True or false: After the Second World War, the UK invited people from the West Indies to come and work in 1948.

ATrueRight answer
BFalse

Answer: True

True. To help rebuild the country, the government first encouraged workers from Ireland and elsewhere in Europe, and in 1948 invited people from the West Indies too.

From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "Britain since 1945". Practice question 257 of 651, written in our own words.

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