Making of a Modern Britain section 1

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