1951-1964 Social Change (Unit 1, Topic 3)

Question 1

How did Living Standards change between 1951-64?

Answer 1

Many slum areas were broken up, cheaper mortgages, people live in council homes, weekly wages, increase in private savings, more television use and greater road demand

Question 2

How did Social Mobility change between 1951-64?

Answer 2

More people against the government after the Profumo Affairs, ‘The Angry Men’ rebelled against traditional theatre and literature, significant shifts in attitudes

Question 3

How did Women change between 1951-64?

Answer 3

Women remained as house wives, couldn’t manage money or mortgages and legal documents, prepared for married life at schools but were given birth control and equal pay in some sectors

Question 4

How did Immigration and Racial Violence change between 1951-64?

Answer 4

250,000 workers arrived in England, By 1955 210,000 commonwealth immigrants were in Britain, immigration and nationality act of 1952, 1953 Refugee Relief Act made

Question 5

How did Youth Culture change between 1951-64?

Answer 5

Began in 1957 baby boom occurs, new development in technologies, term ‘teenagers’ created, rock and roll popular, no new laws passed

Question 6

How did Housing change between 1951-64?

Answer 6

300,000 new homes built, Macmillan appointed as minister of housing, only 200,000 unemployed and homeless

Question 7

How did Education change between 1951-64?

Answer 7

Butler Act passed in 1944 changed the way secondary schools were governed, 6,000 schools built, 11 new universities

Question 8

Unilateralist?

Answer 8

Incapable of sticking up for your country

Question 9

One Nation Conservative?

Answer 9

Belief that all classes in society have obligations to one another and that there is a particular responsibility for those who are better off to ensure the well being of those who are worse off