Anglo-Irish Relationships, 1945 - 49

What is meant by the policy of "nationalisation?"

• Large industries are taken over by the workers

• Large industries are taken over by the state

• Large industries are closed down

• Small shops are closed & replaced by larger ones

Check two industries which were nationalised in Britain during the late 1940s

• Railways

• Travel Agencies

• Farming

• Coal Mines

Check the one which is not a feature of the welfare state

• National Health Service

• Disability Living Allowance

• Unemployment Benefit

• Travel Insurance

• State Pensions for the elderly

Who was Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1948

• Ian Paisley

• Gerry Adams

• James Craig

• Basil Brooke

• Eamonn De Valera

How many new houses were needed in Northern Ireland in 1945?

• 10,000

• 100,000

• 200,000

• 300,000

Check two schools which were a feature of life following the 1947 Education Act (NI)

• Integrated Schools

• Grammar Schools

• Secondary Schools

• Comprehensive Schools

Why was Eire in severe economic depression by 1947?

• High Emigration rates to GB & America

• Poor farm productivity due to lack of fertilisers during the war

• A severe winter in 1947

• All of the these factors

Which political party lost the 1948 General Election in Eire?

• Sinn Fein

• DUP

• Fine Gael

• Fianna Fail

Check two parties which were part of the new coalition (inter-party) government in Eire from 1948

• Fianna Fail

• Fine Gael

• Labour Party

• Sinn Fein

• DUP

Who was appointed as the new Taoiseach in 1948?

• John A Costello

• Michael Collins

• Eamonn De Valera

• Richard Mulcahy

• Gerry Adams