ADV INFO - 1950s Britain

Question 1

What race tensions were there

Answer 1

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”

Question 2

what were there riots over

Answer 2

the Vietnam war, these were extensive and violent

Question 3

what was the issue of youths at the time

Answer 3

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

Question 4

what happened to youth culture

Answer 4

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

Question 5

which groups were associated with violence and hooliganism

Answer 5

the teddy boys

Question 6

What did Harold Macmillan say about Britain

Answer 6

never had it so good

Question 7

what would suggest Harold Macmillan was right

Answer 7

improvements for the life of women

economic improvements

Question 8

what would suggest Macmillan was wrong

Answer 8

race relations and youth culture

Question 9

What happened in Notting Hill in 1958

Answer 9

6 days of race riots

Question 10

How were the PM and the government criticised through satire

Answer 10

Beyond the fringe - Peter Cook

Question 11

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

Answer 11

the CND movement

Question 12

how much of the population was alleged to support nuclear disarmament

Answer 12

a third

Question 13

Who replaced Eden as PM in 1955

Answer 13

Harold Macmillan

Question 14

how many of the Cabinet were related to Eden

Answer 14

7 in the Cabinet

Question 15

which plays demonstrated anger at ‘tory’ Britain

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Which British businesses were booming

Answer 16

Rolls Royce, ICI, Feranki

Question 17

Which was the most important car ever made in Britain

Answer 17

the Mini

Question 18

What happened to male worker wages

Answer 18

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

Question 19

what happened to real wages

Answer 19

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

Question 20

what was the increase in wages in comparison to prices

Answer 20

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

Question 21

What did finance companies enable people to do

Answer 21

borrow much larger sums than they could obtain by saving

Question 22

what did access to credit allow people to do

Answer 22

it allowed consumers to buy an unprecedented amount of manufactured goods

Question 23

what did Macmillan refer to this new consumer society as

Answer 23

a property-owning democracy

Question 24

why was Britain a property-owning democracy

Answer 24

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

Question 25

What was passed in 1957

Answer 25

the rent act

Question 26

what did the rent act 1957 do

Answer 26

implanted the rental market by abolishing controls on rent

Question 27

what happened to housing due to the rent act

Answer 27

6 million houses came onto the market

Question 28

what did the availability of credit do to society

Answer 28

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

Question 29

who was housing minister

Answer 29

Macmillan

Question 30

what was Macmillan's target for housing that they achieved

Answer 30

300,000 new homes

Question 31

what were the conservatives able to claim by 1964

Answer 31

to have built 1.7 million

Question 32

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

Answer 32

60%

Question 33

What happened in 1950 economically

Answer 33

a consumer boom

Question 34

what happened between 1950-65

Answer 34

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

Question 35

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

Answer 35

foreign holidays, clothing and mod cons

Question 36

What consumer goods boomed in sales

Answer 36

TVs, refrigerators and music systems

Question 37

What happened in 1953

Answer 37

Elizabeth II coronation

Question 38

What was the coronation the first major occasion of

Answer 38

a TV event that was watched by millions of Britons

Question 39

what happened to the number of cars

Answer 39

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

Question 40

What did Arthur Marwick say about the cultural revolution

Answer 40

'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'

Question 41

How did Dominic Sandbrook describe the period

Answer 41

continuity, caution and conservatism

Question 42

what statistics did Sanbrook claim

Answer 42

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

Question 43

what figures did Sanbrook claim about music

Answer 43

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

Question 44

what did Sanbrook say about the lives of women

Answer 44

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

Question 45

Where was there continuity in consumerism

Answer 45

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

Question 46

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

Answer 46

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

Question 47

What were the statistics about women in work

Answer 47

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

Question 48

What were still the most common roles for women

Answer 48

homework and mothering

Question 49

what was the difference between the pay of men and women

Answer 49

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

Question 50

What was the expectation surrounding women

Answer 50

that they would predominantly be a housewide

Question 51

how did marital status affect women

Answer 51

married women were treated differently to single women

Question 52

What was still in place that affected married women

Answer 52

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

Question 53

what did the BBC say in 1951

Answer 53

that their radio bulletins were only to be read by men

Question 54

What had been created for youths

Answer 54

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

Question 55

How were the mods a real sign of change

Answer 55

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

Question 56

What was good about the future of youths

Answer 56

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

Question 57

What were some popular music groups at the time

Answer 57

the Beatles

Question 58

what was the actuality of the 'swinging sixties'

Answer 58

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

Question 59

What was passed in 1948 that helped race relations

Answer 59

the British Nationality Act

Question 60

what did the British Nationality Act 1948 do

Answer 60

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

Question 61

Where did immigrants find opportunities

Answer 61

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

Question 62

What ship brought over a lot of immigrants

Answer 62

the SS Empire Windrush

Question 63

what were those who came across on the Windrush unprepared for

Answer 63

the level of racial abuse that they experienced.

Question 64

where did racial abuse come from

Answer 64

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

Question 65

Where were there race riots

Answer 65

Notting hill

Question 66

what was passed in 1962

Answer 66

the Commonwealth Immigration Act

Question 67

What did the Commonwealth Immigration Act do

Answer 67

limited immigration to people with work permits