1983 Election

Question 1

What is supply side economics

Answer 1

Way of fixing declining economy by increasing supply to fit demand

Question 2

What was ‘The Lognest suicide note in history’

Answer 2

Micheal Foot’s manifesto which tried to reintegrate Old Labour politics

Question 3

Which event improved Margaret Thatcher’s image pre-election

Answer 3

The Falklands Conflict

Question 4

Who were the three major parties at this point

Answer 4

Conservatives
Labour
Liberal/SDP Alliance

Question 5

How many seats did the Conservatives win

Answer 5

397

Question 6

How many seats did Labour win

Answer 6

209

Question 7

What happened to Conservative’s voter share in this election

Answer 7

It fell from 43.9% to 42.4%

Question 8

What was the swing from Labour to Conservative

Answer 8

3.8%

Question 9

What was the Conservative’s manifesto

Answer 9

It was focused on three elements:
- Defence
- Employment
- Economic prosperity

Question 10

Affect of FPTP in this election

Answer 10

Labour recieved 27% voter share and SDP recieved 25% voter share but Labour got 209 seats and SDP got 23

Question 11

Biggest social factor affecting voting

Answer 11

Class:
Upper class- 55% Conservative
Working class- 41% Labour

Question 12

What was Thatcher’s opinion on modern elections

Answer 12

She saw them as a “media circus”

Question 13

Percentage of people satisfied with the way Falklands war was handled

Answer 13

84%

Question 14

How did Thatcher cater to the media

Answer 14

Went on tour of the nation giving speeches to individuals and taking pictures to demonstrate a connection to normal people

Question 15

What was the term coined by economists of the 1970s to describe the dual problem of high inflation and rising unemployment?

Answer 15

Stagflation

Question 16

Keynesian economics suggest government deal with inflation and unemployment in opposite ways. What are three ways of dealing with this?

Answer 16

• Cutting interest rates
• Borrowing money
• Printing money

Question 17

In which year of the 1970’s did inflation reach its peak of 24%

Answer 17

1975

Question 18

What was the name of the White Paper published by Labour in 1969 to reduce the power of trade unions?

Answer 18

In Place of Strife

Question 19

What are three features of neo-Conservatism?

Answer 19

Maintain order
Protect traditional institutions and values
Patriotism

Question 20

What is supply side economics?

Answer 20

an economic theory that focuses on increasing production and supply of goods and services as a way to drive economic growth.

Question 21

Give one example of an industry that was privatised, and give the date

Answer 21

BT in 1984

Question 22

Name one reform under Thatcher that limited the power of trade union, and detail how it did so

Answer 22

Unemployment Act 1990

Question 23

Explain the rationale for cutting taxes for the highest and lowest earners

Answer 23

Builds incentive for people to stop relying on welfare and finding work

Question 24

What is an ‘anomie’

Answer 24

State of normlessness

Question 25

What is anti-permissiveness

Answer 25

Moral intervention