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13 wasted years
1953
When did Churchill have a stroke impairing his speech?
Butler
Who was Churchill’s chancellor?
Nuclear war
What threat affirmed Churchill’s view of himself as an international statesman?
1924
In what year did Churchill leave the Liberal party to rejoin the conservatives?
Eden
Who was Churchill’s acting PM due to his absenteeism?
Macmillan
Who was Churchill’s minister for housing?
post war consensus
Conservatives who were critical of what were given limited roles within churchill’s cabinet?
no
Did macmillan, butler and eden get on?
eden
who was churchill’s heir apparent?
economy
eden was reluctant to make decisions, in what area did he lack expertise?
trade unions
who was eden accused of being too conciliatory with to avoid industrial conflict?
treasury
in 1955, eden tried to move macmillan from the foreign office to what gov department which he resisted?
manchester guardian
which newspaper accused eden of lying to the hoc over the suez crisis in 1956?
anthony nutting
what was the name of the colonial minister who resigned under eden?
40
in the wake of the suez crisis there was a rebellion encouraged by chief whip heath of how many conservative mps?
1957
in what year did eden resign due to ill health?
reversed tax cuts after 1955 election
as well as being closely linked to appeasement in the 1930s, why was butler too unpopular within the conservative party to challenge macmillan for leadership?
100
when he called an election in 1959, how many seats did macmillan increase the conservative majority to?
supermac
what nickname was macmillan given for his effectiveness on TV and the post war boom?
butskellism
what was another name for the post war consensus which outlined the need for a mixed economy, the welfare state and nhs, full employment and good gov relations with tus
300,000
how many houses did the 1951 tory manifesto promise to build per year to replace slums and housing destroyed in the war?
tripartitte system
which educational system created by the butler act of 1944 did the tories continue?
clean air act 1956
which act aimed to prevent smog
housing and factory acts
what acts aimed to improve living and working conditions
homicide act 1957
which act passed under liberal home sec butler restricted when the death penalty could be used
1957
what year did the wolfenden commission recommend homosexuality be decriminalised
1955
when did attlee step down as labour leader
nye bevan
who in the attlee gov was credited as the architect of the nh and stood against gaitskell for party leadership in 1955
hugh gaitskell
who was responsible for the introduction of prescription charges and became labour leader in 1955
bevan
despite initially opposing nuclear weapons, who opposed und in 1957 which contributed to the increasing influence of cnd within the labour party
frank cousins
who as leader of the TGWU opposed gaitskell, undermining labour’s historic relations with tus
yes
was gaitskell a good campaigner
blackpool 1959
at which party conference did gaitskell propose abolishing clause iv of the party constitution
und
at the scarborough conference of 1960 what did gaitskell give a speech encouraging opposition to which he enforced a year later
gaitskell
who died in 1963
macmillan
who explained everything with ‘events, dear boy, events’
1963
britain applied to join the eec in 1961 due to a lack of economic modernisation and the failure of commonwealth trade to keep up with the EEC, in which year was this rejected
1/3
what proportion of mac’s cabinet were sacked in the night of the long knives 1962
george blake
who was convicted of being a soviet double agent in 1961 making the mac gov look weak
john vassall
who was blackmailed into passing info onto the soviet union in 1962
1963
in what year was the profumo affair and what was it
lord home
who was the compromise candidate between butler and hailsham who replaced mac as leader in 1963
1954
what year did food rationing end, representative of a post war improvement in living standards
5%
from 1951 to 1961 what percentage did the british population grow by due to the baby boom
1955
in what year was full employment reached with fewer than 1% of the workforce unemployed
yes
where the industries of farming, fishing, mining and shipbuilding in decline in the 1950s?
5 million
by 1960, how many people were employed in the services industry, the same as in heavy industry
£134 million
in butler’s 1955 giveaway budget, how much did he give away in tax cuts to the middle classes
29%
an increasing trend in world trade allowed britain to import what percentage more goods for the same number of exports as it had in 1951
west germany, france and usa
economic growth in britain during the 1950s was exceeded in
stop phase
high interest rates and wage freezes
£19 million
what was the uk balance of trade deficit from 1951-1955
run on the pound
pressure from the us over the suez crisis led to what
monetarism
what policy did chancellor peter thorneycroft propose to cut spending and tackle stop-go economics which split the party in 1957 which saw him overruled by macmillan in 1958 and resign
£370 million
sterling regained its value against the dollar and which led to growth and allowed for tax cuts valued how much in the 1959 budget
1961
when did mac gov ask for an imf loan
NEDC
under mac what body was responsible for economic planning
1962
in what year was Nicky set up
30%
the 1963 beeching report proposed drastic spending cuts including the closure of what percentage of the rail network
6%
chancellor maudling lowered i/r to encourage spending leading to a growth rate of what in 1964
20%
how much higher were imports than exports in 1964
1951
what year was the festival of britain which came to represent a new post war society
harlow/stevenage/crawley/corby
built in the 1950s what new towns replaced slums
£15.35
what did men’s weekly wages increase to from £8.30 in 1951 to 1961
hire purchase
how were so many people able to afford tvs, fridges and washing machines
1955
what year was itv lauched, a symbol of consumerism
10 million
how many tv sets were in use by 1960, allowing 50% of the population to watch tv each evening
25%
by what percentage did car ownership increase causing the breakup of many communities between 1957 and 1959
1958
when did construction on the m1 begin
1200
by 1963 how many miles of road had been built or upgraded
60,000
in the 1950s, how many people holidayed at butlins each week
2%
in the 1950s, what percentage of people could afford to go on foreign holidays
80%
class loyalties in the 1950s were strong, what percentage of the middle class voted tory
1958
society was becoming less deferent, in what year was cnd formed
1961
what year was the satirical publication ‘private eye’ est
that was the week that was
what satirical tv made its debut on the bbc in 1962
three
as well as a duke and a marquess, how many earls were there in mac’s gov
angry young men
what group of writers attacked est figures and produced the controversial play ‘look back in anger’ 1956
75
in the 1950s, the average age of married was 21, what percentage of women were married
family allowance
what was paid to women in the 1950s to ensure they would not have to go to work and in turn preserving the nuclear family structure
1952
what year was equal pay for teachers
1954
what year was equal pay for civil servants
54
by what percentage did the number of households owning a washing machine rise between 1957 and 1959 with one hotpoint washing machine being called ‘the liberator’
58
by what percentage did the number of households owning a fridge increase between 1957 and 1959
1953
when was elizabeth ii’s coronation at which there was extensive support for the new commonwealth ideal
210,000
by 1958, how many new commonwealth immigrants had settled in the uk
yes
was net immigration in the 1950s and 1960s negative
notting hill riots
what event in 1958 was a result of racial tension
repatriation
on what platform did the british fascist leader oswald mosley attempt to get elected in 1959
commonwealth immigrants act
what act initially opposed by labour passed in 1962 to control immigration
1960
in what year was national service ended contributing to a discernible youth culture in the 1950s
10
in 1959 there were 5mn teenagers in britain, what percentage of the population was this
rock around the clock
what song by bill haley symbolised the arrival of rock n roll in the uk in 1955
margate/brighton
after teddy boys were supplanted by mods and rockers, where did fighting break out in 1964
z cars
what police drama set in merseyside challenged social attitudes of the 1950s
a taste of honey
what play depicted an unmarried woman getting pregnant by a black sailor in the 1950s
1962
in which year did penguin publish a paperback edition of lady chatterley’s lover which led to them being sued under the obscenity act after selling 2mn copies
no
did the right prefer trade with the eec over the commonwealth
treaty of rome
what launched the eec in 1957 without britain
1960
when did britain form the far less successful efta with countries like austria and portugal
