British dates 1945-1970

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1. what social changes were there in 1965-1967?

  • family planning act of 1967
  • ciminal justice bill in 1967
  • 1965 suspension of capital punishment by Sydney Silverman and abolishment in 1969
  • sexual offences act
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2. Whats the main achievement of attlee's government?

  • got Britain classed as a nuclear power
  • created welfare state
  • gave india independence in 1947 inaugrated by monandas Gandhi
  • implemented large-scale nationalisation programme
  • convinced US for marshall aid
  • built millions of new homes
  • key role in the NATO

3. between 1945 and 1946 how many houses were built?

  • 750,000
  • 530,000
  • 270,000
  • 100,000

4. what was introduced in April 1948?

  • new labour leader
  • marshall aid (george Marshall- recieved $15 billion from the aid)
  • sweet rationing
  • grammar schools

5. what bad things happened in 1962?

  • Macmillan had a fit
  • British trade fell from 25% to 15% and Britain was rejected from the EEC
  • NATO kicked Britain out
  • England lost the world cup

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