AQA Making of Modern
Britain
Revision Session:
Industrial Relations
,Year 12 Content
1951-1979
, Factual Test
1. What was the post-war consensus stance on industrial relations?
2. Why was this stance so important?
3. Who became leader of TGWU in 1956 and pushed unions into
more left-wing positions?
4. What year did strike action really begin in Britain?
5. What are “wildcat” strikes?
6. Why was In Place of Strife so unpopular with unions?
7. What similar law did the Conservatives introduce and when?
8. When was the “Who governs Britain?” election?
9. What was Wilson’s policy towards the unions between 1974 and
1976?
10.Give 3 groups who went on strike during the Winter of
Discontent, 1978-79.
You can check your answers as you go through the slides to
see how much you remembered correctly.
Britain
Revision Session:
Industrial Relations
,Year 12 Content
1951-1979
, Factual Test
1. What was the post-war consensus stance on industrial relations?
2. Why was this stance so important?
3. Who became leader of TGWU in 1956 and pushed unions into
more left-wing positions?
4. What year did strike action really begin in Britain?
5. What are “wildcat” strikes?
6. Why was In Place of Strife so unpopular with unions?
7. What similar law did the Conservatives introduce and when?
8. When was the “Who governs Britain?” election?
9. What was Wilson’s policy towards the unions between 1974 and
1976?
10.Give 3 groups who went on strike during the Winter of
Discontent, 1978-79.
You can check your answers as you go through the slides to
see how much you remembered correctly.
