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1
Q

Name two positives to the ministry.

A

Chamberlain’s house act, Foreign affairs.

2
Q

What did the Chamberlain’s house act do?

A

Contributed £6 to local houses being built for 20 years.

3
Q

What year did the Chamberlain’s housing act pass?

A

1923.

4
Q

What happened with foreign affairs?

A

They replaced the Treaty of Sevres, which the Turkish hated, for the Treaty of Lausanne.

5
Q

What year did the Treaty of Laussane replace Sevres?

A

1923

6
Q

Negatives : What did the protection v free trade cause?

A

Hung parliament.

7
Q

What were foreign relations with France like?

A

Poor, due to the Versailles Treaty

8
Q

What was the premature election about?

A

Protection tariffs.

9
Q

What was wrong with Bonar Law?

A

He had throat cancer and reisgned without successor.

10
Q

Who led the Conservatives?

A

Bonar and then Chamberlain when Bonar resigned.