British dates 1945-1970

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when did Churchill become Prime minister of the war time coalition?
May 1940
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when did Britain get US aid through the Lend-Lease agreement?
1941
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how much did Britain borrow from the US?
5 billion pounds of goods
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what were the 5 gaints in Beveridge report?
want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness
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who won the 1945 general election?
Labour 393-213
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why did Labour win the 1945 election (conservative failures)
Conservatives were considered an inter-war government
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why did labour win the 1945 election (labour's achievements)
represented a progessive zeitgeist which encouraged reform anf reconstruction
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what happened in December 1945?
US loan agreement (50 year loan of $3.75 billion plus 2% interest)
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what were the 3 welfare acts introduced in 1946 and 1948?
national health service, national insurance and national assistance
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between 1945 and 1946 how many houses were built?
750,000
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most important feature of nationalisation?
fuel and power industries (1946 and 1948)
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what was introduced through Bulter's education act of 1944?
the tripartie system
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what is labour's 1918 constitution?
constitution to the common ownership of the means of production, distribution and exchange - main one clause 4
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what is the main policies of keynesianism?
to raise capital to reinvest
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main problems labour faced?
in debt of £4198 million
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Whats the main achievement of attlee's government?
implemented large-scale nationalisation programme
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what was introduced in April 1948?
marshall aid (george Marshall- recieved $15 billion from the aid)
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what is NATO?
the north altantic treaty organisation
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what year was the first devaluation of the pound?
1949 (£4.30-£2.80)
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who won the 1951 general election?
conservatives 321-295
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who were the conservatives 3 main ministers?
Sir Anthony Eden (foreign secretary), Rab ( chancelor of the exchequer) Macmillan (mo housing)
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what was Macmillan's housing target that he achieved?
300,000 houses a year
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how are butler's policies described and why?
butskellism because his consensus policies
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who won the 1955 general election on the 26 of may?
Conservatives ( eden's premiership)
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What was wrong with Butler's budget in April 1955?
it was a failed giveaway budget
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when was the suez crisis?
1956
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What were the reasons for it?
to stop Nasser nationalising the suez canal which would limit our oil supply
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what happen on the 29th of October 1956
Israel attacked Egypt as part of a plan for France and Britain to come in to restore peacec
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the reactions to the Suez crisis
Middle east said no more oil unless you pull out of Egypt
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who became prime minister in January 1957
Macmillan
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what were the events of Decolonisation
since having an Empire was an unpopular idea Britian decolonised first losing India on the 15th of August 1947
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what was Duncan sandy's white paper about?
reduce of conventional forces, use nuclear weapons as a deterrent and prop
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who won the general election of 1959?
conservatives but labour was strong
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what finance planning committee developed in march 1962?
the National Economic Development Council (NEDDY)
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what good things happened in 1962?
Maudling kick started the economy and between 1959 and 1964 real wages increased by 19% for manual workers
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what bad things happened in 1962?
British trade fell from 25% to 15% and Britain was rejected from the EEC
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why was Britain rejected from the EEC in 1963?
Charles De Gaulle feared our special relationship with the US and thought Britain cheap food policy would affect the French economy
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what was Frank Cousins the leader of?
Transport and General worker's union (TGWU)
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what happened in July 1962?
the 'night of the long knives'
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what were the events of the Profumo affair 1962?
John Profumo minister of the army had an affair with call girl Christine Keeler who aslo had an relationship with a russian spy
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who won the general election in 1964?
Labour -Harold Wilson
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what economic things did Wilson introduce?
Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) and Prices and Income Board was set up in feb 1965
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what problems did Jim ( James) Callaghan face as Chancellor of the Exchequer?
protential devaluation ($2.80-$2.40) and balance of payment crisis
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who won the general election of 1966?
Harold Wilson
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what social changes were there in 1965-1967?
1965 suspension of capital punishment by Sydney Silverman and abolishment in 1969
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what were two controversial acts passed though race relations board november 1965
Race relations acts 1966 and 1968
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what were reactions to this?
in April 1968 Enoch Powell (Conservative politican) made his 'rivers of blood' speech about immigration
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how did the NHS improve 1948-1979?
the number of staff doubled
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what happened in November 1967?
the outbreak of the Arab-Israeli war broked the Suez canal which harmed trade
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what were the consequences of November 1967?
government spending was cut and reforms were put on hold
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What tough decisions did Denis Healey make?
reduced military commitments and expenditure
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what is 'in place of strife'?
A white paper proposed set up an industrial relations court which unions are subject to
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who won the general election in 1970?
Conservatives - Edward Heath
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