Dates

Question 1

Conscription of all women over 20

Answer 1

1941

Question 2

Beveridge report

Answer 2

1942

Question 3

Education Act

Answer 3

1944

Question 4

New labour government set up - Atlee

Answer 4

1944

Question 5

National Insurance Act

Answer 5

1944

Question 6

NHS

Answer 6

1946

Question 7

Family Allowance Act

Answer 7

1946

Question 8

Town and Country Planning Act

Answer 8

1947

Question 9

Children Act

Answer 9

1948

Question 10

SS. Wind rush

Answer 10

1448

Question 11

Housing act

Answer 11

1949

Question 12

How many women working in 1951

Answer 12

36%

Question 13

How many married women were working in 1951?

Answer 13

26%

Question 14

Prosperity of Britain

Answer 14

1955

Question 15

Equal Pay in the Public Sector

Answer 15

1955

Question 16

Notting Hill Riots

Answer 16

1958

Question 17

Keep Britain white campaign

Answer 17

1959

Question 18

The contraceptive pill available

Answer 18

1959

Question 19

Pill available on the NHS

Answer 19

1961

Question 20

Commonwealth immigration act (1st)

Answer 20

1962

Question 21

Labour reduce immigration

Answer 21

1964

Question 22

How much did the labour government reduce immigration to?

Answer 22

8,500 a year

Question 23

Who played the race card with the phrase ‘if you want a nigger labour vote labour’

Answer 23

Peter Griffiths

Question 24

What year was the phrase ‘if you want a nigger neighbour vote labour’ used by the conservative MPs

Answer 24

1964

Question 25

Race relations board 1st

Answer 25

1965

Question 26

When was the race relations board replaced?

Answer 26

1966

Question 27

Rivers of blood speech

Answer 27

1968

Question 28

Dagenham strikes

Answer 28

1968

Question 29

Abortion act legal

Answer 29

1968

Question 30

Women’s lib growing in strength

Answer 30

Late 1960s

Question 31

All 37 off licenses Asian owned in Dewsbury

Answer 31

1968

Question 32

Divorce reform act

Answer 32

1969

Question 33

Equal pay act

Answer 33

1970!

Question 34

National conference

Answer 34

1970

Question 35

Miss world protest

Answer 35

1970

Question 36

Matrimonial property act

Answer 36

1970

Question 37

What were the 4 demands?

Answer 37

Equal pay
Equal education and opportunities
24 hour nurseries
Free contraception and abortion on demand

Question 38

% women workers in 1971?

Answer 38

52%

Question 39

% married female workers in 1971

Answer 39

49%

Question 40

Final race relations act

Answer 40

1976

Question 41

When did evacuation start?

Answer 41

1940