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GCSE History Practice Test: British Society - Impact of the Great Depression
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British society was hit hard by the depression of the 1930s. Britain was one of the first countries to be affected by the Wall Street Crash in 1929. As the USA greatly restricted imports a trading nation like Britain was bound to feel the impact. The 1929-31 Labour government fell under the pressure of the slump and a coalition tried to cope with the aftermath.

GCSE History Practice Test: British Society - Impact of the Great Depression
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1. In 1936 marchers from Jarrow set off for London on their Hunger March". What task did they carry out when they reached the Houses of Parliament?"
2. Which political party was strongly involved in the National Union of Unemployed Workers, despite having very little electoral clout?
3. John Boyd Orr conducted a famous study of diet in England, written up in his report of 1936. According to him what proportion of people had a poor diet?
4. The prime minister at the time of the Jarrow March was Stanley Baldwin, a Conservative. How did he personally react to the presentation of the Jarrow Marchers' petition?
5. The prime minister at the time of the Jarrow March was Stanley Baldwin, a Conservative. How did he personally react to the presentation of the Jarrow Marchers' petition?
6. The new government was able to offer certain benefits to unemployed people. However, potential recipients had to satisfy the authorities that they genuinely needed the relevant payments. How did the government establish this?
7. Seebohm Rowntree continued to research the extent of poverty in York. He found that a substantial percentage of local people still fell below the poverty line. What percentage was this in the 1930s?
8. The new government was able to offer certain benefits to unemployed people. However, potential recipients had to satisfy the authorities that they genuinely needed the relevant payments. How did the government establish this?
9. One of the worst hit areas in England was Jarrow in the North East. Why did this area suffer an unemployment rate of 60%, a similar rate to that in Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales?
10. Which political party was strongly involved in the National Union of Unemployed Workers, despite having very little electoral clout?

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