THE AFFLUENT SOCIETY 1951-64 = DOMESTIC POLICIES (CONSERVATIVE GOV) Flashcards
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What’s the Post - war consensus
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- understanding shared between the main political parties on the major issues
2
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what is the post war consensus also sometimes know as
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Butskellism
3
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how was housing in 1951?
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conservative maifesto promised 300,000 homes to be bulit that year
4
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how was education in 1951?
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continued the tripartite system in education which had developed under butler act 1944
5
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what three schools emergered
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grammar school - gifted
technical school - concentrate on practical and vocational skills
secondary modern - basic education
6
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what were the social reforms in 1951?
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the clean air act in 1956
housing and factory acts
the homicide act 1957
1957 - recommended behaviour should no longer be criminal
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