Key dates (Thatcher)

Question 1

1980 (3)

Answer 1

Monetarism was adopted as an economic strategy to deal with inflation.

Thatcher installed Trident, a new generation of nuclear missiles in Britain.

The 1980 Housing Act gave tenants in Council Houses who had lived there for over three years the right to buy their house with a 33% discount from the market rate. Anyone who had lived in one for more than twenty years could get a 50% discount.

Question 2

1980-84

Answer 2

A number of laws were introduced to control aspects of Trade Union activity.

Question 3

1981 (3)

Answer 3

Particularly savage spending cuts were criticised by over 350 leading economists.

Thatcher shows sanctioning of aggressive policing during “Operation Swamp ‘81”.

The New Cross Fire / “Massacre” and riots from following Swamp.

Question 4

1982

Answer 4

Falklands War.

Question 5

1982-1988

Answer 5

Thatcher’s economic policy adopts “supply-side economics”.

Question 6

1982-1986

Answer 6

Privatisation of a number of key industries.

Question 7

1984

Answer 7

The IRA Grand Hotel Bomb.

Question 8

1984-1985

Answer 8

Thatcher’s government showed a strong show of defiance in the face of the miners’ strike during this time.

Question 9

1986 (3)

Answer 9

Deregulation of the city of London.

The 1986 Social Security Act tried to stop rise in social security costs by introducing means tests for some universal benefits.

Section 28

Question 10

1987

Answer 10

Black Monday Stock Market Crash wiped £50 million off of the value of shares on the London Stock Market.

Question 11

1988

Answer 11

The number of new Council homes being built was reduced by the 1988 Housing Act banning Councils from using money raised from the sale of Council homes to invest in building new ones.

Question 12

1989 (2)

Answer 12

Thatcher took steps to create an internal market in the NHS. Rather than hospitals being funded directly, the new system would lead to district hospitals buying services from local hospitals.

Labour abandoned many of the hard-left policies that they had embraced in the early 1980s.

Question 13

1990 (2)

Answer 13

Poll Tax and protests.

Clear existence of “Mondeo man” voters.

Question 14

When was Monetarism adopted as an economic strategy to deal with inflation?

Answer 14

1980

Question 15

When did Thatcher introduce Trident and what was it?

Answer 15

1980

Trident was a new generation of nuclear missiles in Britain

Question 16

What was the 1980 housing act?

Answer 16

• Gave tenants in Council Houses who had lived there for over three years the right to buy their house with 33% discount from the market rate
• Anyone who had lived in one for more than twenty years could get a 50% discount.

Question 17

When were a number of laws were introduced to control aspects of Trade Union activity?

Answer 17

1980-1984

Question 18

When were particularly savage spending cuts were criticised by over 350 leading economists?

Answer 18

1981

Question 19

When did Thatcher show sanctioning of aggressive policing during “Operation Swamp ‘81”?

Answer 19

1981

Question 20

When was the New Cross Fire / “Massacre” and riots from following Swamp?

Answer 20

1981

Question 21

When was the Falklands war?

Answer 21

1982

Question 22

When was Thatcher’s economic policy adopts “supply-side economics”?

Answer 22

1982-1988

Question 23

When was the privatisation of a number of key industries?

Answer 23

1982-1986

Question 24

When was the IRA Grand Hotel Bomb?

Answer 24

1984

Question 25

When did Thatcher’s government show strong defiance in the face of the miners’ strike?

Answer 25

1984-1985

Question 26

When was the deregulation of the city of London?

Answer 26

1986

Question 27

When was Thatcher’s Social Security Act?

Answer 27

1986

Question 28

What was the 1986 Social Security Act?

Answer 28

Tried to stop rise in social security costs by introducing means tests for some universal benefits

Question 29

When was section 28?

Answer 29

1986

Question 30

When was Black Monday?

Answer 30

1987

Question 31

What was Black Monday?

Answer 31

Black Monday Stock Market Crash wiped £50 million off of the value of shares on the London Stock Market

Question 32

When was the Housing Act?

Answer 32

1988

Question 33

What was the 1988 Housing Act?

Answer 33

The number of new Council homes being built was reduced by the 1988 Housing Act banning Councils from using money raised from the sale of Council homes to invest in building new ones

Question 34

Which year did Thatcher attempt to change how NHS hospitals were run?

Answer 34

1989

Question 35

In 1989, how did Thatcher try to change how NHS hospitals were run?

Answer 35

Thatcher took steps to create an internal market in the NHS. Rather than hospitals being funded directly, the new system would lead to district hospitals buying services from local hospitals

Question 36

When did Labour abandon many of their hard-left policies?

Answer 36

1989

Question 37

When was the Poll tax and protests?

Answer 37

1990

Question 38

When did the clear existence of “Mondeo man” voters begin?

Answer 38

1990