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1Who did the UK join to end the occupation of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein?
- AUS
- BUN
2Didn't really change any of Thatcher's policies except removing [blank_start]Poll Tax[blank_end]
- APoll Tax
3When did Major sign the Maastrict Treaty?
- A1993
- B1994
- C1992
4Some of the terms of Maastrict were...
- Aa common European foreign policy
- BA European central bank
- CSingle European currency
- DA single European Army
- EFree movement between countries
5What labour leader lead a poorly judged campaign, losing him the election?
- ANeil Kinnock
- BMichael Foot
6What newspaper switched its support from Labour to the conservatives?
- AThe sun
- BThe daily Mail
- CThe Telegraph
7When did the UK join the ERM?
- A1990
- B1991
- C1992
8What did the CoE do to try to maintain the pound at the level required by the ERM?
- ARaised interest from 10%-15%
- Bsold off £30 billion worth of UK's foreign reserves
- CSold off half of Britain's gold
9We dithdrew from the ERM on the 16th [blank_start]December[blank_end], it was known as 'Black [blank_start]Wednesday[blank_end]'
- AWednesday
- BDecember
10Withdrawing from the ERM resulted in...
- Aa deeper divide between Eurosceptics and pro Europeans
- BMajor's authority undermined
- CArgument of the Eurosceptics against deeper integration with Europe was strengthened
- Dthe CoE stepped down
- EThe conservative image improved
11Britain's growth rate was better than Europe
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
12[blank_start]ERM[blank_end] fiasco made the signing of the Maastrict treaty more difficult
- AERM
13MPs were concerned about loss of sovereignty if we signed the treaty
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
14Major had to use [blank_start]desperate[blank_end] means to force the treaty to be signed, strengthening the number of [blank_start]Eurosceptics[blank_end]
- Adesperate
- BEurosceptics
15A complex civil war broke out in the [blank_start]Balkans[blank_end]
- ABalkans
16The Dayton Peace Agreement was signed in December [blank_start]1995[blank_end]
- A1995
17Heritage Minister David Mellor resigned over an [blank_start]affair[blank_end] with a Spanish actress
- Aaffair
18Environment Minister Tim Yeo had an [blank_start]affair[blank_end] with a conservative councillor producing a love child
- Aaffair
19He lost all the by-elections held in his time
- ARichtig
- BFalsch
20Many saw his big defeat a delayed reaction to [blank_start]Thatcherism[blank_end]
- AThatcherism
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- Quiz am Major, erstellt von Milly am 07/06/2016.
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- Milly
- Sprache
- English
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