Making of a Modern Britain section 1 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryModern Britain - 19th century onwardsA2/A-levelAQA Created by: milliestanierCreated on: 06-04-17 16:31 What years was Churchill in office? 1951-1955 1 of 50 What years was Eden in office? 1955-1957 2 of 50 What years was Macmillan in office for? 1957-1963 3 of 50 How many houses did the Conservative government promise to build in 1951? 300,000 4 of 50 What year was the Butler act and what did it introduce? 1944, Tripartite system 5 of 50 What year was the clean air act? 1956 6 of 50 What year were the housing and factory act and Homicide act introduced? 1957 7 of 50 Who aided the foundation of the NHS? Bevan 8 of 50 Who introduced prescription charges? Gaitskell 9 of 50 Who wanted to abolish clause IV, introducing nationalism? Gaitskell 10 of 50 What year was the first EEc rejection? 1963 11 of 50 When was the Night of the Long Knives and how many members of Macmillans Cabinet were sacked? 1962, 1/3 were sacked 12 of 50 What year was the profumo affair? 1963 13 of 50 What year did rationing end? 1954 14 of 50 By 1961, what was the Population of Britain compared to 1961? 51 million, 5% more (2 million) than 1951 15 of 50 How many people were in the service industry in 1960? 5 million (1 in 5) 16 of 50 What percentage more goods were available in the late 50s than in 1951? 29% 17 of 50 What is inflation? Growth in wages outstripped the rate of increase in production. 18 of 50 Who's was the method of Monetarism? Thorneycroft 19 of 50 When did Macmillan overrule Thorneycroft? 1958 20 of 50 What was the amount of tax cuts in April 1959? £370 million 21 of 50 When was the "pay pause" that held down wage inflation? 1961 22 of 50 What did the 1964Beeching report state? British rail network should be cut by 30% 23 of 50 What was the growth rate in 1963? and 1964? 4% and 6% 24 of 50 What did exports raise by between 1961 and 1964? 10% 25 of 50 What year was the festival of Britain? 1951 26 of 50 Name two new towns built during this era Harlow, Essex and Kirkby, Merseyside 27 of 50 What was the male weekly wage increase from 1951 to 1961? £8.50- £15.35 28 of 50 What year did ITV launch and bring mass advertisement? 1955 29 of 50 How much did tv ownership rise 57-59? 32% 30 of 50 When did the building of the motorway system begin? 1958 31 of 50 How many miles of new road were completed between 57-63? 1200 32 of 50 How many people per week holidayed at Butlins in the 50s? 60000 33 of 50 In the 50s, what percentage of lower class voted labour and what percentage of middle class voted Conservative? 65% , 80% 34 of 50 What percentage of all women were married in the 50s? 75% 35 of 50 When was the first equal pay acts? 1952 for teachers, 1954 for civil servants 36 of 50 Washing machine ownership was up by what percentage? 54% 37 of 50 What year was the empire windrush and how many immigrants did it bring? 1948, 492 38 of 50 What year was the Notting Hill Riots? 1958 39 of 50 What year was the Schuman plan and what was it? 1950, formation of the EEC, called for a European Coal and Steel Industry Community 40 of 50 Did Britain become involved in the Korean war? Yes, supported the united nations 41 of 50 When was the Uks first atomic bomb tested? 1952 42 of 50 How many took part in the Berkshire and Aldermaston march? 8000 43 of 50 How many troops did the Uk supply in the Korean war? and what was this compared to other countries? 90,000 (2nd largest contributers) 44 of 50 What year was the Suez Crisis? 1956 45 of 50 What year did the 'retreat from empire' begin? 1951 46 of 50 What year was the Mau Mau rebellion? 1952 47 of 50 What did Macmillan's winds of change speech call for? Decolonisation 48 of 50 What years did Cyprus, Uganda and Kenya gain independence? 60, 62 and 63 49 of 50 What was the first African colony to gain independence and in what year? Ghana, 1957 50 of 50
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