Chapter 3- social developments

Question 1

what was the festival of Britain

Answer 1

event held in 1951 to display Britains recovery from the war

Question 2

what are examples of new towns built in the 1950’s to replace pre-war slums

Answer 2

Harlow in Essex

Kirkby on Merseyside

Question 3

how did mens weekly wages change from 1951-1961

Answer 3

rose from £8.30 to £15.35

Question 4

what was a problem with British housing

Answer 4

people living in council houses and rented accomodation substantially outnumbered those who privately owned houses

Question 5

what was introduced that helped the populace to buy goods such as refrigerators

Answer 5

hire purchase

Question 6

what was launched in 1955 that changed advertising

Answer 6

ITV

Question 7

how did the number of households with TV’s change from 1957-59

Answer 7

rose by 325

Question 8

how many TV sets were in use by 1960

Answer 8

10 million

Question 9

what percentage of the population watched TV every night by 1960

Answer 9

50%

Question 10

how ddi car ownership change from 1957-59

Answer 10

rose 25%

Question 11

how many miles of new main road were built or upgraded from 1959-62

Answer 11

1200

Question 12

how did total yearly car production increase from 1948-60

Answer 12

went from 500,000 to 1.2 million

Question 13

how many people holidayed each week to Butlins in the 50’s

Answer 13

60,000

Question 14

how much of the population went on foreign holidays in the 50’s

Answer 14

less than 2%

Question 15

at the 1951 election what percentage of the middle class voted tory

Answer 15

80%

Question 16

at the 1951 election what percentage of the working class voted labour

Answer 16

65%

Question 17

what did the Suez crisis reveal about the government

Answer 17

its tendency to lie and manipulate the population

Question 18

what did the ride of CND encourage

Answer 18

tendency to challenge the government

Question 19

what was the establishment

Answer 19

term for informal networks that linked political and social elites. included politicians, civil servants and the aristocracy etc,. relied heavily on background- for example most went from an elite private school to Oxford or Cambridge before entering a position of power- sometimes called the ‘old boys network’

Question 20

what were examples of the ‘satire boom’ of the 60’s

Answer 20

Private eye grew popular

That was thew week that was debuted in 1962

beyond the fringe debuted in 1961

Question 21

what did social scientists Anthony Sampson provide evidence of in 1961

Answer 21

Britain’s ‘class-ridden society’

Question 22

who were ‘the angry young men’

Answer 22

group of writers et up in the late 50’s that weaponised the arts to attack the establishment and upper classes

Question 23

what are examples of plays by thew angry young men

Answer 23

Look back in anger by John Osborne

Room at the top by John Braine

Question 24

what was the average age for a woman to get married at in the 50’s

Answer 24

21

Question 25

what percentage of women were married in the 50’s

Answer 25

75%

Question 26

how many women went out to work in 1951

Answer 26

1 in 5

Question 27

what was the family allowance

Answer 27

a weekly benefit paid for each child in a family- supported nuclear families and meant women dint have to work

Question 28

what was introduced for female teachers in 1952

Answer 28

equal pay

Question 29

what was introduced for female civil sdervanrs in 1954

Answer 29

equal pay

Question 30

how did the number of households with a washing machine and fridge change from 1957-59

Answer 30

WM- 54% increase

fridge-58% increase

Question 31

what was one hotpoint washing machine model called

Answer 31

‘the liberator’

Question 32

how many immigrants arrived from the commonwealth in 1948

Answer 32

250,000 including the empire wind rush

Question 33

how many commonwealth immigrants had settled in Britain by 1958

Answer 33

210,00

Question 34

how many immigrants came to Britain in the 50’s

Answer 34

676,000

Question 35

how many brits left to live abroad in the 50’s

Answer 35

1.32 million

Question 36

what was the total immigration in the 60’s

Answer 36

1.25 million in

1.92 million out

Question 37

what did Nottingham youth go on in August 1958

Answer 37

‘n….. hunts’

Question 38

what happened at the notting hill riots

Answer 38

fighting broke out at notting hill between afro-carribean pop[ulation and white population- police intervened but showed racial discrimination in doing so

Question 39

who was Oswald Mosely

Answer 39

the leader of Britain racism who ran for a seat in Kensington North (which included notting hill) in 1959- located for the policy of repartriation

Question 40

what act was passed in 1962

Answer 40

commonwealth immigrants act

Question 41

what percentage of population were teens in 1959

Answer 41

10%

Question 42

what was the key subculture in the 1950’s

Answer 42

teddy boys

Question 43

why were teddy. boys seen as a problem

Answer 43

linked to delinquency and increasing crime rates

Question 44

what were the two key subcultures by the end of the 50’s

Answer 44

mods and rockers

Question 45

what happened at Clacton, Margate and Brighton in 1964

Answer 45

clashes between mods and rockers- fighting went on for two days

Question 46

what are examples of literature that pushed boundaries

Answer 46

Sapphire 1959

A clockwork Orange 1962- Anthony Burgess

A taste of Honey- 1958 Shelagh Delaney

Question 47

why did penguin books cause a storm in 1962

Answer 47

published ‘lady chatterly’s lover’ which sold 2 million copies

Question 48

who lead protests against ‘immorality and depravity’

Answer 48

Mary Whitehouse