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Society (+ Domestic Policies) Flashcards

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Private Members’ Bills

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Backbenchers forwarded bills and the sympathetic Roy Jenkins saw about passing them through

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When was the abolition of the death penalty? Who pushed for this?

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finalised in 1969 - Sidney Silverman

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How much support was there for hanging amongst the public in the 1960s?

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Less than 60%

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Who escaped the death penalty?

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The Moors Murderers as they were apprehended 4 weeks after the suspension

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Divorce Reform Act

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1969 - allowed for a ‘no fault’ divorce. Couples could now divorce on the grounds that they had lived apart for two or more years and both wished to divorce or if they had lived apart for five and one wished to divorce

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Who pushed for the Divorce Reform Act?

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Leo Abse

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Before 1969 what were the grounds on which women could file for divorce?

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adultery, desertion, drunkenness and insanity

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Abortion Act

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1967 - legalised abortion

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How many backstreet abortions were there estimated to have been prior to 1967?

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100 000 per year

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Who pushed for the Abortion Act and what else may have been behind its ratification?

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David Steel - the thalidomide crisis between 1953 and 1966

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Sexual Offences Act

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1967 - legalised homosexual relations for those over the age of 21. Was only implemented in England and Wales as opposition in Scotland and NI was too great

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12
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Who promoted the Sexual Offences Act?

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Leo Abse and Lord Arran

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13
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Who became Education Minister in 1965?

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Tony Crosland

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Robbins Report

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1963 - pushed for the opening of more public funded universities

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When was the Open University opened?

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1969

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16
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What were universities now more focused on?

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Teaching as opposed to research

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17
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How many comprehensive schools were there by 1970?

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1145

18
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What did some grammar schools become?

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Direct Grant Schools

19
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What replaced colleges of technology?

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Polytechnics

20
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By 1968 how many polytechnics and universities were there?

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30 polytechnics and 56 unis

21
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How many students did the Open Uni have by 1980?

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over 70 000 and was awarding more degrees than oxford and cambridge combined

22
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How many homes had televisions in the 60s?

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90%

23
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When did Monty Python’s flying circus air?

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1969

24
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When was the sun launched?

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1964

25
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Theatre Act

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1968 - abolished censorship of dramatic works

26
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What leisure activity experienced a spike? What was this supported by?

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Gardening and this was perpetuated through the establishment of Gardeners’ World

27
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Growth in holidays abroad 1966 - 1971?

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4% to 8.4%

28
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When did single women gain access to the pill?

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1967

29
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Dagenham Strike

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1968 - women at Ford were paid 85% of men’s wages whereas they were paid 92% at other plants. They went on strike an this brought about the 1970 Equal Pay Act

30
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How many voted for liberalising legislation to be a priority in the New Society poll 1969?

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5%

31
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What did Mary Whitehouse launch in 1964? What did this become in 1965?

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Clean Up TV Campaign - became the National Viewers and Listeners Association

32
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Race Relations Act 1968

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Made it illegal to discriminate on the basis of ethnicity or national origins within real estate or employment

33
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When did Anti-Vietnam war riots begin?

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1966

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Race Relations Act 1965

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Made discrimination in public or promotion of racial hate illegal. Also prompted the creation of the Race Relations Board.

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Race Relations Board

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1966 - intended to deal with complaints of racial discrimination and the first chairman was Mark Bonham Carter.

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Rivers of Blood

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1968 by Enoch Powell

37
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Commonwealth Immigration Act

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1968 - amended the 1962 act

38
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Drugs

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1960s saw a rise in people experimenting with psychedelics and the middle class became particularly infatuated with cannabis. There was an overall growth in hippies and counter-culture

39
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LSE protest

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1967 - staff and students organised a 10 day occupation of the administration block in protest of the appointment of Walter Adams as director

40
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Militant Tendency

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A Marxist faction formed in 1964 with the aim of revolutionising Labour policies

1964 - 1970 (7 decks)

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