Britain In 1951 (KO)

Question 1

When did Britain grant India independence?

Answer 1

1947

Question 2

When was the ECSC created (and Britain decided not to join)?

Answer 2

1951

Question 3

When was the Korean War?

Answer 3

1950-53

Question 4

When was R.A Butler’s education act?

Answer 4

1944

Question 5

When did Labour implement their four major measures for the welfare state?

Answer 5

Summer 1948

Question 6

When was the Beveridge report?

Answer 6

1942

Question 7

What did Britain agree with the USA to increase défense spending by (1951)

Answer 7

2.4 billion

Question 8

By 1951, how much was Britain spending on defence? (%)

Answer 8

14% of GDP

Question 9

What was Britain’s balance of payments deficit following WW2?

Answer 9

750 million

Question 10

How much did the ‘run on pound’ cause Attlee to devalue the sterling by?

Answer 10

30%

Question 11

When did Attlee devalue the pound by 30%?

Answer 11

1949

Question 12

When did Marshall Aid begin to operate?

Answer 12

1948

Question 13

How much did Britain receive from Marshall Aid?

Answer 13

10% of Europe’s $15 billion share

Question 14

When were Iron and Steel nationalised by Atlee?

Answer 14

1949

Question 15

What were the five giants of the Beveridge report?

Answer 15

W.I.D.I.S.
Want
Ignorance
Disease
Idleness
Squalor

Question 16

What were Labours main Welfare state measures in summer 1948?

Answer 16

• Establishing the NHS
• The National Insurance Act
• The National Assistance Act
• The Industrial Injuries Act

Question 17

How much did Attlee borrow from the USA and Canada to try and help the economy?

Answer 17

$6000 million

Question 18

What is collectivism?

Answer 18

The people and state acting together with a common purpose

Question 19

When did Britain commit to developing its own nuclear deterrent?

Answer 19

1947

Question 20

When was Britain’s non-acceptance of the Schuman plan?

Answer 20

1951

Question 21

What percentage of the vote did Labour get in the 1945 election?

Answer 21

48.8%

Question 22

When was the National Health service Act?

Answer 22

July 1948

Question 23

What was the balance of payments deficit in 1951? What was this due to?

Answer 23

750 million - due to WW2 costs and welfare state spending.

Question 24

What did the Austerity which characterised this period mean?

Answer 24

Rationing, wage controls, restrictions on imports etc.