(Changing Living Standards) The effects of 'total war' & austerity, 1939-51 Flashcards
Rationing - _______ living standards as the _______ of the population had the same _______ access to _____ and ________, but _________ society.
a) lowered
b) majority
c) limited
d) food
e) resources
f) equalising
Rationing - the creation of what meant lots of food was issued on rationing cards?
The Ministry of Food, 1940
Rationing - what did the creation of The Ministry of Food (1940) result in?
Lots of food was issued on rationing cards.
Rationing - what had happened to restaurants by 1942?
They were also subject to rationing.
Rationing - when did restaurants become subject to rationing?
1942
Rationing - despite declining living standards, what had improved?
Give an example.
Health
Vitamins and minerals were provided by The Ministry of Food
Rationing - what kind of government mentality was rationing accompanied with?
What else was this mentality applied to?
‘Made do and mend’
Clothing
Working conditions - what was created as a result of changing government economic intervention?
New war jobs with higher pay and working conditions.
Working conditions - how were new war jobs created?
Changing government economic intervention
Working conditions - what did the new war jobs result in?
Higher levels of employment and positive relationships between unions and workers.
Housing - how is it evident that the immediate effects of mass bombing was devastating on city centres?
Deaths of 40,000 people and 2 million homes destroyed.
Housing - what are examples of new modern towns that were developed under the New Towns Act?
Portsmouth and London
Housing - what is the name of the act that developed towns into more modern towns?
The New Towns Act
Housing - what was followed during the building of new towns?
The Tudor-Walters Report which emphasised space efficiency and the importance of electrified homes that would withstand over time.
What had remained in place in the immediate post war years?
Rationing & austerity
