Study Guide 1951-1964- Politics- Atlee Legacy

Question 1

What was the 1951 election the start of?

Answer 1

13 years of Conservative rule

Question 2

What did 1952 see the end of?

Answer 2

Labour and Atlee in government

Question 3

What was the Welfare state based on?

Answer 3

Beveridge Report

Question 4

What did the Welfare system do?
What was their motto?

Answer 4

Provided a system of social care for each citizen
From the cradle to the grave

Question 5

What 4 things did the Welfare consist of?

Answer 5

National Insurance
National Assistance
Industrial Industries
National Health Service

Question 6

What government’s legacy was the Welfare state part of?

Answer 6

Atlee’s

Question 7

What were the 6 areas of Attlee’s main achievements?

Answer 7

Welfare states
Nationalisation
Indian Independence
NATO
Nuclear Power
Housing

Question 8

When were Coal the Bank of England nationalised?

Answer 8

1946

Question 9

When were road transport and electricity nationalised?

Answer 9

1947

Question 10

When was gas nationalised?

Answer 10

1948

Question 11

What did Britan accept about colonies?

Answer 11

That the retention and possession of colonies involved unbearable burdens

Question 12

When were India and Pakistan to be divided into 2 distinct states?

Answer 12

1947

Question 13

What role did Britain have in NATO?

Answer 13

They played a key role in its formation

Question 14

What does NATO stand for?

Answer 14

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 15

When was NATO formed?

Answer 15

1949

Question 16

What was NATO?

Answer 16

A defensive alliance consisting of 10 Western European countries to safeguard against Soviet expansion

Question 17

What did Atlee do with Britain’s nuclear power?

Answer 17

Started the program which turned Britan into a nuclear power

Question 18

What research did the Labour government initiate in 1947?

Answer 18

Research that led to the detonation of the British Atom Bomb in 1952 and the British hydrogen bomb in 1957

Question 19

When was the British Atom bomb detonated?

Answer 19

1952

Question 20

When was the British hydrogen bomb detonated?

Answer 20

1957