20. Britain By 1951 Flashcards by rhiannon Pearce

The festival of Britain: when was it

Summer 1951

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The festival of Britain: aims

Cheer people up after post war austerity, raise British morale and promote the feeling of recovery

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What was it’s symbol

The skylon tower

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The festival of Britain: main purpose according the Gerald Barry, director general

To put Britain on show and exhibit what the country had achieved since the war

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The festival of Britain: dome of discovery

One of main centrepieces showing scientific progress

Could see synthetic dyes, electrical instruments and a developing embryo

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The festival of Britain: what could visitors learn about in the health pavilion

Blood, the nervous system, vaccination, training of nurses and surgical instruments

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The festival of Britain: what did it consciously imitate

The 1851 great exhibition

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The festival of Britain: how many visitors were there

8.5 million

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The festival of Britain: what was there at battersea Park

AmericAn style rides on the sky wheel, bubble bounce and flyo plane

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The festival of Britain: when did festival close

September 1951

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The festival of Britain: how did right wing daily express

Social extravagance

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The festival of Britain: what did actor Kenneth Williams think

Madly educative and very tiring

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Continuing austerity: when did bread and potato rationing end

1948

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Continuing austerity: when we’re eggs and soap no longer restricted from

1950

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Continuing austerity: what we’re still rationed

Meat, cheese, fats, tea sugar and sweets

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Continuing austerity: what led to a weekly meet ration of four ounces beef or five ounces lamb chop per person

Mistakes over imports made my ministry of food in 1950

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Continuing austerity: austerity other than food

Another fuel shortage, food import prices went up following devaluation in 1949 and the housing shortage remained severe

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Continuing austerity: what was official gov estimate of houses a shortfall of

700.000 but independent experts thought it was higjer

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Continuing austerity: what did bevan minister of health concentrate on

Council house building and quality rather than quantity

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Continuing austerity: how many council houses built between 1945-51

807,000

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Continuing austerity: how did fall in poverty become knows

Rowntree’s survey in 1950

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Continuing austerity: how did poverty fall

Welfare reforms financed by high taxation helped poorest part of working class and labour gov achieved clviteually full employment over time in office

Labour divisions: who were contrasting opinions held by

Herbert Morrison and aneurin Bevin

Labour divisions: what did bevan want to continue further with

Nationalisation and bring out a more fundemebtak reorganisation in society

Labour divisions: what would bevans ideas on nationalisation appeal to

The working classes

Labour divisions: what did Morrison want to focus on

Consolidation to ensure that labour continued to win the support of middle class voters

Labour divisions: why did Morrison win the argument to hold back on promising more nationalisation in the 1950 election

His ideas were more representative of the cabinet

Labour divisions: who else did bevan fall out with

Hugh Gaitskell, chancellor of the exchequer

Labour divisions: what did the bevanites criticise

Charges for spectacles dental treatment and prescriptions

Labour divisions: what did bevan argue that charges contravened with

The founding principle of NHS that it should be free at point of treatment Went against basic labour values

Labour divisions: how did bevan criticise the rearmament programme

He and his supporters felt attlees gov had developed too close an association with Cold War politicise of US

Labour divisions: when did bevan resign

23 April 1951

Labour divisions: why was bevanite rebellion disastrous for labour

Encouraged other labour MPs to speak out openly which further encouraged conservatives in their attacks

Labour divisions: what was labours lajority after 1950 election

Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: why were conservatives in much better shape by 1951

Lord Woolton reorganised party’s electoral machine and began a great fundraising scheme and a new membership drive

Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: what did conservatives exploit and oppose

Labours setbacks and opposed nationalisation of road haulage and steel

Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: how did conservatives effectively agree to a post war consensus

Committed to Preservig NHS and other welfare reforms as well as maintaining most of nationalised industries in state hands

Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: how many houses did they agree to build per year

300,000

Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: what did Hugh dalton state about labours positok in 1950

We have office without power

Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: why did Attlee call a new election in October 1951

Carrying on governing with such a small parliamentary majority proved very difficult

Conservative reorganisation and elections of 1950 and 1951: who won overall majority 1051 election

Conservatives

Reasons for labours loss of support: what did result of 1950 election prove despite labour not suffering a sudden or massive drop in voter support

A serious handicap

Reasons for labours loss of support: what was the issue with the election being held in February

It was before the full extent of recovery was fully realised

Reasons for labours loss of support: what were many voters still influenced by at 1951 election

1949 devaluation

Reasons for labours loss of support: why else was economic recovery faltering again in 1951

Impact of Korean War

Reasons for labours loss of support: which gov controls had some voters grown tired of

Associated bureaucracy, red tape and high levels of taxTion

Reasons for labours loss of support: what did many years of strict rationing and austerity convince people that

It was time for a channge

Reasons for labours loss of support: how did conservatives play on fact that it was time for change

Promises more freedom and home ownership with a property owning democracy

Reasons for labours loss of support: why were many labour leaders ill and exhausted

Attlee, Morrison and Bevin had been continuously in gov, in high pressure situations since formation of Churchill’s wartime coalition gov

Reasons for labours loss of support: how many voters had conservatives gained 1945-51 to Labours 2 million

4 million

Reasons for labours loss of support: how did conservatives benefit from liberals decision to only put up 109 candidates

Nearly 2 million ex liberal votes that became available went largely to conservatives

Reasons for labours loss of support: impact of internal divisions over economic, welfare and foreign policies

Weakened positions

Reasons for labours loss of support: what was defeat of labour by in 1951

A relatively small margin

Reasons for labours loss of support: what wa labours defeat largely down to

First past the post