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Society 1951-1964 Flashcards

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1
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How many people lived in Britain by 1961? What percentage higher was this compared to 1951?

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51 million

5%

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How many people were unemployed in 1955

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200,000

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What was the average age of marriage in the 1950s for Women and what percentage of women were married

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21 years old

75%

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How many out of five went to work in 1951

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1/5

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What was the trade unions opinion on women working

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Trade unions tended not to support them in working as they believe this with lower wages many still believed it was damaging for children of their mothers worked

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What acts were introduced between 1955 and 1960 for women

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1957 equal pay for teachers act

1959 equal pay for civil servants act

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1957 to 1959 number of households with washing machines rose by what percentage

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54%

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1957 to 1959 number of households with a refrigerator rose by what percentage

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58%

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How many Commonwealth immigrants had settled in Britain by 1958

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210,000

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What percentage of Commonwealth immigrants were men working to support their families back at home

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75%

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What were the general attitudes towards Commonwealth immigrants

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Attitudes were mixed some general feeling of tolerance and getting along however that there were many examples of outright racism from host communities in instances of friction and resentment towards immigrants

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What was the total number of immigrants seeking permanent residence in the 1950s

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676,000

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What was the total number of immigrants in the 1960s

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1.25 million

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Authorities general opinion on immigrants

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Regarded them as economically desirable and hope tensions would ease gradually

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Why did perceptions change towards immigrants in the late 1950s

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Racial tension
Nottingham gangs of right you 20 on what they called ‘Nigger hunts’ after pub crawls and in Notting Hill London riots broke out

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What year was the Commonwealth immigrants act introduced

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1962

17
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Why do girls not have to help their mothers at home so much in the 1950s

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New machines meant that less labour was required around the house

18
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After what year were boys are no longer required to take part in National service

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1960

19
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How many teenagers were there in 1959 and what percentage of the population was this

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5 million teenagers

10% of the population

20
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Why were these youths economically important

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Young people have money to buy records and fashion helping to create their own culture
By the late 1950s there were magazines and TV programmes aimed specifically at this group

21
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Who are the teddy boys

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The teddy boys were known as a worrying phenomenon on links with juvenile delinquency and rising crime they were a category of teenager in the 1950s

22
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Describe the rockers

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They wore leather they listen to rock ‘n’ roll and they rode motorcycles

23
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Describe the mods

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They rode scooters wore smart suits and listen to sophisticated pop music

24
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Name one instance where the mods and rockers clashed

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May 1964 in Brighton the fighting went on for two days there was a moral panic and descriptions of knife wielding hooligans however the actual levels of violence were heavily exaggerated

25
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1959 crime thriller betrayed a rather daring scene of sex and violence

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Sapphire

26
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Book by Anthony Burgess portrayed gang violence

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a clockwork Orange

1962

27
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What play by Shelagh Relaney portrayed an unmarried woman who became pregnant after relationships with a black sailor

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Task of honey 1958

28
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What was the first English language film to mention homosexual

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Victim 1961

29
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Which book by DH Lawrence was an sexually explicit novel

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Lady Chatterley‘s lover 1962

30
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Why did this book become a high-profile court case

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Seem to be illegal under the obscenity act due to it sexually explicit content however Penguin books won this case and 2 million copies were sold

31
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Who let the backlash against new immorality and depravity and was supported by the national press

A

Mary Whitehouse

32
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What did majority opinion remain

A

Socially Conservative

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