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1931-56 Britain transformed Flashcards

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1
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what did macdonald do to the labour party

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divided it

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2
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who were involved in the national government

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Macdonald, Baldwin and Chamberlain

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3
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what dates was macdonald pm in the national government

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1931-35

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4
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what dates was baldwin pm in the national government

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1935-37

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5
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what dates was chamberlain pm for in the national government

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1937-40

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6
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why didn’t the national government face much opposition

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it was a coalition between all the mainstream political parties

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7
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how many acts were implicated during the national government

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six

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8
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what happened to unemployment benefits

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they were cut until 1934

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9
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what happened to the British pound

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came off the gold standard and was devalued by 30%

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10
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what happened to import duties

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10% on goods outside the empire (1932)

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11
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what was the special areas act and when

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gave 2 million to depressed areas (1934)

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12
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what was the unemployment act

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moved the unemployed to jobs

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13
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how did the national government help struggling industries

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reorganised them, shipping act

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14
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what crisis happened during Baldwin’s government

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the abdication crisis

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15
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when was Neville chamberlain prime minister

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1937-40

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16
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what and when was the Falklands Act

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1937 and better working conditions on working hours for women and children

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17
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what and when was the coal act

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1938 nationalism of coal

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18
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what and when was the holidays with pay act

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1938 and a week payed holiday

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19
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what huge failure did chamberlain have

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appeasing Hitler, promising peace to Hitler but he declared war

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20
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who was prime minister 1940-45

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Churchill

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21
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yes the second world war was a social revolution

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sharing bomb shelters, trenches etc. (class)
WAAF and education (women)
welfare state is on the way in, Beveridge report

22
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no the second world war was not a social revolution

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middle class lived away from main cities (class)
many women were sacked after ww2 (women)
when ww2 ended all welfare ended

23
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when was Attlee prime minister

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1945-51

24
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what did Attlee promise to create

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A new Jerusalem

25
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what did Churchill say about Attlee

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‘a modest man with much to be modest about’

26
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nationalisation slogan

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people before profit

27
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what was nationalised in 1946

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coal, aviation, cable and wireless

28
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what was nationalised in 1947

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road transport and electricity

29
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what was nationalised in 1948

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gas

30
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what was nationalised in 1949

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iron and steel

31
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who was Bevan

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the minister of health- architect of the NHS

32
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who did Bevan argue with and what was his famous saying

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argued with the BMA and said ‘I stuffed their mouths with gold’

33
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when was the NHS implicated

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1948 ‘from cradle to grave’

34
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what was the Beveridge report

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identified the 5 giants that need to be attended to

35
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what were the 5 giants

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want, disease, squalor, idleness ignorance

36
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what economic policies did Attlee adopt

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keynesian policies

37
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what are Keynesian policies

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the government need to spend money in order to see economic growth

38
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what was Attlee’s relationship with the trades unions like

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cooperative

39
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stop and go economic policies

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too slow- bank rate lowered, lower taxes
too fast- inflation, higher taxes

40
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how much did America loan Attlee

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£5000 million

41
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what is an evaluation of Attlee

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he did not change society- debutante balls, schools were social divisive
nationalisation was costly

42
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who was prime minister 1951-56

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Churchill

43
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why was Churchill’s government called a ‘consensus’

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he accepted the welfare state

44
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how many houses did Churchill build

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pledged 300,000 and built 318,750

45
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what was denationalised

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Iron, steel and road haulage

46
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who was Churchill’s chancellor

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Butler

47
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what were Butler’s aims

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maintain full employment, expand the welfare state, military defence programme, develop nuclear weapons

48
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what was the consesnus between labour and conservatives

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Butskellism

49
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what were Churchill’s industrial relations policy

A

no attempt to restore the trades disputes act

50
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what were relations with the industries like

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wage demands from the unions and the government were unprepared to challenge them

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