The Sixties, 1964-1970

Question 1

When was Roy Jenkins Home Secretary? (time frame)

Answer 1

1965-67

Question 2

What were the influences towards the end of capital punishment?

Answer 2

• Limits to number of capital crimes in 1957
• The case of Ruth Ellis
• The campaigning done by Labour MP, Sydney Silverman

Question 3

How long was capital punishment abolished for as a trial?

Answer 3

5-year trial in 1965

Question 4

When was the change to end capital punishment passed?

Answer 4

1969

Question 5

What were the influences towards the divorce reform?

Answer 5

Second-wave feminism

Question 6

When was the Divorce Reform Act introduced?

Answer 6

1969

Question 7

What did the Divorce Reform Act include?

Answer 7

• ‘no fault’ divorce where people could divorce without a supposedly good reason, e.g. adultery
• Couple could divorce after living apart for 2 years and both consented, or 5 years and one consented

Question 8

What were the results of the Divorce Reform Act?

Answer 8

Divorce rates rose from 2 in 1000 marriages in 1950 to 10 in 1000 by mid-70s.

Question 9

What were the influences towards the legalisation of abortion?

Answer 9

• Campaigning by Liberal MP, David Steel
• Demand for abortion; between 100,000 and 200,000 illegal abortions were performed per year
• Impact of ‘backstreet’ abortions
• Thalidomide disaster of 1959-62 which resulted in an increase in the number of abnormal foetuses.

Question 10

When was the Abortion Act introduced?

Answer 10

1967

Question 11

What did the Abortion Act allow for?

Answer 11

Legalisation of abortion within the first 28 weeks of pregnancy with the written consent of two doctors.

Question 12

What were the influences towards the decriminalisation of homosexual relations? (Sexual Offences Act)

Answer 12

• The Wolfenden Committee, set up by Tories, recommended the legalisation of homosexual relations
• The campaigning by Labour MP, Leo Abse

Question 13

When was the Sexual Offences Act introduced?

Answer 13

1967

Question 14

What did the Sexual Offences Act allow for?

Answer 14

Decriminalisation of homosexuality if;
- both partners were over 21
- both partners consented
- behind private doors

Question 15

What was the impact on homosexual men of the Sexual Offences Act?

Answer 15

• Homosexual men did not have to live ‘double lives’ to avoid persecution
• Conditions of the act meant that some prosecution of men continued

Question 16

Who was the Director-General of the BBC from 1960 to 1969?

Answer 16

Hugh Green

Question 17

When was ITV started?

Answer 17

1955

Question 18

When was BBC2 started?

Answer 18

1964

Question 19

What was the percentage of TV ownership increase, from 1961 to 1971?

Answer 19

1961, 75% to 1971, 91%

Question 20

When was The Sun launched?

Answer 20

1964

Question 21

When was the first recording of human space travel?

Answer 21

1961

Question 22

When was the first moon landing?

Answer 22

1969

Question 23

When was the contraceptive pill introduced?

Answer 23

1961, on the NHS

Question 24

When was theatrical censorship abolished?

Answer 24

1968

Question 25

Who was the key Labour minister in orchestrating liberal reforms?

Answer 25

Roy Jenkins

Question 26

When did second-wave feminism begin?

Answer 26

Early-1960s

Question 27

What percentage of students were women by 1970?

Answer 27

28%

Question 28

By 1970, what percentage of women reached managerial posts?

Answer 28

5%

Question 29

When was the first Women Liberation Conference?

Answer 29

1970

Question 30

What were typical fashion choices for young people in the 1960s?

Answer 30

Trousers and miniskirts for women, bright patterns for men, as traditional rules were abandoned

Question 31

When did the BBC start Radio 1?

Answer 31

1967

Question 32

What culture did the Mods evolve into?

Answer 32

Skinheads

Question 33

Who had the Mods previously fought with?

Answer 33

Punks

Question 34

What ideas did hippies promote?

Answer 34

- free love - environmentalism - peace (nuclear disarmament)

Question 35

When were teach-ins on Vietnam held at Oxford and the LSE?

Answer 35

1965

Question 36

When was the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign set up?

Answer 36

1966

Question 37

Where did violence break out, in 1968, over the Vietnam war?

Answer 37

Grosvenor Square, outside the American embassy, in London

Question 38

When was the battle of Grosvenor Square? How many people were arrested?

Answer 38

1968 - 200 people arrested

Question 39

When did the Notting Hill Carnival become annual?

Answer 39

1964

Question 40

When was the Race Relations Act, that forbade public discrimination?

Answer 40

1965

Question 41

When was the Race Relations Act amended to include the banning of discrimination in housing, employment and services?

Answer 41

1968

Question 42

When was the decimal currency introduced?

Answer 42

1971

Question 43

What percentage of Heath's cabinet went to Eton?

Answer 43

22%

Question 44

How many of Heath's cabinet went to Oxbridge?

Answer 44

14 out of 17

Question 45

How was the working-class 'style of living' threatened?

Answer 45

- Failure of old industries - Gentrification and commercialisation of town centres - Growth of suburbs

Question 46

By the 1970s, what percentage of babies were baptised?

Answer 46

Under 50%

Question 47

What was the significance of the building of Milton Keynes?

Answer 47

It symbolised the rise of suburbs throughout the 70s

Question 48

How did the attendance levels in cinema fall between the 40s and 70s?

Answer 48

30% to 2%, showing a decline in popularity, due to a lack of valuable material

Question 49

By 1978, how many people owned a coloured TV set?

Answer 49

11 million

Question 50

How many million copies of the Sun were sold in 1970?

Answer 50

1.5 million