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1
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What does infrastructure mean?

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physical environment

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What was Britain’s infrastructure like in 1951?

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  • run-down
  • badly needed modernising
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How did housing need to be improved?

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  • replace war damage
  • pre-war slums
  • ownership of homes still less common than renting/ council homes
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How were housing issues improved?

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  • pre-war slums were removed
  • new towns were built e.g., Harlow - Essex
  • home ownership increased
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Why did home ownership increase?

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easy access to cheap mortgages

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How is the economy improved?

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  • men’s wages increased
  • massive increase in private savings
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What finally came to an end in 1954?

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food rationing

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What happened to the ownership of consumer goods?

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huge surge, especially in: televisions, washing machines, and refrigerators

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What service became popular during this time?

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hire purchasing

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What is hire purchasing?

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a system where a buyer pays a deposit on an expensive item and then pays monthly instalments (including interest) to hire the item over the length of the contract

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What was a visible symbol of affluence in Britain during this time?

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advertising industry

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12
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What did people start doing with their spare time?

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new leisure activities

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How many T.Vs were in use by 1960?

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10 million & an estimated 50% of the population watched T.V. in the evening

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What about the car industry changed?

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car ownership increased
- raised by 25% between 1957-1959

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What happened as a result of this increase in car ownership?

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  • demand for more roads
  • 1,200 new roads built/ completed
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How did leisure and holidays develop?

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  • Holiday camps (Butlins) reached their peak
  • However only 2% of people experienced a luxury holiday
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How did social attitudes change?

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  • increased tension
  • left-wing criticism on focusing on material affluence
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What ideas had been ingrained into the class system before the 1950s?

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  • respect for authority
  • strong class loyalties
  • conformist values
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How were class loyalties demonstrated?

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the voting results e.g., in 1951 65% of the working class voted for the labour party

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When did this social breakdown of previous norms begin?

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late 1950s

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21
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What was the trigger event for social change within the classes?

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the Suez crisis - exposed the manipulative nature of the government

22
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What group began to exhibit the new idea of challenging authority?

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CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)

23
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How did social values change?

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became more individualist

24
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What is the ‘Establishment’?

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a term for a network of informal connections between social and political elites (overwhelmingly male)

25
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How did the perception of the Establishment change in the 1950s?

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people were less willing to follow the Establishment as they were deemed liars and manipulative

26
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Why would negative opinions of the Establishment cause negative opinions for the Conservative party?

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The conservative government was dominated by the Establishment

27
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How were women in the 1950s viewed?

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  • housewives
  • ideal woman = wife & mother
28
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What was the average age of marriage during the 1950s?

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21 = 75% of the population

29
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What was the ratio of women working in 1951?

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1 in 5

30
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What government benefit was allocated to women?

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Family Allowance - paid women weekly a benefit for each child

31
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What were women’s financial restraints?

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financially dependent on their husbands

32
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How did women in the work place change by 1964?

A

the number of women working increased

33
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What allowed this increase in employment for women?

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labour saving devices e.g., washing machines, and refrigerators

34
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What movement was also making its way over to Britain in the early 1960s?

A

second wave feminism

35
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How did second wave feminism effect women in society?

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it argued that women were unfulfilled and trapped in their domesticated lives

36
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What was the attitude towards immigration at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II?

A

enthusiastic

37
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How were the New Commonwealth immigrants received by society?

A

New Commonwealth immigrants caused both social tension and change

38
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How many commonwealth immigrants had settled in Britain by 1958?

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210,000 - 75% were male working to support families back home

39
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How many immigrants sought permanent residence in the 1950s?

A

676,000

40
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What event caused such a large influx of immigrants into Britain?

A

Empire Windrush of 1948

41
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What did the Empire Windrush symbolise?

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a new period of African-Caribbean immigration into Britain

42
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How did the authorities view immigration into Britain?

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economically desirable - immigrants filled many important low-wage jobs

43
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What act was passed in regards to immigration in 1962?

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Commonwealth Immigrants Act

44
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What was one of the main trigger events for this act?

A

Notting Hill Riots

45
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What is an overview of what happened at the Notting Hill Riots in 1958?

A

Large mobs of white youths attacked African-Caribbean’s in Notting Hill

46
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How did youth culture differ for young people of this time compared to their parents?

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  • abolition of National Service (conscription) after 1960
  • labour saving devices - girls no longer had to help their mothers
47
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Why was youth population larger at this time?

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post-war baby boom - 10% of the population were teens

48
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In the 1950s what was the most obvious youth subculture?

A

Teddy boys

49
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What were the symbols of being a Teddy Boy?

A
  • Edwardian fashion
  • challenging older people and their views on social order
50
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What were Teddy Boys later replaced by in the later 1950s?

A

Mods & Rockers

51
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What was public reaction like towards new youth culture?

A

in a state of moral panic and hysterical about the supposed danger that the youth held

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