Rebuilding The Country After 1945

Question 1

When was the beveridge report introduced

Answer 1

1942 it identified the 5 evils in British society which should be tackled

Question 2

When was the education act introduced

Answer 2

1944 it provided free education until school leaving age of 14

Question 3

When did the labour government come into power

Answer 3

July 1945

Question 4

When did the labour government come into power

Answer 4

July 194(

Question 5

When was the national insurance act

Answer 5

1946

Question 6

When was the national health act

Answer 6

1946

Question 7

When was the new towns act

Answer 7

1946 involving the construction of prefab houses

Question 8

When was the coal industry nationalisation act

Answer 8

January 1947

Question 9

How many miles of rail were nationalised in January 1948

Answer 9

52,000

Question 10

How much of the British population became doctors by the 5th of July 1948

Answer 10

3/4 signed up

Question 11

What were the 5 giants called

Answer 11

Want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness

Question 12

What were the benefits of the national insurance act

Answer 12

Unemployment benefit
Sickness benefit
Maternity benefit
Death grant
Widows benefit
Pensions

Question 13

What were prefabs

Answer 13

Bungalows which were already constructed in order to speed up the building process

Question 14

Info about the national health act

Answer 14

Set up by Aneurin Bevan
Provided free access to the NHS
Was comprehensive ever citizen could use it
Drug prescriptions, dental care and optical treatment was provided

Question 15

How much did it cost to run NHS in 1949

Answer 15

£500 million a year

Question 16

What was the welfare state

Answer 16

It’s a system under which the government takes on responsibility for providing social and economic security for the population

Question 17

What was the welfare state

Answer 17

It’s a system under which the government takes on responsibility for providing social and economic security for the population

Question 18

What is the welfare state

Answer 18

It’s a system under which the government takes on responsibility for providing social and economic security for the population

Question 19

How successful was the establishment of the NHS

Answer 19

greatest achievement of the 1945-1951 labour government
Issued free health care for the whole population
It was expensive to run in the first year it cost £248 million

Question 20

Pros of NHS

Answer 20

Good health among rich and poor
Reduced deaths
Solicited got all treatment funded

Question 21

Cons of NHS

Answer 21

It cost £355 million a year
Some doctors annoyed at having to work for the government
Britain couldn’t afford it since it was just after the war

Question 22

How many prefabs were built between 1945 and 1951

Answer 22

156,000

Question 23

Was nationalisation a popular idea

Answer 23

Yes - it was beloved profits should benefit everyone
People wanted industry to improve more efficient
Workers hoped for better conditions
Lower prices to the consumer
No-
The conservatives and many businessman opposed the idea
Seen by some as a form of socialist control

Question 24

Was nationalisation successful

Answer 24

Labour nationalised 20% of the economy
It was a costly idea as the government put money in the industries to improve them

Question 25

Positives and negatives of welfare state

Answer 25

Positives
Provides free health care
Gives social and economic security
Supplies benefits

Negatives
The government takes over
Costa government alot
Do big get paid regular wage

Question 26

Pros and cons of education act 1944

Answer 26

Positives
Leaving age extended to 15 in 1947
Meals, milk and medical service provided at every school
Children gained a good education which led to employment

Negatives
Religious worship was compulsory
Those who failed exams went to a secondary modern
Child workers helping family with money was no longer allowed

Question 27

Pros and cons for homes for all

Answer 27

1.2 million homes built
Everyone accommodated ideal village
Council housing
More workers to help build

Negative
Costs
Didn’t hit quota
War damage really bad