africans know that decolonisation was soon coming.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What were Healey's defence cuts designed to do by 1970?

To cut the defence budget to £2 billion per year

To make the British army more efficient

To retreat 'East of Suez'

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When did Healey publish his white paper to retreat 'East of Suez'?

1965

1968

1967

1966

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Denis Healey's white paper in 1967 include?

To cut the defence budget to £2 billion

To set a timetable for British withdrawal 'East of Suez'

To not send British troops to Vietnam

To not intervene in the Rhodesian crisis.

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What countries did Britain have troops in 'East of Suez' by the mid 60s?

Aden

Malaya

Singapore

Burma

India

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What did many on the Labour left like Barbera Castle believe about the EEC?

That the EEC was a capitalist club that would undermine socialist progress in Britain.

That the EEC would give rise to a powerful and aggressive Germany again

That the EEC would ruin British sovereignty

That the EEC would mean much higher food prices

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Gaitskell fear about the EEC?

That the EEC would be the first step to a European federal political union

That food prices would skyrocket

That it would ruin the Anglo American relationship

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