general stuff (term 1) Flashcards
1
Q
what was the welfare state?
A
safety set by gov. helped health, education, unemployment, sickness
2
Q
when was the beveridge report made?
A
1942
3
Q
what was the beveridge report?
A
welfare program for after the war
4
Q
what was done to stop poverty post WW2?
A
beveridge report
5
Q
what’s a coalition government?
A
when 2+ political parties work together
6
Q
what’s Butskellism’s origin
A
combined labour + conservative representatives last names
7
Q
when was the coal industry taken over by gov?
A
1947
8
Q
when was electricity taken over by gov?
A
1947
9
Q
when were railways taken over by gov?
A
1948
10
Q
when were the iron and steel industries taken over by gov?
A
1949
11
Q
consensus +
A
- welfare reform
- conservatives change to be more like labour
- nationalisation of industries
- decolonisation
12
Q
consensus –
A
- NHS
- tory’s don’t want to decolonise
- denationalisation of steel
13
Q
pushes away from labour 1951
A
- divisions in labour
- rationing continues
- first past the post
- Korean War
14
Q
pull to conservative 1951
A
- plan to build 300,000 homes a year
- churchill has charisma
- experienced ministry team
- stop rationing
15
Q
order of 4 PM’s
A
- Churchill
- Antony eden
- Harold macmillan
- douglous-home
