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👩💼 Thatcher's Britain 1979–90 – A-level
History · A-level — practise Thatcherism, privatisation, the Falklands, the Miners' Strike, the Poll Tax and her fall.
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Questions
Which Labour Prime Minister did Margaret Thatcher defeat in the general election of May 1979?
Michael Foot
James Callaghan
Harold Wilson
Neil Kinnock
20s
Which 1986 privatisation was promoted with the advertising slogan 'If you see Sid, tell him'?
British Telecom
British Gas
British Airways
British Steel
20s
Which Argentine cruiser was controversially sunk by a British submarine in May 1982 during the Falklands War?
Hércules
General Belgrano
Santa Fe
Veinticinco de Mayo
20s
Monetarism, as followed by Chancellor Geoffrey Howe from 1979, aimed to bring down inflation mainly by:
Controlling the growth of the money supply
Devaluing the pound against the dollar
Raising public spending to boost demand
Fixing wages and prices by law
30s
Under the Housing Act 1980, council tenants who used the 'right to buy' could purchase their homes at:
A discount linked to how long they had been tenants
A single fixed price set by Parliament
The full open-market price
A price capped at £10,000 for every home
30s
Why did critics, including some miners, argue that the 1984–85 Miners' Strike lacked legitimacy?
It was limited to miners in Scotland only
The NUM never held a national strike ballot
It began before any pit closures were announced
It was called by the TUC, not the NUM
30s
What was one key change made by the 'Big Bang' in the City of London in October 1986?
Strict controls on exchanging currency were brought in
The Bank of England was made independent
Fixed minimum commissions on share dealing were abolished
The main clearing banks were nationalised
30s
The Community Charge, or 'Poll Tax', replaced which system as the main way of funding local government?
Stamp duty paid on house purchases
Domestic rates based on property values
Council Tax based on property bands
A local income tax set by councils
30s
In his resignation speech of November 1990, Geoffrey Howe described his position on Europe using which image?
A ship of state with nobody at the helm
Batsmen whose bats were broken by the team captain
A runaway train heading for the buffers
A lady who refused to turn back
30s
Thatcher won the first ballot against Heseltine in November 1990 by 204 votes to 152. Why was this not an outright victory?
She fell four votes short of the required 15% lead
Too few Conservative MPs voted for it to count
Heseltine had more votes from the party members
She needed a two-thirds majority of all MPs
60s