social specific facts 1964-1970 Flashcards

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Abortion Act 1967

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Private Members Bill, introduced by David Steel- allowed abortions in case of physical risk to mother/child

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Sexual Offences Act 1967

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Private Members Bill, built on 1959 Wolfenden Report- act that legalized homosexuality between consenting male adults

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3
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Theatres Act 1968

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Government Legislation- ended theatre censorship

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4
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what years was Roy Jenkins Home Secretary for?

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1965-1967

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5
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what did student participation at university increase from?

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5% to 10%

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6
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what pay increase did the government award teachers in 1965?

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13%

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7
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how many universities were formed by 1966?

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7 (including Warwick, Leicester and Kent)

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8
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how many female MPs were there in 1966?

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21

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9
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what did the Dagenham sewing machinists’ strike of 1968 help to do?

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reduce the gender pay gap and was an influence behind the 1970 Equal Pay Act

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10
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feminist literature

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Shrew and Germaine Greer’s ‘The Female Eunuch’

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11
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what did Mary Whitehouse campaign for?

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women as housemakers and mothers

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12
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was the establishment of the Race Relations board successful?

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70% of complaints fell outside this law

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13
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commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968

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restricted future rights of entry previously enjoyed by Citizens of the UK and Colonies, to those born there or had at least 1 parent or grandparent

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14
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what did the 1964 Conservative candidate for Smethwick adopt?

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an overly racist campaign

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15
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when was the Sun founded?

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1964

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16
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how many people watched the world cup final in 1966?

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30 million

17
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what did the amount of television licenses increase to in this decade?

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from 250,000 to 12 million

18
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when was Butlins Barry Island built?

19
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Betting and Gambling Act 1960

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lead to the setting up and growth of Mecca Bingo and gambling

20
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what did the Clarkson’s Travel group pioneer?

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the ‘pile it high, sell it cheap mentality’

21
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how many arrests were there in Brighton after a Mods vs Rockers fight in May 1964

22
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what % of children in 1970 were born to unmarried mothers?

23
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what was the divorce rate in 1960?

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1 in 10 marriages

24
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what was the divorce rate in 1970?

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1 in 7 marriages

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how many cannabis users were there in 1969?
1,000,000
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how many heroin users were there in 1969?
3000
27
what % of disposable income were teenagers spending on clothes?
60%
28
pop group that were famous in the 60s?
The Beatles
29
what was the average attendance of protests campaigning for unilateralism between 1958 and 1963?
100,000
30
who was the CND led by?
mature and middle aged people
31
which university protested in 1967 and why?
LSE- staff and students organized a ten day occupation of the administration block in protest of Walter Adams as director