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edward heath (1970-1974) Flashcards

edward heaths premiership: 1970-1974

1
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Positives of Heath.

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  • Educated at state school.
  • Cheif negotiator 1961-1963.
  • Detailed plan.
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The Selsdon Park Programme.

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Reforms to amend manifesto, law, trade union relation, lame-duck industry, etc, in order to end the post-war consensus.

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The ‘Barber Boom’.

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Anthony Barber’s changes in public spending and tax cuts, causing rapid inflation.

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4
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When was Rolls Royce nationalised.

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1971.

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When was the Yom Kippur war.

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1973.

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What did the Yom Kippur war cause.

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  • Oil exports stopped.
  • Prices for oil increased by 4x.
  • National Union of Miners demanded pay rise.
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The Industrial Relations Act (1971).

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  • Abolished National Board for Prices and Incomes.
  • Set up an Industrial Relations Court.
  • Strike ballots.
  • ‘Cooling off’ periods between strikes.
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8
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How many workings days lost in 1972 due to strikes.

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23,000,000.

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9
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When was the second oil crisis.

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1973.

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When and why did Heath introduce the three day working week.

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1974, to conserve electrisity.

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Results of the 1974 general election.

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Labour won 5 more seats than the Tories, leading to hung parliment.

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Why did policy under Industrial Relations Act not work.

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Trade Union Congress and Confederation of British Industry opposed.

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The Industry Act (1972).

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Tried to involve the government in the Trade Union Congress and the Confederation of British Industry with decisions in wages, prices, investments, etc.

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14
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What did many of the Conservative party view of the Industry Act (1972).

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Disapproved.

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15
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Who did Heath back in the ‘Troubles’, over what issues.

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Brian Faulkner, in policies like curfews and internment.

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16
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How many of those interned between 1971-1975 were Catholics.

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95%.

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17
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Bloody Sunday (1972).

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The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Associations protest was fired on by the army, with 26 shot and 13 killed.

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What was the IRA’s response to Bloody Sunday.

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Burning down the British Embassy.

19
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Why was 1972 the worst year for the Troubles.

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  • 1000 explosions.
  • 10,000 shootings.
  • 480 deaths.
20
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When did Heath suspend the Stormont Parliment and bring in direct Westminster rule.

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1972.

21
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When was the Sunningdale agreement formed.

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1973.

22
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What was the Sunningdale Agreement.

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A power sharing plan with support from the Social Democratic Labour Party, the Alliance and the Ulster Unionist Party rule.

23
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When did the Ulster Unionist Party pull out of the Sunningdale Agreement.

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1973.

24
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Why did the Ulster Unionist Party stop supporting the Conservatives.

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Because of the Sunningdale Agreement.

25
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When did the NHS made the contraceptive pill more avaliable.

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1971.

26
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When was the disruption of the Miss World Contest protest.

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1970.

27
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Where were the hot-spots of feminist protests in 1971.

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London and Liverpool.

28
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What were the two main ideologies in feminism that developed.

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  • Radical feminism.
  • Socialist feminism.
29
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What were women permitted to do after 1971 without a male guarantor.

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Take out a mortgage.

30
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The Immigration Act (1971).

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People entering Britain would need a guaranteed job and one British-born grandparent.

31
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How many Ugandan Asians entered Britain in the early 70s.

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28,000.

32
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When and why was there a rush of Bangledeshi immigrants.

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1974, due to Bangladesh break from Pakistan.

33
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When did Friends of the Earth come into Britain.

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1971.

34
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When was The Peoples Party formed.

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1973.

35
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How many candidates did The Peoples Party put up in 1974.

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5.

36
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When was Britain accepted to the EEC.

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1973.

37
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Who was the French leader by 1973 that wanted Britain in the EEC.

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Georges Pompidou.

38
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What did many of the Conservatives think of the EEC, with a main critic example.

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  • That it was surrendering British sovereginity. - Enoch Powell saw Heaths signing of the Treaty before its debate was betrayal.
39
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Why did Heath reject bonding oppirtunities with Kissinger.

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Believed America should negotiate with Europe directly instead of through Britain.

40
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What was Heaths position on Vietnman and Nixon.

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  • Got on with Nixon.
  • Supported the USA’s intervention in Vietnam.
41
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Why did Britain and Europe reject USA’s ask to use NATO airbases to airlift supplies to Isreal during the Yom Kippur War.

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To prevent putting oil supply at risk.

42
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When did Heath make visits to China.

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1974.

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