Topic 4: Thatcher

Question 1

why was she an outsider?

Answer 1

not from aristocracy, daughter of a grocer, middle-class

Question 2

MT was a ___ politician?

Answer 2

conviction

Question 3

which two economists influenced her economic outlook?

Answer 3

Keith Joseph and Milton Friedman

Question 4

six reasons why MT criticised PWC?

Answer 4

believed that it created artificial demand and inefficiency, welfare state created dependency, believed the mixed economy was bad as no competition, low productivity, ‘creeping socialism’, state was too involved which wasn’t good for business

Question 5

name 3 ‘dries’

Answer 5

Geoffrey Howe, Norman Tebbit, Willie Whitelaw

Question 6

name 2 ‘wets’

Answer 6

Jim Prior, Michael Hesseltine

Question 7

ily

Answer 7

m+c

Question 8

who were her chancellors in her first 2 terms?

Answer 8

Geoffrey Howe and Nigel Lawson

Question 9

who became leader of Labour after Callaghan?

Answer 9

Michael Foot

Question 10

reasons why Labour became ‘unelectable’ by early 1980s?

Answer 10

out of touch with what the electorate wanted, Militant Tendency group, manifesto was ‘longest suicide note in history’, rebel MPs and the SDP establishment

Question 11

what was the nickname of the 4 Lab MPs who created SDP?

Answer 11

‘Gang of Four’

Question 12

who was in the ‘Gang of Four’

Answer 12

Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams, David Owen and Bill Rodgers

Question 13

what was the name of the radical left-wing group that infiltrated Lab in early 80s?

Answer 13

Militant Tendency

Question 14

why did prisoners in the Maze prison begin their strike in 1981?

Answer 14

Special Category Status removed

Question 15

who was the IRA member elected MP in 1981?

Answer 15

Bobby Sands

Question 16

what was the name of the agreement reached between the British and Irish govs in 1985?

Answer 16

Anglo-Irish Agreement

Question 17

what did the Anglo-Irish Agreement agree on?

Answer 17

gave the Irish government a consultative role in Northern Ireland’s government

Question 18

list 5 examples of supply-side economics MT imposed?

Answer 18

privatisation, deregulation, tax cuts, Big Bang, outsourcing in public sector

Question 19

name 3 companies MT privatised?

Answer 19

Jaguar, British Airways, British Gas

Question 20

how many companies were privatised under MT?

Answer 20

50

Question 21

the deregulation of the City of London is known by what name?

Answer 21

Big Bang

Question 22

what was the average rate of GDP growth across 1980s?

Answer 22

2.2%

Question 23

name 2 areas where there was significant social unrest in 1981?

Answer 23

Britxon, Toxteth

Question 23

in 1983, unemployment peaked at over ___

Answer 23

3 million

Question 24

which group of miners didn't come out and support the strike of 1984-5?

Answer 24

Nottingham Miners

Question 25

2 reasons why the miners strike failed?

Answer 25

Scargill refused to call a national ballot and the police were stronger in bringing their protests down

Question 26

what legislation allowed council house tenants to buy their properties at reduced rates

Answer 26

Housing Act 1980

Question 27

what was the deeply unpopular 'Community Charge' AKA

Answer 27

poll tax

Question 28

how many people protested against poll tax in 1990 in Trafalgar Square?

Answer 28

200,000

Question 29

<3 why did a protest group set up outside Greenham Common base in September 1981

Answer 29

<3 m+c against US missile cruisers to be held here

Question 30

what was the name of the Argentine enemy General?

Answer 30

General Galtieri

Question 31

examples how the SR strengthened under MT?

Answer 31

personal friendship with Reagan, MT collaborated with Gorbachev, Gulf War

Question 32

examples when the US disagreed with Britain under MT?

Answer 32

Grenada, INF Treaty, Falklands

Question 33

what important legislation did MT famously sign in 1986?

Answer 33

Single European Act

Question 34

what was the Single European Act?

Answer 34

amended the founding treaties of the EEC to create a single market with free movement of goods, capital, services, and people by the end of 1992

Question 35

where did MT give her famously critical speech against the EU in 1988?

Answer 35

Bruges