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Britain theme 4 evidence Flashcards

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(inter-war) infant mortality rate fell … to … per 1,000 …

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14.3
12
1920-39

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Tuberculosis Act … set up TB sanatoria = num cases declined every year …

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1921
1920-38

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‘means-test’ introduced under Nat Economy Act … disqualified short-term or seasonal workers

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1931

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1932 … working in electrical appliance industries unemp compared to … in shipbuilding

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12%
70%

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after … ‘light industries’ boomed in southeast

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1933

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(30s) electrical consumption in southeast … higher than north

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nearly 3x

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survey in … concluded unemp benefits insufficient to provide min diet recommended by Ministry of Health

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1933

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nat survey … revealed chronic shortage beds, equipment, trained consultants & poor distribution access to good hospitals

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1938

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(30s) infant mortality rate varied from … in Wales to … wealthy London district Kensington

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5.17 deaths/1,000
0.86

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… William Beveridge calculated … long-term unemp in Scot, Wales & North Eng

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1944
85%

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even in period supposed full emplyment after WWII unemp still higher in north & Scot with continuing job loss … each year

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~50,000

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by mid-30s … cinema tickets sold each week

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nearly 20mil

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by 1951 … homes had radio

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90%

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BBC’s ‘Light programme’ established … = captured … … daily listeners in …

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1945
2/3
11mil
1945

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football low ticket prices = … 1914 & … in 30s

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sixpence
shilling

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Holidays & Pay Act … made paid holidays right rather than privilege - by … … workers enjoyed this benefit with … Britons taking full week’s paid leave

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1938
1938
40%
~1/3

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William Butlin launched first commercial holiday camp in … …

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Skegness
1937

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by … … holiday camps catered for … visitors/yr including from poorest families

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1939
200
over 100,000

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… inc in real wages & cost of living fell … by 1938 - … estimated quality of life in some northern cities e.g. York inc … due to inc real wages

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19%
more than 1/3
Seebohm Rowntree
30%

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(30s) consumerism = … inc in sale electric cookers …

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300%
1930-39

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after … majority began to see standard living inc = even in shipbuilding towns of north rearmament brought jobs

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1935

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… ‘Food, Health & Income’ report by … concluded average diet improved signif since 1918

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1936
Rowett Institute

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(interwar) owner-occupiers rose … … to … …

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10%
1920
32%
1939

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of … council houses built 1918-39 … on new suburban estates

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1.1mil
over 90%

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(interwar) homes with electricity inc from ... ... to ... ... (... all homes)
730,000 1920 over 9mil 1939 66%
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Nat Insurance Act ... made unemp & sickness benefits available to all workers & provided state pensions for men over ... & women over ...
1946 65 60
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NHS ...
1948
28
during 50s average wages ... & while wage increases slowed throughout 60s & 70s still inc ... ...
doubled 30% 1970-80
29
estimated among wc wages inc ... on average by 1970
130%
30
estimated average Briton had ... spending power by 1970 than 1950
5x
31
1955 alone TV ownership rose ...
10%
32
MacMilan 'giveaway' budget ... lowered taxes & interest rates
1959
33
only ... pop owned car 1950 -> ... 1970 (as able to buy car 'on credit')
16% 52%
34
only ... pop homeowners 1950 -> ... 1970
29% 50%
35
... Credit Cards available
1966
36
Consumer Credit Act ... helped improve regulation money lending & removed some restrictions on consumer borrowing
1974
37
first supermarket opened in ... ...
St Albans 1947
38
... opening first Sainsbury's in ...
1950 Croydon
39
end food rationing ...
between 1951 & 1954
40
removal Retail Price Maintenance (RPM) on groceries in ... & ... allowed supermarkets slash prices
1956 1964
41
... just ... supermarkets across UK -> ... by ...
1959 286 over 3,500 1970
42
first 'out-of-town' supermarket ... in ... ...
ASDA Nottinghamshire 1964
43
(... local grocers' shops closed 1960-90)
over 60,000
44
at ... Top of the Pops appearance ... draped arm suggestively around guitarist
1972 David Bowie
45
Obscene Publications Act ... & Theatres Act ...
1959 1968
46
film A Taste of Honey ... told story passions & ambitions ordinary B working families
1961
47
'That Was The Week That Was' launched ..., ... viewers/week in 60s
1962 over 12mil
48
Beatles = ... num one hits & ... merch sold by ...
17 £100mil 1970
49
Mod bands e.g. ..., ...
The Who The Kinks
50
... ... youths fought in ... in 'Second Battle of Hastings'
1960 100s Clacton, Brighton
51
war films e.g. The Dam Busters ...
1955
52
60s top-selling album = ... then ...
Beatles 'Sergeant Pepper' Sound of Music soundtrack
53
Coronation Street launched ... & audiences of ... in first year
Dec 1960 20mil
54
many saw racist, rick-wing dockworker ... in comedy 'Till Death Do Us Part' as hero rather than buffoon
Alf Garnett
55
real disposable income rose ... in 50s & ... in 60s
30% 22%
56
New Towns Act ... began housing project creating ... new towns including ...
1946 12 Hatfield & Milton Keynes
57
Wilson committed to building ... houses/yr
500,000
58
only ... households TV in 1950 -> ... 1955, ... 1970, ... 1979
4% 40% 80% 97%
59
Sexual Offences Act ... decrim homosexuality men over ...
1967 21
60
Abortion Act ... = legal up to ...
1967 28 weeks
61
Television Act ... brought monopoly BBC to end -> ITV launched following year & by ... ITV's advertising revenue greater than all nat newspapers combined
1954 1960
62
opportunities for women in punk music e.g. ...
Siouxsie Sioux & the Banshees
63
Equal Pay Act ... prohibited less favourable pay or conditions
1970
64
in 70s ... pop disapproved homosexuality
85%
65
TV invented in ... but before ... BBC only broadcast to ... homes in London
20s 1939 ~12,500
66
... coronation Elizabeth II attracted huge audiences & broadcast live to ...
1953 over 8mil
67
(TV) ... World Cup watched by ...
1966 32mil
68
by 1979 average ... hours/week TV in summer, ... in winter
16 20
69
most successful artist in 20s = ..., appealed sense patriotism with songs e.g. ..., paid ... by record company
Ivor Novello 'Keep the Home Fires Burning' £15,000
70
rise 'pirate' radio stations e.g. ... in ...
Radio Luxembourg 60s
71
film Rock Around the Clock ...
1956
72
film Quadrophenia ...
1979
73
introduction of 'talkies' in ...
1928
74
1914 ... cinemas -> ... ...
3,000 5,000 1930
75
film The Gentle Sex ... explored social problems facing women during war
1943
76
film A Clockwork Orange ... = dystopian vision, gangs young men kill & rape for enjoyment
1971
77
... dance bands playing regularly in dance halls by ...
over 20,000 1930
78
... 'Light Programme' reorganised into Radio 1, 2, 3 & 4, DJs e.g. ... became nat celebrities
1967 Tony Blackburn
79
The Battle of the Somme ... - ... people saw in first ...
1916 20mil 6 weeks
80
by ... 'picture palaces' being built to attract affluent mc
mid-20s
81
(post-war slump & Great Dep) = in Glasgow ... unemp pop watched film at least once a week
80%
82
film The Pleasure Garden ... followed lives & relationships 2 young women
1925
83
by ... cinema industry provided ... all tax revenues on entertainment
1939 50%
84
(inter-war) wealthy visited ... rather than ..., ... rather than ...
Tynmouth Whitley Bay Bournemouth Margate
85
by ... flight commercially viable
1918
86
... Imperial Airways formed as partially state-funded corporation
1924
87
... B Airways set up as private company
1935
88
(Great Dep recovery) industrial production rose ... ...
46% 1934-39
89
by 1935 just ... workers had access to paid holidays
8%
90
football average match-day attendance grew from ... 1914 to ... by ...
23,000 over 30,000 mid-30s
91
(inter-war) ... percentage households with radio rose ... to ...
1922-39 1% 71%
92
car Austin Seven launched ... = mass produced
1922
93
by 1939 ... cars on roads
2mil
94
throughout 30s Lake District attracted ... visitors/year
over 700,000
95
over half cinemas closed ...
1955-63
96
(TV) Sportsview ... & Grandstand
1954 1958
97
(sport) peak ticket sales ... ...
41.2mil 1948-49
98
in 70s men & women in B spent ... leisure time watching TV = ... as much as ...
23% twice Italy, Belgium & Sweden
99
appointment of ... to Director General of BBC in ...
Hugh Carlton Greene 1960
100
weekly Wednesday Play ... watched by estimated ...
1964-70 10mil
101
plays (on TV) e.g. Up the Junction ... & Cathy Come Home ...
1965 1966
102
by 1979 ... UK pop been on caravan holiday, mainly to areas e.g. ...
almost half Devon, Cornwall & Carmarthenshire
103
Youth Hostel Association overnight stays grew from ... in 1950 to ... ...
1.1mil 1.4mil 1970
104
... cars made in ... alone
2mil 1972
105
... employed in car industry in ...
500,000 1970
106
Beeching Report ... -> decline rail travel, railway staff fell ... in ...
1963 & 65 25% 60s
107
'ribbon development' along commuter lines & New Towns Act ...
1946 & 61
108
de-urbanisation = pop ... all declined in 40s & 50s
London, Bolton, Manchester & Oldham
109
first ever multi-story car park in ... ...
Blackpool 1939
110
(30s) ... coaches transported ... passengers to parts rural B
1936 82mil
111
(inter-war) car ownership grew rapidly from ... ... to ... even WWII (... households in affluent areas)
~100,000 1919 2mil ~20%
112
(estimated ... cars sold in 30s purchased primarily for leisure purposes)
up to 75%
113
(car ownership ... in 60s reaching ... by 1970 by which time accounted for ... share holiday transport, caravans ... holiday accommodation)
doubled 11.8mil over 60% 20%
114
(post-WWII) num passengers on international flights from UK ... in ... to ... ...
887,000 1951 15mil 1979
115
(post-WWII) ... ... Britons went abroad -> ... by ...
1951 over 2mil 7mil 1979
116
(post-WWII) full time workers = ... paid holiday ... -> ... in ..., ... by ...
2 weeks 1960 3 weeks 1975 4 weeks 1979
117
(post-WWII) ... of those taking foreign holidays used 'travel agents' e.g. ...
60% Thomas Cook
118
(post-WWII) cheap resorts e.g. ...
Benidorm & Torremolinos

A-level History - Britain 1918-97 (12 decks)

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