Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
Which TWO changes were made by Margaret Thatcher's government?
Choose two answers.
- ACreation of the National Health Service
- BTaking the railways into public ownership
- CLegal controls on the powers of trade unionsRight answer
- DPrivatisation of nationalised industriesRight answer
Answer: Legal controls on the powers of trade unions and Privatisation of nationalised industries
Thatcher's government sold off nationalised industries and limited union powers by law. The NHS and nationalisation of the railways came from the Labour government after 1945.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "Britain since 1945". Practice question 282 of 651, written in our own words.