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ADV INFO - 1950s Britain Flashcards

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1
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What race tensions were there

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white people did not want Black people in their houses and Black people did not want white people in their houses. White houses would have signs that said “no blacks, no dogs, no children”

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what were there riots over

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the Vietnam war, these were extensive and violent

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what was the issue of youths at the time

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young people during an age of affluence were less respectful and that society was less respectful and that society was less law-abiding

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what happened to youth culture

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fights between mods and rockers broke out and they were incredibly violent

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5
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which groups were associated with violence and hooliganism

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the teddy boys

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What did Harold Macmillan say about Britain

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never had it so good

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7
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what would suggest Harold Macmillan was right

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improvements for the life of women

economic improvements

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what would suggest Macmillan was wrong

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race relations and youth culture

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9
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What happened in Notting Hill in 1958

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6 days of race riots

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10
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How were the PM and the government criticised through satire

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Beyond the fringe - Peter Cook

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11
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which campaign movement emerged after a nuclear agreement between the USA and Britain

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the CND movement

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12
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how much of the population was alleged to support nuclear disarmament

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a third

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13
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Who replaced Eden as PM in 1955

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Harold Macmillan

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14
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how many of the Cabinet were related to Eden

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7 in the Cabinet

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15
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which plays demonstrated anger at ‘tory’ Britain

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a taste of honey 1961
look back in anger 1956
the entertainer 1957

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16
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Which British businesses were booming

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Rolls Royce, ICI, Feranki

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17
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Which was the most important car ever made in Britain

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the Mini

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18
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What happened to male worker wages

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the average weekly wage of an adult male worker increased from £8.30 in 1951 to £18.35 in 1964

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what happened to real wages

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the percentage increase in real wages was 2.9% in 1955-60 and 4% in 1960-64

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20
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what was the increase in wages in comparison to prices

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average wages increased by 72% while average prices rose by only 45%

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21
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What did finance companies enable people to do

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borrow much larger sums than they could obtain by saving

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what did access to credit allow people to do

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it allowed consumers to buy an unprecedented amount of manufactured goods

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23
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what did Macmillan refer to this new consumer society as

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a property-owning democracy

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why was Britain a property-owning democracy

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banks and building societies, encouraged by the government, advanced more in the form of mortgages

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25
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What was passed in 1957

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the rent act

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26
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what did the rent act 1957 do

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implanted the rental market by abolishing controls on rent

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what happened to housing due to the rent act

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6 million houses came onto the market

28
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what did the availability of credit do to society

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helped blur class divisions, with a rise in house buying and consumerism

29
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who was housing minister

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Macmillan

30
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what was Macmillan’s target for housing that they achieved

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300,000 new homes

31
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what were the conservatives able to claim by 1964

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to have built 1.7 million

32
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what per cent of the houses built by the Conservatives were private dwellings

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60%

33
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What happened in 1950 economically

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a consumer boom

34
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what happened between 1950-65

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the sale of private cars nearly quadrupled from 1.5 million to 5.5 million

35
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what became in reach of ordinary people due to the existence of credit

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foreign holidays, clothing and mod cons

36
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What consumer goods boomed in sales

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TVs, refrigerators and music systems

37
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What happened in 1953

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Elizabeth II coronation

38
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What was the coronation the first major occasion of

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a TV event that was watched by millions of Britons

39
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what happened to the number of cars

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it rose from under 3 million to over 7 million between 1951 and 1953

40
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What did Arthur Marwick say about the cultural revolution

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‘the important transformation was in the way that the ordinary people of whatever class or race, gained freedom in basic relationships and everyday living, non-existent in the mid-1950s’

41
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How did Dominic Sandbrook describe the period

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continuity, caution and conservatism

42
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what statistics did Sanbrook claim

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one in ten young people in the late 1960s went to university

43
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what figures did Sanbrook claim about music

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a million people rush out every Saturday to buy the latest hit singles, but two million boys went in pursuit of fish, and a staggering 19 million people pottered about the garden

44
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what did Sanbrook say about the lives of women

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in 1970, a survey found that only 9 in 100 single women had ever taken the pill
the average age of a bride fell below 23 for the first time

45
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Where was there continuity in consumerism

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Although credit was available, many were still afraid of being in debt so wouldn’t buy many things

46
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What did the change in the British economy mean for the life of women

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it meant that women were required to work after the boom in demand for British manufacturing

47
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What were the statistics about women in work

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in 1951, the number of women in manufacturing was 1/5th but by 1957 this had become 1/3rd

48
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What were still the most common roles for women

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homework and mothering

49
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what was the difference between the pay of men and women

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they were not paid equally. Women were rarely paid 50% of a male wage for the same job

50
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What was the expectation surrounding women

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that they would predominantly be a housewide

51
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how did marital status affect women

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married women were treated differently to single women

52
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What was still in place that affected married women

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the marriage bar was in place, where women could not get certain jobs when they became married

53
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what did the BBC say in 1951

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that their radio bulletins were only to be read by men

54
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What had been created for youths

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a large market for clothes, records, hairstyles, magazines and all the accessories that were essential to developing a distinct day

55
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How were the mods a real sign of change

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they were originally called modernists, something that became a serious movement

56
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What was good about the future of youths

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unemployment was at 1% and youths had a lot of potential jobs

57
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What were some popular music groups at the time

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the Beatles

58
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what was the actuality of the ‘swinging sixties’

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they were only experienced through the pages of the tabloids and on the TV for most people

59
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What was passed in 1948 that helped race relations

A

the British Nationality Act

60
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what did the British Nationality Act 1948 do

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gave people from across the commonwealth the status of ‘citizen of the UK and colonies’ and allowed mass immigration to Britain

61
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Where did immigrants find opportunities

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they benefitted from the rise in disposable income, such as the establishment of Chinese restaurants by Hong Kong Chinese people

62
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What ship brought over a lot of immigrants

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the SS Empire Windrush

63
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what were those who came across on the Windrush unprepared for

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the level of racial abuse that they experienced.

64
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where did racial abuse come from

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gangs of young men in the east end of London as well as from employers, landlords and shops that refused to employ, rent and serve these new immigrants

65
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Where were there race riots

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Notting hill

66
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what was passed in 1962

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the Commonwealth Immigration Act

67
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What did the Commonwealth Immigration Act do

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limited immigration to people with work permits

British History HLS (38 decks)

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