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Flashcards by Emmett Leet, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emmett Leet
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| Question | Answer |
| Who gained control of German-owned 'West Prussia' and 'Posen' in 1919? | Poland |
| Who gained control of German-owned 'North Schleswig' in 1919? | Denmark |
| Who gained control of the German-owned states of 'Eupen', 'Morsenet' and 'Malmedy' in 1919? | Belgium |
| Who gained control of German-owned 'Alsace-Lorraine' in 1919? | France |
| What happened to German-owned 'Estonia', 'Latvia' and 'Lithuania' in 1919? | They became independent states |
| What were the five key terms of the 'Treaty of Versailles'? | Guilt for the war Armed Forces Reparations German Territories League of Nations |
| Who was the British Prime Minister in 1919? | Lloyd George |
| Who was the Prime Minister of France in 1919? | Georges Clemanceau |
| Who was the American President in 1919? | Woodrow Wilson |
| What was the most important treaty signed in 1919, and who was it with? | The Treaty of Versailles Germany |
| What youth subculture was responsible for much of the violence at Notting Hill in 1958? | Teddy Boys |
| What was the largest immigrant group to Britain before 1945? | Irish |
| What 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 |
| What were the years of the second world war? | 1939-1945 |
| What were the traditional expectations for women in the 1930s? | Stay at home to cook, clean and look after the children |
| What year was the 'commonwealth immigrants act' passed? Was this a conservative or Labour decision? | 1962 Conservative |
| What was the name of Enoch Powell's inflammatory speech on the problems of mass immigration and when was it delivered? | River of Blood 1968 |
| What was the name given to the coalition government formed by Winston Churchill during the second world war? | Government of National Unity |
| What 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 |
| What were the five giant evils? | Poverty Ignorance Disease Idleness Squalor |
| What did evacuation in the second world war expose? | poverty within cities |
| Why did Britain need immigrants after the second world war? | shortages of skilled workers |
| In what year was there mass migration from Kenya? | 1967 |
| What was the 'Phoney War' | Where war had been declared but there was no actual fighting |
| What year was the 'Summer of Violence'? | 1958 |
| Who was asked to write a report on the problems affecting British Society? | William Beverage |
| What 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 |
| What year was there a large migration from Uganda? | 1972 |
| What does the term evacuation mean? | removing vulnerable people from dangerous areas |
| What year was William Beverages' 'five giant evils' report published? | 1942 |
| Which two companies in Britain actively recruited West Indian workers in the 1950s? | NHS London Transport |
| What did the '1968 commonwealth immigrants act' do? | Restricted immigration to 1,500 a year |
| Where was the 'Paris peace conference' held? | The Palace of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris |
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