What were the state of abortions before the 1967 Abortion Act
Between 1950 and 1960, 82 Women died by backstreet abortions
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What was the issue with political representations of non-white groups?
In 1978, only 35 councillors were elected in the London Borough council and this did not reflect the size of the immigrant population
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How many members did the National Front have by 1976
20,000
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How many police officers with an ethnic minority background were there in the Metropolitan Police force in 1976?
Only 70 out of a total workforce of 22,000
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What was the flaw of the 1968 Race relations act?
Employers could discriminate against non whites in the interests of 'racial balance'
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What was significance of the appointment of Barbara Castle as secretary of state?
She was the first and only Women to be secretary of state, and she was one of the longest serving Female Labour MPs
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When was the contraceptive pill made available for all?
1968
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When was the Domestic Violence act passed?
1976
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When was the first **** crisis centre opened?
1976
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How many more abortions took place following the abortion act?
the number of abortions increased from 4% per 100 lives births in 1968 to 17.6% in 1975
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When was Greenpeace UK founded?
1977
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When did the "people's party" change its name to the 'ecology party' and when how many candidates were put up in the 1979 general election?
1975 and put up 53 candidates
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When was the Population Bomb by Paul Ehrlich published and what was its effect?
1968 and it dramatized the threat to the environment from overpopulationW
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What did the book 'Silent Spring' (1962) by the American biologist Rachel Carson do?
It sounded the alarm about the decline of birds and other wildlife in the countryside; attributed the overuse of chemical pesticides of this cause and linked the use of these chemicals to cancer
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When was David Attenborough's 'Life on Earth series' broadcasted?
1979
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What did the Race Relations Act of 1976 lead to?
The establishment of the Commission for Racial equality
Which had power to instigate investigations without corruptive Government control
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What did the Commission say about government response to racial discrimination?
'Disappointingly inadequate'
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What was the flaw to the Sexual relations act (1967)?
Had to be in 'private'
Interpreted as no one else being in the same building.
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Nevertheless...
The reform was welcomed by men, who in some cases, had to lead double lives
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
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What was the issue with political representations of non-white groups?
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In 1978, only 35 councillors were elected in the London Borough council and this did not reflect the size of the immigrant population
Card 3
Front
How many members did the National Front have by 1976
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Card 4
Front
How many police officers with an ethnic minority background were there in the Metropolitan Police force in 1976?
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