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chapter three Flashcards

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baby boom

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following world war two there was a rise in the number of babys born, increase in younger generation/young people

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what influenced increased societal change

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world war two and new emerging technology; changed the world in a way that couldnt be undone

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causes of growing social tension

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increased immigration and violence, and changes in attitude to class

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infrastructure definition and examples

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physical environment of a modern developed society (e.g. network of communications (roads, railways, airports) and telecommunication, the industrial base, the public buildings, the schools + housing stock)

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general ratio of council house owners to private house owners in the 50s

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council > private

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hire purchase

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essentially credit (pay a deposit then monthly payments until cost is covered with interest; once the contracted monthly payments are over customer can either pay full balance and buy the product or return it- ‘hire purchase’)
not available for women

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products that surged in ownership due to consumerist boom

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televisions, washing machines, refrigerators, new furniture

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what stimulated consumerism

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hire purchase

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rise of tv ownership 1957-59

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32%

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estimation of % of population watching the tv every night in the 50s

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50%

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car ownership increase between 1957 to 1959

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25%

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12
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when was the m1 built

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1957-1963

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impact of more cars and roads

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people could travel further, cheaper and easier; de-isolated cities and rural areas and further growth of towns (esp emerging towns designed by labour in the 1940s like stevenage)

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impact of class on 1951 election

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class loyalties were strong; 65% of working class voted labour; 80% of middle class voted conservative

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causes of loss of deference

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suez crisis; eden (epitome of eton) lying
rise of cnd support; challenging authority
press coverage of profumo affair
satire boom by the 1960s

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cnd

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campaign for nuclear disarment

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the establishment

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term for the informal networks that connected social and political elites; the most influential people of britain was uninpenetratable

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old boys network

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lots of establishments went to same schools, and would therefore all have connections (e.g eton or harrow)

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examples of satire boom

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by 1960; beyond the fringe tv show
from 1961; the private eye magazine
in 1962; that was the week that was tv show

20
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conservative reputation in regards to deference

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seen to be run by the establishment; who were becoming increasingly hated

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angry young men

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group of writers who rebelled against the establishment and plays that reflected contemporary society as they viewed it; (mundane, bleak, bitter and intense)

22
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example of a play written by an angry young man

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look back in anger; 1956; by john osborne

23
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average age of marriage for women in the 50s

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by 21 75% were married

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ratio of women working in 1951

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1 in 5 women worked

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causes for women not working

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societal expectations
family allowance
not supported by trade unions
no hire-purchase to afford a vehicle for work
lack of access to childcare

26
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equal pay acts for professions in the 50s

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teachers; 1952
civil servants; 1954

27
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when was elizabeths coronation

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1953

28
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new commonwealth

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countries that had recently gained independance

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new commonwealth examples

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pakistan; india; some caribbean countries (not white)

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old commonwealth examples

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australia; new zealand; canada; south africa (white)

31
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what event is associated with the beginning of immigration from the 40s

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windrush; 1948

32
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how many commonwealth immigrants were in britain by 1958

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210,000

33
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ratio of people immigrating vs emigrating throughout the 1950s

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676,000 immigrating; 1,320,000 emigrating

34
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when were the notting hill riots

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august 1958

35
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notting hill riots summary

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violent outbreaks in notting hill which had a large divide between african-carribean population and the working class white population; large mobs of white youth attacked the carribeans; with some fighting back; police response reflected wider racial discrimination; furthered bad relationship between black people and the police in the uk

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why did the notting hill riots start

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half of notting hill was largely african-carribean and the other half were white working class people; both exploited by landlords but the white people blamed immigration for bad living conditions; despite the immigrants luving in worse conditions; caused massive racial tension between notting hill; this tension worsened by fascists like oswald mosely to trigger the riots

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oswald mosely

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infamous leader of union of facists from 1948; friend of hitler and musilini; started as communist but turned facist due to discontent with the labour party and immigration; leader of the ‘black shirts’

38
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impact of notting hill riots

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worsened relations between black people and the police; heavily publicised

39
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legal impact of notting hill riots

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the commonwealth immigration act passed; 1962

40
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conscription in the 50s

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national service for 2 years for young men required from 1947 to 1960

41
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teddy boys

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took influence of edwardian fashion trends and were linked with delinquency and rising crime rates

42
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3 main subcultures of the 1950s

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teddy boys; early fifties
rockers and mods; late fifties

43
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height of mods vs. rockers

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may 1964; large mobs on either side fought for two days in brighton; but violence was mostly exaggerated and was largely a moral panic

44
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reaction to the slow evolution to permissive society

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the new culture was not universally popular and there was a lot of backlash towards the immorality; overall the majority opinion in britain remained conservative

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