Name 3 things historians blame low productivity on?
Shortage of skilled labour; disruption of air raids; shortage of raw materials; lack of capital investment; poor management (no enterprise); poor labour-employer relations
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List 3 methods that enabled Britain to pay for the war?
Running down gold reserves; selling overseas assets; Lend-Lease; Canadian aid
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By 1945, how many people had served in the armed forces?
4.2 million males; 400,000 females
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By 1945, how many people had been evacuated from the city to the countryside?
4 million
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During the war, which crime rates rose?
Looting and black market
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What percentage of increase was there in passenger traffic in the railway system?
70%
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When was the Ministry of Information set up? Why?
1939 - to sustain civilian morale
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Was morale affected by ww2?
No - people loathed Hitler. There was little defeatism, even during the blitz
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Name 3 methods used by the Government to try and boost morale?
Entertainment; refused to ration cigarettes/alcohol, cinema/radio
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What was Alien internment?
German and Austrian people living in England considered to be a threat were interned in camps
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Which newspaper was suppressed during WW2, accused of undermining morale?
Communist Daily Worker
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When was compulsory recruitment of women into service, civil defence or munitions factories introduced?
National Services Act, 1941
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Name 3 positive impacts of the war on women?
Success of integrating women in 'male' sectors (engineering etc), many women worked after ww2, more social freedom without their husbands lead to raised status in marriage
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Name 3 Negative impacts of the War on women?
Trade unions, Government and employers blocked equal pay. % of women in work decreased to 1930 levels by 1950. Domestic work still seen as female spheres.
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Name 3 industries that were nationalised by Labour?
Inland Transport (1948), Electricity 1948, Iron and Steel 1949.
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By what percentage did potatoes output increase over the war
92%
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What were Churchill's greatest successes as Prime Minister during the Second World War?
Back
Rhetoric ensured high morale, guaranteed close relationship with USA, championed bombing which was eventually successful, delayed D day until ready
Card 3
Front
Why did Churchill want a coalition Government?
Back
Card 4
Front
What were the aims of the Labour Party in joining the coalition?
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