Quiz for Margaret Thatcher: Rebranding the Conservative Message for a Changing World

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Quiz for Margaret Thatcher: Rebranding the Conservative Message for a Changing World

Question 29.1

1. The success of the poster titled Labour Isn’t Working (see Document 29.1) provides evidence that

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Correct. The answer is d. The poster linked the Labour Party to persistent unemployment, tapping into widespread concerns about economic insecurity.
Incorrect. The answer is d. The poster linked the Labour Party to persistent unemployment, tapping into widespread concerns about economic insecurity.

Question 29.2

2. Which of the statements best encapsulates the message of the poster titled Labour Says He's Black. Tories Say He's British (see Document 29.2)?

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Correct. The answer is b. The essential argument of the poster was that by setting minority groups apart, Labour perpetuated racism and discrimination, even if this was not the party's intent.
Incorrect. The answer is b. The essential argument of the poster was that by setting minority groups apart, Labour perpetuated racism and discrimination, even if this was not the party's intent.

Question 29.3

3. Which of these aspects of the struggle for women's rights was emphasized in the poster titled It Was a Conservative . . . (see Document 29.3)?

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Correct. The answer is b. The poster highlighted political gains, while leaving out the social, economic, and cultural aspects of the women's rights movement.
Incorrect. The answer is b. The poster highlighted political gains, while leaving out the social, economic, and cultural aspects of the women's rights movement.

Question 29.4

4. Taken as a group, the posters included in this exercise (see Documents 29.1, 29.2, 29.3, and 29.4) represent an effort on the part of the Conservative Party to

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Correct. The answer is a. Collectively, the posters provide evidence of the Conservative Party's effort to widen its appeal beyond its core constituencies.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Collectively, the posters provide evidence of the Conservative Party's effort to widen its appeal beyond its core constituencies.