Lesson 1

Question 1

What were the Attlee govt achievements?

7 main achievement’s

Answer 1

1. Attlee’s govt were working under serious economical and financial difficulties however still managed to create modern Britain
2. created the post war consensus

3.large scale nationalization “commanding heights”

4. created welfare state
5. key role in formation of NATO
6. started the nuclear weapon program which turned Britain into a major nuclear power

7.housing program of a million homes been built

Question 2

what was the post war consensus

Answer 2

1. agreement by all political parties on nationalization, high taxes, heavy regulations, strong trade unions, welfare state and Keynesian economics.
2. post war consensus in government up until 1975

Question 3

what was the welfare state

Answer 3

1. the creation of the welfare state became a national phenomenon is Britain, promising to support people from the cradle to the grave
2. all taxpayers contributed to social insurance, levels of benefits were standardized and pensions were now open to all, and able to collect at 65 instead of 70

3.

Question 4

what was the Beveridge report 1942

Answer 4

1. Beveridge report was officially called social insurance and allied services
2. Britain needed a coherent government plan to solve the social inequality
3. five giants: idleness, disease, squalor, want and ignorance
4. helped develop the welfare state, was commissioned after the outbreak of war