Dates 1951-1974 Flashcards

1
Q

When were the seven elections?

A

1951, 1955, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1974

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2
Q

When did Britain detonate the first atomic bomb

A

1952

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3
Q

When was the Mau Mau Rebellion

A

1952

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4
Q

When was the Beveridge report committed to

A

1951-1955

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5
Q

When did Hugh Gaitskell become the leader of labour

A

1955

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6
Q

When was the Suez crisis

A

1956

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7
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When was the knight of the long knives

A

1962

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8
Q

When was the Vassal affair

A

1963

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9
Q

When was the Kim Philby scandal

A

1963

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10
Q

When was the Argyll divorce case

A

1963

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11
Q

When was the Profumo affair

A

1963

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12
Q

When did the CND rise

A

1957

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13
Q

When did Britain abandon Blue Streak

A

1960

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14
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When was the Mutual defence agreement

A

1958

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15
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When was the wind of change speech

A

1960

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16
Q

When did Britain adopt the US Polaris

A

1960

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17
Q

When was the Cuban missile crisis

A

1962

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18
Q

When was Britain rejected from the EEC

A

1963

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19
Q

When did the Teddy Boys start

A

1957

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20
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When as the Notting Hill race riot

A

1958

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21
Q

When was the Commonwealth immigrants act

A

1962

22
Q

When was the Mods and Rockers violence

A

1964

23
Q

When were British troops sent to Northern Ireland

A

1969

24
Q

When was Britain rejected from the EEC again

A

1966

25
Q

When was the fort Dagenham strike

A

1968

26
Q

When was in place of strife rejected as a law

A

1969

27
Q

When did Peter Griffiths win the seat in Smethwick

A

1964

28
Q

When was the race relations act

A

1965

29
Q

When was the family planning act

A

1967

30
Q

When was the dangerous drug act

A

1967

31
Q

When was the abortion act

A

1967

32
Q

When was the sexual offences act

A

1967

33
Q

When as the race relations act

A

1968

34
Q

When was the commonwealth immigrants act

A

1968

35
Q

When was the rivers of blood strike

A

1968

36
Q

When was the divorce act

A

1969

37
Q

When was internment introduced

A

1971

38
Q

When was Bloody Sunday

A

1972

39
Q

When was the widgery report

A

1972

40
Q

When was the sunnigdale agreement

A

1973

41
Q

When did Britain join the EEC

A

1973

42
Q

When was the Yom Kippur war

A

1973

43
Q

When was the industrial relations act

A

1971

44
Q

When was the OPEC oil crisis

A

1973

45
Q

When was the state of emergency declared

A

1973

46
Q

When was the miners strike

A

1974

47
Q

When was the equal pay act

A

1970

48
Q

When was the immigration act

A

1971

49
Q

when did the IRA bomb the Guilford pub

A

1974

50
Q

When did the IRA bomb the Birmingham pub

A

1974