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GCSE HISTORY FLASHCARDS
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- 1Who gained control of German-owned 'West Prussia' and 'Posen' in 1919?Poland
- 2Who gained control of German-owned 'North Schleswig' in 1919?Denmark
- 3Who gained control of the German-owned states of 'Eupen', 'Morsenet' and 'Malmedy' in 1919?Belgium
- 4Who gained control of German-owned 'Alsace-Lorraine' in 1919?France
- 5What happened to German-owned 'Estonia', 'Latvia' and 'Lithuania' in 1919?They became independent states
- 6What were the five key terms of the 'Treaty of Versailles'?Guilt for the war
Armed Forces
Reparations
German Territories
League of Nations - 7Who was the British Prime Minister in 1919?Lloyd George
- 8Who was the Prime Minister of France in 1919?Georges Clemanceau
- 9Who was the American President in 1919?Woodrow Wilson
- 10What was the most important treaty signed in 1919, and who was it with?The Treaty of Versailles
Germany - 11What youth subculture was responsible for much of the violence at Notting Hill in 1958?Teddy Boys
- 12What was the largest immigrant group to Britain before 1945?Irish
- 13What did the '1962 commonwealth immigrants act' do?Restricted immigration to people who had a valuable skill or could do a job in a shortage area
- 14What were the years of the second world war?1939-1945
- 15What were the traditional expectations for women in the 1930s?Stay at home to cook, clean and look after the children
- 16What year was the 'commonwealth immigrants act' passed? Was this a conservative or Labour decision?1962
Conservative - 17What was the name of Enoch Powell's inflammatory speech on the problems of mass immigration and when was it delivered?River of Blood
1968 - 18What was the name given to the coalition government formed by Winston Churchill during the second world war?Government of National Unity
- 19What was the name of the boat which carried migrants from Jamacia to London in 1948, symbolising the start of mass migration to Britain?Empire Windrush
- 20What were the five giant evils?Poverty
Ignorance
Disease
Idleness
Squalor - 21What did evacuation in the second world war expose?poverty within cities
- 22Why did Britain need immigrants after the second world war?shortages of skilled workers
- 23In what year was there mass migration from Kenya?1967
- 24What was the 'Phoney War'Where war had been declared but there was no actual fighting
- 25What year was the 'Summer of Violence'?1958
- 26Who was asked to write a report on the problems affecting British Society?William Beverage
- 27What did the '1965 Race Relations Act' and the '1966 Race Relations Board' do?Made it illegal to discriminate against any person because of their race
- 28What year was there a large migration from Uganda?1972
- 29What does the term evacuation mean?removing vulnerable people from dangerous areas
- 30What year was William Beverages' 'five giant evils' report published?1942
- 31Which two companies in Britain actively recruited West Indian workers in the 1950s?NHS
London Transport - 32What did the '1968 commonwealth immigrants act' do?Restricted immigration to 1,500 a year
- 33Where was the 'Paris peace conference' held?The Palace of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris
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