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1
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What countries was Britain lagging behind economically by 1964?

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West-Germany and Japan

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2
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What was the British economy trapped in?

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the stop-go cycle

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3
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What did this cycle always lead to?

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Inflation, runs on the pound and a balance of payments crisis

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4
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How much was the deficit labour inherited when they came to power?

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£800 million

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5
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Who was the chancellor from 1964 to 1967?

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James Callaghan

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6
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What does DEA stand for?

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Department for economic affairs

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7
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Who was in charge of the DEA?

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George Brown

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8
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Why did the DEA fail?

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competed with the chancellor, did not have government support.

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9
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what year was the DEA abandoned?

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1967

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10
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the government replaced the DEA with prices and incomes policy. what is this?

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government intervention.

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11
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war in the Middle East in 1967 affected the supply of what?

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Oil

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12
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What major strike occurred in 1967?

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national strike of seamen and dockers.

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13
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The government had to follow a policy of devaluation. what is devaluation?

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The value of the pound decreased.

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14
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How did the pound change under devaluation?

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Dropped by 14%

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15
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Who replaced the chancellor in 1967?

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Roy Jenkins

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16
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How did this chancellor tackle the economy?

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deflationary methods.

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17
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what did the strikers of 1967 want?

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less hours and higher wages

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18
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what are wild cat strikes?

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local unofficial strikes that are sudden and without leadership.

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19
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What was the name of the employment minister that tried to limit strikes (white paper in 1969)?

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Barbara Castle

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20
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what was the name of this white paper?

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in place of strife

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21
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name one of the rules of the white paper?

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28 day cooling off period.

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22
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What year did Harold Wilson give up on the white paper?

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1969

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23
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Give an example of the types of people that supported the white paper?

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voters, Labour MPs and Roy Jenkins

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Give an example of a group/ people that did not support the white paper?

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unions, labour left wings, James Callaghan, 50 labour MPs

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25
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what two labour leaders had died by 1964 and paved the way for Harold Wilson?

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Bevan and Gaitskell

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26
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how did Wilson unite the left and right wings within labour?

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promised technological modernisation

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27
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who did Wilson fear would challenge his leadership?

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George Brown, James Callaghan and Roy Jenkins

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28
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why was geo rgebrown not happy with Wilson?

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he lost the leadership election and wasn’t put in the foreign office

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29
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how did Wilson later undermine Browns reputation when he was later moved to the foreign office.

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kept embarrassing incidents on record.

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30
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what two groups were divided in Northern Ireland?

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unions and nationalists

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31
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what group dominated the parliament?

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unionists protestants

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32
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what two areas were catholics in Northern Ireland discriminated in?

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employment and housing

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33
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where is the northern Irish parliament?

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stormont

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34
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what was the name of the police force accused of being biased against catholics

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RUC

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35
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What violent clash happened between both sides in august 1969?

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battle of the bogside.

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36
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who did the catholics attack for this event to start

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unionist ‘apprentice boys’

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37
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what did tv broadcasts show the police doing?

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beating up catholics

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38
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how did pm Wilson respond to this?

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sent in the troops

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39
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What was the name of the military engagement in Northern Ireland between 1968 and 2007?

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Operation banner

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40
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What Nationalists Parliamentary group often use violent methods to campaign for a united Ireland?

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Irish Republican army

41
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What percentage and seats did the Conservative beat labour by?

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3% and 43

42
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Describe Edward Heath why was he able to win?

A

Hard-working, looked able and confident

43
Q

What speech by Enoch Powell gave rise to fears of immigration and suede peoples votes?

A

River of blood – 1968

44
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What happened to Enoch Powell for delivering the speech

A

Edward he fired him

45
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What type of seats allowed the Conservatives to win by a small percentage

A

Marginal seats

46
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What did the murder act law suspend

A

Death penalty for murder

47
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What did Roy Jenkins also change

A

Are used to allow prisoners to beaten and Jerry decision in court rooms went to a majority decision

48
Q

35,000 backstreet abortions ended in complications how many illegal abortions were taking place each year

A

100,000 to 200,000

49
Q

What were the conditions for an abortion to take place after the law

A

Then 28 weeks and the medical supervision and the consent sent of two doctors

50
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In 1968 abortions numbered around 35,000 how many took place in 1975

A

101,000

51
Q

How many years could homosexuals be in prison for

A

Two years

52
Q

The law could not legalise homosexuality. What three conditions have to be be

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Consent needed both over 21 or had to be done in private

53
Q

But Labour backbenchers took up the cause to start the law

A

Leo Abse

54
Q

If both partners wanted a divorce how long would it take to get a divorce if they lived apart?

A

Two years

55
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If only one partner wanted a divorce how long would it take to get one if they lived apart

A

Five years

56
Q

In 1950 there were fewer than two divorces per 1000 married couples in England and Wales how many was there by the mid 1970s?

A

Ten in every thousand marriages.

57
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What three school made up the tripartite system

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Grammar, technological, and secondary moderns

58
Q

Comprehensive schools became a new system to provide education for. Who issued circular 10/65 to try and convert more schools

A

Tony Crosland

59
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In 1964 one out of 10 schools were comprehensives. What proportion did this change to buy 1970

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One third

60
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What class is still dominated grammar schools and universities

A

Middle classes

61
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The Robbins committee in 1961 found Britain was behind in science and technological education what did too many students study at University

A

Art related courses

62
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How many polytechnics and universities were there by 1968

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30 and 56

63
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Open University headquarters were opened in 1969 in Milton Keynes. What year did the first students start their courses

A

1971

64
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How did they learn long-distance

A

TV and radio

65
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What groups attended open University

A

Women and mature students

66
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How many open University students were there by 1980

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70,000

67
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The percentage of TVs owned in 1961 was 75% what was it by 1971

A

91%

68
Q

Who became the director-general of the BBC

A

Hugh Greene

69
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What TV channel is launched between 1955 and 1964

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ITV BBC one and BBC Two

70
Q

How did radios become more portable

A

Long life battery and earphones

71
Q

What radio station is did you just listen to that was broad cast from boats

A

Pirate radio

72
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What radio station replace this illegal form of radio

A

Radio one

73
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What newspaper grew in demand when Rupert Murdoch took over in 1969

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The Sun

74
Q

What day is that people tend not to work as much as people used to

A

Saturday and Sunday

75
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But hobbies became popular to do or watch on TV

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DIY, gardening, cookery, needlework,

76
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What shrank in popularity

A

Live theatre and live sport

77
Q

What replace trains and buses are made up 77% of journeys

A

Cars

78
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What became more popular as travel became easier

A

Things centres, leisure facilities, caravanning, sailing, golf

79
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What airway provided holidays to Spain, Malta, Bulgaria and North Africa in 1964

A

Britannia Airways

80
Q

Who mostly went on holidays abroad

A

Middle classes

81
Q

What office could restrict performances if they did not agree with it

A

Chamberlains office

82
Q

What could happen to theatre owners if they did not listen to this office

A

Prosecuted

83
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What law removed censorships from theatre and in what year

A

1968 theatre act

84
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What backbench MP introduced the bill

A

George STRAUSS

85
Q

What film already push boundaries on taboo subjects

A

Darling

86
Q

How did the stage cast of hair in London to celebrate the law to remove censorship

A

stood naked on stage

87
Q

Who was hostile to the new contraceptive pill

A

Catholic Church

88
Q

What catholic and he wrote the Pope, the pill and the people

A

Norman John – Stevas

89
Q

Media began to discuss what subjects

A

Taboo

90
Q

What rates rose in the 1960s

A

STDs

91
Q

Who lead a campaign against the permissiveness on TV

A

Mary Whitehouse.

92
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What was her campaign against Hugh Green and the BBC in 1964

A

Cleanup TV

93
Q

What was 10x more prevalent

A

Cocaine and heroin

94
Q

What famous band influence drug use

A

The Beatles

95
Q

What was passed in 1967

A

Dangerous drugs act

96
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What did it make it unlawful

A

Drug possession

97
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What suggested legalising cannabis and soft drugs

A

wootton report

98
Q

What does Schofield and Gorers reports show

A

most young people were virgins or married the first partners

99
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What type of feminism spread from usa

A

Second wave

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