Macmillans government

Question 1

Foreign policy

Answer 1

• began process of decolonisation
• accelerated by wind of change speech
• continued close relationship USA
• continued close relation ship during 1962 cuban msisile crisis.
• provided polarisis missile after failure of Blue Streak
• attempts to enter EEC

Question 2

Domestic policy/ social changes

Answer 2

Butler introduced the Homicide act of 1957 which got rid of death penalty but certain muders
- 1957 Wolfenden Commission recommened that homosexualty should no longer be a criminal act.
- Clean air act 1956 - aimed to prevent smog and the housing and factory act aimed to improve working and living conditions

Question 3

What did Macmillan do for education

Answer 3

• began to make moved towards a comprehsive school system - moved away from tripartite system
• urged to abolish 11+

Question 4

Economic policy

Answer 4

During his time as PM peoples wages rose, consumerism increased, stop-go economics
- faced with problems on how to increase growth and employment but keep prices steady

Question 5

what was the 1959 budget?

Answer 5

• Armoury made an effort to increase support by introducing a range of tax cuts of around 350 million - time of high inflation
• By 1964 budget of payments over 800 million

Question 6

reasons for Britains economic decline

Answer 6

• heavy defence expenditure
• Britain sending a proportion of its FND on its defense rather on its economic declaration
• only employed temporarily to stop stop - go tatics
• used buget and tax adjustments to buy votes.

Question 7

probelms facing Macmillan

Answer 7

• Scandals e.g
  the vassal inquiry 1963 official investigation
  the argyll divorce case
  the profumo affair 1963 - biggest scandal to affect macmillan

Question 8

What his mistakes in political moves

Answer 8

1962 - reshuffled cabinet removing 1/2 of it - night of long knives - weakened him and made him seem out of touch