social specific facts 1964-1970 Flashcards
Abortion Act 1967
Private Members Bill, introduced by David Steel- allowed abortions in case of physical risk to mother/child
Sexual Offences Act 1967
Private Members Bill, built on 1959 Wolfenden Report- act that legalized homosexuality between consenting male adults
Theatres Act 1968
Government Legislation- ended theatre censorship
what years was Roy Jenkins Home Secretary for?
1965-1967
what did student participation at university increase from?
5% to 10%
what pay increase did the government award teachers in 1965?
13%
how many universities were formed by 1966?
7 (including Warwick, Leicester and Kent)
how many female MPs were there in 1966?
21
what did the Dagenham sewing machinists’ strike of 1968 help to do?
reduce the gender pay gap and was an influence behind the 1970 Equal Pay Act
feminist literature
Shrew and Germaine Greer’s ‘The Female Eunuch’
what did Mary Whitehouse campaign for?
women as housemakers and mothers
was the establishment of the Race Relations board successful?
70% of complaints fell outside this law
commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968
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
what did the 1964 Conservative candidate for Smethwick adopt?
an overly racist campaign
when was the Sun founded?
1964
how many people watched the world cup final in 1966?
3 million
what did the amount of television licenses increase to in this decade?
from 250,000 to 12 million
when was Butlins Barry Island built?
1966
Betting and Gambling Act 1960
lead to the setting up and growth of Mecca Bingo and gambling
what did the Clarkson’s Travel group pioneer?
the ‘pile it high, sell it cheap mentality’
how many arrests were there in Brighton after a Mods vs Rockers fight in May 1964
76
what % of children in 1970 were born to unmarried mothers?
10
what was the divorce rate in 1960?
1 in 10 marriages
what was the divorce rate in 1970?
1 in 7 marriages
how many cannabis users were there in 1969?
1,000,000
how many heroin users were there in 1969?
3000
what % of disposable income were teenagers spending on clothes?
60%
pop group that were famous in the 60s?
The Beatles
what was the average attendance of protests campaigning for unilateralism between 1958 and 1963?
100,000
who was the CND led by?
mature and middle aged people
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
