AQA Making of Modern
Britain
Revision Session:
Foreign Policy
,Year 12 Content
1951-79
, Factual Test
1. Which 3 areas is Foreign Policy most concerned with in this period?
2. When was the "Winds of Change" speech, and why was it so significant?
3. Give 2 pieces of evidence for Britain and America having a good
relationship between 1951 and 1964 and 2 pieces of evidence showing
tension in the relationship.
4. When was the Treaty of Rome, and what did it do?
5. Why was Rhodesia a problem for Wilson's government between 1964 and
1970?
6. Which conflict dominated the "Special Relationship" between 1964 and
1970 and how did it affect relations?
7. Why did de Gaulle veto Britain's 2nd EEC application in 1967?
8. What did Georges Pompidou believe about Britain and the EEC?
9. Why did Britain's relationship with America deteriorate further between
1970 and 1979?
10.What was the West's relationship with the USSR and China like in the
1970s?
You can check your answers as you go through the slides to see how
much you remembered correctly.
, 1951-64
Aims of Foreign Policy in this period:
• Manage the transition from Empire to
Commonwealth
• Atlantic Alliance – strengthen ties
between UK, North America and
Western Europe (NATO) – Cold War
• Support foundations of EEC – then
join the EEC
Britain
Revision Session:
Foreign Policy
,Year 12 Content
1951-79
, Factual Test
1. Which 3 areas is Foreign Policy most concerned with in this period?
2. When was the "Winds of Change" speech, and why was it so significant?
3. Give 2 pieces of evidence for Britain and America having a good
relationship between 1951 and 1964 and 2 pieces of evidence showing
tension in the relationship.
4. When was the Treaty of Rome, and what did it do?
5. Why was Rhodesia a problem for Wilson's government between 1964 and
1970?
6. Which conflict dominated the "Special Relationship" between 1964 and
1970 and how did it affect relations?
7. Why did de Gaulle veto Britain's 2nd EEC application in 1967?
8. What did Georges Pompidou believe about Britain and the EEC?
9. Why did Britain's relationship with America deteriorate further between
1970 and 1979?
10.What was the West's relationship with the USSR and China like in the
1970s?
You can check your answers as you go through the slides to see how
much you remembered correctly.
, 1951-64
Aims of Foreign Policy in this period:
• Manage the transition from Empire to
Commonwealth
• Atlantic Alliance – strengthen ties
between UK, North America and
Western Europe (NATO) – Cold War
• Support foundations of EEC – then
join the EEC
