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Wilson and Callaghan
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1Wilson opened the BT Tower, to go along with his phrase '[blank_start]White heat of technology[blank_end]'
- AWhite heat of technology
2The Department of Economic Affairs was under...
- AGeorge Brown
- BGordon Brown
- CRA Butler
3Seamen went on strike wanting a...
- A17% pay rise
- B15% pay rise
4The pound was devalued in 1967
- ATrue
- BFalse
5How many days were lost to strikes?
- A8 million
- B7 million
6Which of these social acts came in under Wilson 1964-70?
- AAbortion Act
- BSexual offences Act
- COmbudsman Office
- DAbolition of death penalty
- ETheatres Act
- FDivorce Reform Act
- GMarriage Act
- HIndustrial relations Act
- IPlays Act
7Service and finance industries were shrinking
- ATrue
- BFalse
8Exports were...
- AIncreasing
- BDecreasing
9UK didn't get involved in the [blank_start]Vietnam[blank_end] war
- AVietnam
10Bad sides of the economy...
- AInflation
- BBalance of Payments deficit
- CDevaluation
- DHigh defence expenditure
- EPrivate industry is poor
11In [blank_start]Place[blank_end] of [blank_start]Strife[blank_end] abandoned
- APlace
- BStrife
12The [blank_start]National Plan[blank_end] created by the DEA didn't work
- ANational Plan
13What year did Britain go into Ireland?
- A1969
- B1968
- C1970
14Rapid [blank_start]inflation[blank_end] after the Oil Price rise
- Ainflation
15How many strikes were in 1974?
- A2922
- B2932
- C2924
16'[blank_start]Strike[blank_end] torn Britain', 'Sick man of [blank_start]Europe[blank_end]', [blank_start]Broken[blank_end] Britain'
- AStrike
- BEurope
- CBroken
17Pound dropped below ... exchange rate
- A$3
- B$2
18Who went on strikes in 1966-67?
- ADockers
- BSeamen
- CGrave diggers
- DFactory workers
19Britain abandoned Britain's East of [blank_start]Suez[blank_end] role because how [blank_start]expensive[blank_end] it was
- ASuez
- Bexpensive
20The yes vote in the referendum had how many time more money than the no vote?
- A2x
- B3x
21What year was the IMF crisis?
- A1967
- B1966
- C1968
22How much was the loan from the IMF?
- A$3 billion
- B$3.5 billion
- C$4 billion
23The Conservative used the phrase 'L[blank_start]abour[blank_end] isn't w[blank_start]orking[blank_end]' in the 1979 election
- Aabour
- Borking
24Public service unions, NUPE and COHSE, called for a strike, how many workers came out?
- A1.5 million
- B1 million
- C1.3 million
25Britain became a member of the EEC on New Years Day [blank_start]1973[blank_end]
- A1973
26What were the results of the Winter of Discontent under Callaghan?
- ASchool meals disrupted
- BSevere unemployment
- CDead bodies left unburied
- D3 day week
- EMounds of litter left to pile up
27What were the results of the OPEC oil price rise?
- AAnnual inflation rose to 16%
- BBalance of Payments deficit = £1 billion
- CInterest rate increase to 20%
- DPound dropped below $1.5 in exchange rate
28The International Oil Price rise
- A1973
- B1974
- C1971
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