social specific facts 1964-1970

Question 1

Abortion Act 1967

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Sexual Offences Act 1967

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Theatres Act 1968

Answer 3

Government Legislation- ended theatre censorship

Question 4

what years was Roy Jenkins Home Secretary for?

Answer 4

1965-1967

Question 5

what did student participation at university increase from?

Answer 5

5% to 10%

Question 6

what pay increase did the government award teachers in 1965?

Answer 6

13%

Question 7

how many universities were formed by 1966?

Answer 7

7 (including Warwick, Leicester and Kent)

Question 8

how many female MPs were there in 1966?

Answer 8

21

Question 9

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

Answer 9

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

Question 10

feminist literature

Answer 10

Shrew and Germaine Greer’s ‘The Female Eunuch’

Question 11

what did Mary Whitehouse campaign for?

Answer 11

women as housemakers and mothers

Question 12

was the establishment of the Race Relations board successful?

Answer 12

70% of complaints fell outside this law

Question 13

commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968

Answer 13

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

Question 14

what did the 1964 Conservative candidate for Smethwick adopt?

Answer 14

an overly racist campaign

Question 15

when was the Sun founded?

Answer 15

1964

Question 16

how many people watched the world cup final in 1966?

Answer 16

3 million

Question 17

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

Answer 17

from 250,000 to 12 million

Question 18

when was Butlins Barry Island built?

Answer 18

1966

Question 19

Betting and Gambling Act 1960

Answer 19

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

Question 20

what did the Clarkson’s Travel group pioneer?

Answer 20

the ‘pile it high, sell it cheap mentality’

Question 21

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

Answer 21

76