Key dates (Thatcher) Flashcards
1980 (3)
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.
1980-84
A number of laws were introduced to control aspects of Trade Union activity.
1981 (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.
1982
Falklands War.
1982-1988
Thatcher’s economic policy adopts “supply-side economics”.
1982-1986
Privatisation of a number of key industries.
1984
The IRA Grand Hotel Bomb.
1984-1985
Thatcher’s government showed a strong show of defiance in the face of the miners’ strike during this time.
1986 (3)
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
1987
Black Monday Stock Market Crash wiped £50 million off of the value of shares on the London Stock Market.
1988
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.
1989 (2)
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.
1990 (2)
Poll Tax and protests.
Clear existence of “Mondeo man” voters.
When was Monetarism adopted as an economic strategy to deal with inflation?
1980
When did Thatcher introduce Trident and what was it?
1980
Trident was a new generation of nuclear missiles in Britain
What was the 1980 housing act?
- 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.
When were a number of laws were introduced to control aspects of Trade Union activity?
1980-1984
When were particularly savage spending cuts were criticised by over 350 leading economists?
1981
When did Thatcher show sanctioning of aggressive policing during “Operation Swamp ‘81”?
1981
When was the New Cross Fire / “Massacre” and riots from following Swamp?
1981
When was the Falklands war?
1982
When was Thatcher’s economic policy adopts “supply-side economics”?
1982-1988
When was the privatisation of a number of key industries?
1982-1986
When was the IRA Grand Hotel Bomb?
1984
When did Thatcher’s government show strong defiance in the face of the miners’ strike?
1984-1985
When was the deregulation of the city of London?
1986
When was Thatcher’s Social Security Act?
1986
What was the 1986 Social Security Act?
Tried to stop rise in social security costs by introducing means tests for some universal benefits
When was section 28?
1986
When was Black Monday?
1987
What was Black Monday?
Black Monday Stock Market Crash wiped £50 million off of the value of shares on the London Stock Market
When was the Housing Act?
1988
What was the 1988 Housing Act?
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
Which year did Thatcher attempt to change how NHS hospitals were run?
1989
In 1989, how did Thatcher try to change how NHS hospitals were run?
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
When did Labour abandon many of their hard-left policies?
1989
When was the Poll tax and protests?
1990
When did the clear existence of “Mondeo man” voters begin?
1990
