Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
Which TWO statements about Britain in the 1960s are correct?
Choose two answers.
- AMigration from the West Indies and India rose sharply in the late 1960s
- BNorthern Ireland's Parliament was suspended
- CLaws on abortion were made less strictRight answer
- DLaws on divorce were made less strictRight answer
Answer: Laws on abortion were made less strict and Laws on divorce were made less strict
The 1960s relaxed the laws on divorce and abortion. Migration fell in the late 1960s, and Northern Ireland's Parliament was suspended in 1972.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "Britain since 1945". Practice question 259 of 651, written in our own words.