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GCSE History Practice Test: British Society - Post-War Domestic Policy
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The new Labour government came to power with a large majority, determined to carry out radical reform as promised in the party's manifesto. After 1948 most of this work was completed and the government was exhausted.

GCSE History Practice Test: British Society - Post-War Domestic Policy
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1. What proportion of British industry had been nationalised by Labour in 1951?
2. In 1947 Hugh Dalton, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was forced to resign. On what grounds did he hand in his resignation?
3. Who was the only woman in Attlee's government?
4. Which Liberal economist and government supporter, the author of the "General Theory", urged a policy of full employment and state stimulation of the economy?
5. "A sheep in sheep's clothing." - This rather cruel jibe by Churchill was made about which Labour minister?
6. In 1947 the new Minister of Education raised the school leaving age to what?
7. Who was the only woman in Attlee's government?
8. What proportion of British industry had been nationalised by Labour in 1951?
9. In 1947 the new Minister of Education raised the school leaving age to what?
10. Labour's 1918 Constitution provided for the state control of industry in the interests of employees and the wider public. Which clause of the Constitution set out this intention?

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