Leadership of Churchill- 1951-55

Question 1

Who provided the drive and ideas in the conservative government 1751?

Answer 1

Butler and Eden.

Question 2

Was Churchill more than a figure head?

Answer 2

No as he was old and frail as evident by his stroke in 1953.

Question 3

What did Churchills association with the 1944 Education Act show?

Answer 3

He was concerned about social issues.

Question 4

What was the post war consensus?

Answer 4

Agreement between main powers concerning support for the welfare state, gov intervention to improve the economy and independence for the colonies.

Question 5

What were the reasons for conservative success from 1951-64?

Answer 5

• Successful economic policies shown by low unemployment.
• Conservatives associated with the new Elizabethan age (queen crowned in 1953)
• Was at that point still a world power and had nuclear weapons.
• 300,000 houses built per year by Churchill.

Question 6

What were the reasons for labour failures from 1951-64?

Answer 6

• Party was split in 1950s over defence spending and over nuclear weapons.
• Leader Hugh Gaitskell died in 1963.
• Society wanted the post war consensus to continue.