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Conservative domination 1951-64, Dates and Stats Flashcards

1
Q

Who reformed conservative party finances and organisation prior to 1951 election?

A

Lord Woolton

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2
Q

When was the Korean War?

A

June 1950 to July 1953

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3
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Percentage of votes won in ‘51 by:
Labour
Conservative
Liberal

A

-48.8%
-48%
-2.5%

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4
Q

Liberal votes in:
1945
vs
1951

A

‘45: 2.1 mil
‘51: 750,000

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5
Q

Seats won in ‘51 by:
Labour
Conservative

A

Labour: 295
Conservative: 321

Lab had more votes but less seats.

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6
Q

Peak of unemployment in 1950s?

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500,000 - low compared to modern standards.

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7
Q

Percentage of home owners in:
1951
1964

A

1951: 25%
1964: 44%

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8
Q

How many schools built 1951-64?

A

6,000

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9
Q

When was the Buttler Act?

A

1944

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10
Q

Teenage groups in 50s and 60s

A

Mods and the Rockers
Teddy Boys

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11
Q

When where the ….. race riots:
Nottinghill
Nottingham and Wolverhamptom

A

Nottinghill - 1958
other two 1959

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12
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‘Butskellism’

A

indicated little difference between the economic policies of R.A. Butler and Hugh Gaitskell

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13
Q

1955 unemployment

A

1.9%

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14
Q

When was the Hospital Plan

A

1962

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15
Q

Hire Purchase Act

A

1958

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16
Q

When was the M1 motor ways built

A

1950s- finished in 1959.

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17
Q

When was the Beeching report

A

1963

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18
Q

Avarage annual GPD growth rates during the period:
Britain
Germany/Japan

A

Brit - 2-3%
5%

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19
Q

How much spent of defence expenditure?

A

10% of GDP, the annual total value of goods and service

20
Q

Coal production:
1951
1960s

A

200 million tons in 1951
150 million tons in early 1960s

21
Q

Unemployment in 1963?

A

800,000

22
Q

When was Churchill peacetime prime minister?

A

1951-55
Conservative

23
Q

When was Eden prime minister?

A

1955-57
Conservative

24
Q

When was the Suez Crisis?

A

1956

25
Q

Egyptian President during Suez Crisis?

A

Nasser.

26
Q

When was Macmillan Prime Minister?

A

1957-63
Conservative

27
Q

When was the national Service expanded under Macmillan?

A

1959

28
Q

When was ‘The wind of change’ speech?

A

1960
-African Independence

29
Q

Cabinet Shuffle under Macmillan

A

1962
-Nicknamed ‘The Night of Long Knives’

30
Q

economic downturn under Macmillan?

A

-1961
-Balance of Trade deficit - importing more than exporting

31
Q

Cuban Missile Crisis?

A

1962 - Britain univolved - not a power.

32
Q

Profumo Affair?

A

1961
Defence Minister Profumo and Prostitute

33
Q

When was Home Prime Minister?

A

1963-64
Conservative

34
Q

Who was Labour Leader in 1955?

A

Hugh Gaitskell

35
Q

Bevan (Labour) Speech about public ownership of industry?

A

‘In Place of Fear’ 1952

36
Q

Labour Party vote for Disarmament?

A

1960
policy reversed

37
Q

1959 election votes for:
Con
Lab
Lib

A

1959 –
13.7 million voted conservative
12.5 million voted Labour
only 1.6 million Liberal votes
decline from the ten percent who voted Liberal in 1945.
Most of Lib votes went too Conservative.
However small gap - Lab only got 1.5 mil less popular vote.
However got 107 less seats.

38
Q

Who won 1964 election?

A

Labour

39
Q

Votes in ‘64 won by:
Conservative
Labour
Liberal

A

Conservative: 12,001,396 (304 seats)
Labour: 12,205,814 (317 seats)
Lib: 3,092,876 (9 seats)

40
Q

Leader in ‘64 election:
Conservative
Labour

A

Con: Sir Alec Douglas-Home (Scottish aristocrat)
Labour: Harold Wilson 47 years - politically cunning (perhaps untrustworthy).

41
Q

Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1963?
What was his policy?

A

Reginald Maudling - cut taxes in 1963.

42
Q

Affect of Maudling’s tax cut in ‘63?

A

-trade deficit of 800 million
however
-unemployment fell E.g. dropped from 900,000 unemployed in Feb 1963 to 300,000 unemployed ion July 1964.

43
Q

Notorious result in Smethwick constituency for Labour in 1964?

A

-Near Birmingham
-conservative candidate ran an overtly racist campaign and succeeded in turning and 3500 Labour majority into a Tory victory by 1700 votes.

44
Q

What age voters was Labour more popular with in 1964?

A

Under 44.

45
Q

Election results in middle class Orpington in 1962?

A

-Show switch from Conservative to Liberal - not Labour.
-conservative majority of 14,700 overturned by victorious liberal candidate with 7850 majority.

46
Q

How many more seats won by liberal in 64 than in 59?

A

only 3 - but their vote nearly doubled.
Leading to Labour government.

A level History - Britain (11 decks)

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