Britain 1951-1964

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