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Chapter 3- social developments Flashcards

1
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what was the festival of Britain

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event held in 1951 to display Britains recovery from the war

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

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Harlow in Essex

Kirkby on Merseyside

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3
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how did mens weekly wages change from 1951-1961

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rose from £8.30 to £15.35

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4
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what was a problem with British housing

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

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5
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what was introduced that helped the populace to buy goods such as refrigerators

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hire purchase

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6
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what was launched in 1955 that changed advertising

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ITV

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7
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how did the number of households with TV’s change from 1957-59

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rose by 325

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8
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how many TV sets were in use by 1960

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10 million

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9
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what percentage of the population watched TV every night by 1960

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50%

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10
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how ddi car ownership change from 1957-59

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rose 25%

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

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1200

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12
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how did total yearly car production increase from 1948-60

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went from 500,000 to 1.2 million

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13
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how many people holidayed each week to Butlins in the 50’s

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60,000

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

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less than 2%

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15
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at the 1951 election what percentage of the middle class voted tory

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80%

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16
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at the 1951 election what percentage of the working class voted labour

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65%

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17
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what did the Suez crisis reveal about the government

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its tendency to lie and manipulate the population

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18
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what did the ride of CND encourage

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tendency to challenge the government

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19
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what was the establishment

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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’

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20
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what were examples of the ‘satire boom’ of the 60’s

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Private eye grew popular

That was thew week that was debuted in 1962

beyond the fringe debuted in 1961

21
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what did social scientists Anthony Sampson provide evidence of in 1961

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Britain’s ‘class-ridden society’

22
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who were ‘the angry young men’

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

23
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what are examples of plays by thew angry young men

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Look back in anger by John Osborne

Room at the top by John Braine

24
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what was the average age for a woman to get married at in the 50’s

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21

25
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what percentage of women were married in the 50’s

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75%

26
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how many women went out to work in 1951

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1 in 5

27
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what was the family allowance

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

28
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what was introduced for female teachers in 1952

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equal pay

29
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what was introduced for female civil sdervanrs in 1954

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equal pay

30
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how did the number of households with a washing machine and fridge change from 1957-59

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WM- 54% increase

fridge-58% increase

31
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what was one hotpoint washing machine model called

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‘the liberator’

32
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how many immigrants arrived from the commonwealth in 1948

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250,000 including the empire wind rush

33
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how many commonwealth immigrants had settled in Britain by 1958

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210,00

34
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how many immigrants came to Britain in the 50’s

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676,000

35
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how many brits left to live abroad in the 50’s

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1.32 million

36
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what was the total immigration in the 60’s

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1.25 million in

1.92 million out

37
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what did Nottingham youth go on in August 1958

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‘n….. hunts’

38
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what happened at the notting hill riots

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

39
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who was Oswald Mosely

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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

40
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what act was passed in 1962

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commonwealth immigrants act

41
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what percentage of population were teens in 1959

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10%

42
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what was the key subculture in the 1950’s

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teddy boys

43
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why were teddy. boys seen as a problem

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linked to delinquency and increasing crime rates

44
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what were the two key subcultures by the end of the 50’s

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mods and rockers

45
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what happened at Clacton, Margate and Brighton in 1964

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

46
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what are examples of literature that pushed boundaries

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Sapphire 1959

A clockwork Orange 1962- Anthony Burgess

A taste of Honey- 1958 Shelagh Delaney

47
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why did penguin books cause a storm in 1962

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

48
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who lead protests against ‘immorality and depravity’

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Mary Whitehouse

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