Theme 3 knowledge organiser

Question 1

estates worth over … subject to … tax, tax on incomes over … rose from .. in … to … in …

Answer 1

£2mil
40%
£2,500
2%
1914
25%
1925

Question 2

gentry sold off … all land in England …, by … … gentry landless & by … …

Answer 2

almost 1/4
1918-20
1937
1/3
1951
over half

Question 3

ROPA & growth of Lab = wealthy landowners … MPs in …, … by …

Answer 3

40%
1910
5%
1945

Question 4

Parliament Act … decreased power HofL

Answer 4

1910

Question 5

Country Houses Scheme … allowed aristocratic families rent-free if transferred ownership to Nat Trust

Answer 5

1937

Question 6

Macmillan’s cabinet contained … Old Etonians

Answer 6

40

Question 7

commercial & financial sectors in London grew by … 1920s

Answer 7

34%

Question 8

growth of salaried jobs in management/admin - … 1931 to … …

Answer 8

700,000
1.25mil
1951

Question 9

expansion of women’s jobs in admin/clerking - … 1911 to … …

Answer 9

170,000
1.4mil
1951

Question 10

Butler Education Act …

Answer 10

1944

Question 11

1939 … mc homeowners compared to … wc

Answer 11

60%
20%

Question 12

Geddes Axe -> shortfall … homes

Answer 12

800,000

Question 13

post-war satire & ‘new wave’ … … …

Answer 13

‘Beyond the Fringe’ episode ‘The Aftermyth of War’ criticised war efforts
‘That Was the Week That Was’, David Frost
‘Saturday Night Sunday Morning’, Alan Sillitoe

Question 14

Profumo Affair … = … shared sexual partner .. with member of Soviet embassy …, on front page …

Answer 14

1963
Min of War John Profumo
19 year old Christine Keeler
Yevgeny Ivanov
Mirror, News of the World, Daily Express, Daily Mail

Question 15

Obscene Publications Act …

Answer 15

1959

Question 16

Theatre Act … -> Emmanuelle …

Answer 16

1968
1977

Question 17

Sexual Offences Act … legalised homosexuality in private between 2 males over age …

Answer 17

1967
21

Question 18

research in 60s by … = … public disapproved homosexuality & wanted treated more harshly

Answer 18

Michael Schofield
85%

Question 19

Abortion Act … legalised up to … gestation

Answer 19

1967
28 weeks

Question 20

1967 … legal abortions carried out, … by …

Answer 20

27,000
140,000
1980

Question 21

by 80s … public believed access to abortion should be woman’s right

Answer 21

80%

Question 22

‘Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female’ … by …

Answer 22

1953
Kinsey

Question 23

Divorce Reform Act … allowed no fault divorce

Answer 23

1969

Question 24

Family Planning Act … = free contraception & sexual health advice

Answer 24

1974

Question 25

contraceptive pill ... -> ... using by ... (introduced for married women only in 1961)

Answer 25

1967 over 1mil 1970

Question 26

first gay pride march ... with ... marchers

Answer 26

1971 1,000

Question 27

'The Sexual Behaviour of Young People' ... by ...= promiscuity in teens limited, in stable relationships

Answer 27

1969 & 71 Schofield

Question 28

Gorer marriage rate??

Question 29

ROPA ... enfranchised women over ... if ... = women now ... electorate

Answer 29

1918 30 married, property owner or uni graduate 43%

Question 30

(1918-45) female MPs never rose above ..., peaked at ... in ...

Answer 30

5% 15% 1931

Question 31

1914-18 women in industry??

Question 32

Sex Disqualification Act ... prevented barring women in law or civil service

Answer 32

1919

Question 33

Matrimonial Causes Act ... allowed divorce in cases couples separated ... or marital rape

Answer 33

1937 3 years

Question 34

in 30s average ... divorce applications per year, ... by ...

Answer 34

4,800 38,000 1951

Question 35

... 'Hungry England' enquiry set up by ... = many women starving themselves to feed family -> many families reliant on poor relief that became means tested in ...

Answer 35

1933 economist A. L. Bowley 1934

Question 36

by 50s ... women not content with lives at home & admitted feelings of boredom & frustration

Answer 36

60%

Question 37

by 1979 num female MPs fell back to ...

Answer 37

19

Question 38

Wilson's 60s cabinet ... out of ... ministers women

Answer 38

7 18

Question 39

(60s & 70s) prominent female MPs e.g. ... & ...

Answer 39

Barbara Castle Margaret Thatcher

Question 40

by 1979 women only earned ... man's wage in many industries

Answer 40

60%

Question 41

(60s & 70s) only ... lawyers & doctors women

Answer 41

15%

Question 42

Dagenham Ford Workers' Strike = won ... man's wage

Answer 42

95%

Question 43

Equal Pay Act ... - ... businesses circumvented claiming men & women did different work

Answer 43

1970 80%

Question 44

Sex Discrimination Act ...

Answer 44

1975

Question 45

Employment Protection Act ... = illegal to fire for being pregnant, introduced maternity pay

Answer 45

1975

Question 46

... 'consciousness-raising' workshops founded in 70s

Answer 46

over 40

Question 47

(60s & 70s) authors e.g. ... & ... articulated feminist ideas in their writing

Answer 47

Margaret Drabble Angela Carter

Question 48

... set up first rape crisis centre in London

Answer 48

Erin Pizzey

Question 49

removal of marriage bar in civil service ... & banking ...

Answer 49

1947 1949

Question 50

by late 70s ... married women retained their jobs

Answer 50

50%

Question 51

Alien Orders Act ... & Special Restrictions Act ...

Answer 51

1920 1925

Question 52

... born in Jamaica, moved to Britain ... & established medical practice, established ... in ...

Answer 52

Harold Moody 1904 League of Coloured People (LCP) 1931

Question 53

... attempted anti-semitic march in London's East End, local ... & ... organised demonstration of ... -> Battle of Cable Street, abandoned march

Answer 53

B Union of Fascists (BUF) Jewish People's Council (JPC) Communnist Party of GB over 10,000

Question 54

International African Service Bureau (IASB) established in ... by Caribbean intellectuals ... & ... - established ... newspaper encouraging people to lobby MPs for black rights

Answer 54

1937 C.L.R. James George Padmore 'International African Opinion'

Question 55

... Nat Union of Seamen (NUS) tried to force Arab & Somali seamen out of jobs in ... - ... organised regional strikes against racist policy

Answer 55

1930 South Shields in South Tyneside CPGB

Question 56

British Empire central to WWII - ... personnel

Answer 56

15mil

Question 57

... ...'s 'Rivers of Blood' speech advocated keeping B white, ... public agreed

Answer 57

1968 Enoch Powell 75%

Question 58

National Front had ... members by ...

Answer 58

over 20,000 1970

Question 59

... gov repealed Special Restrictions Acts = easier for foreign workers to find work

Answer 59

1942

Question 60

British Nationality Act ...

Answer 60

1948

Question 61

... Windrush = ... West Indian passengers, by ... ... immigrants from New Commonwealth arriving each year

Answer 61

1948 492 1958 15,000

Question 62

ghettoisation - ..., ..., ...

Answer 62

St Ann's in Nottingham Toxeth in Liverpool Brixton in London

Question 63

Commonwealth Immigration Act ... - short term increase in immigration

Answer 63

1962

Question 64

Race Relations Acts ... formally outlawed discrimination, colour bar, 'inciting racial hatred', created ... & ...

Answer 64

1965, 68 & 76 Communities Relations Commission (CRC) Commission for Racial Equality (CRE)

Question 65

Notting Hill Riots ... - lasted weeks, mobs of up to ...

Answer 65

1958 700

Question 66

... BUF campaigned openly against immigration, attracted ... vote

Answer 66

1959 8%

Question 67

... National Front formed to oppose immigration, gained ... members, won ... vote in ...

Answer 67

1967 over 20,000 8% 1970

Question 68

... Commonwealth Act - designed to end large-scale immigration, needed job voucher

Answer 68

1962

Question 69

... Commonwealth Immigration Act restricted immigration from ...

Answer 69

1968 India, Pakistan, West Indies

Question 70

B Black Panther Party formed in ... by ...

Answer 70

1969 Obi B. Egbuna

Question 71

... formed Race Today Collective in ...

Answer 71

Darcus Howe 1974

Question 72

... Commonwealth Immigration Act - introduced 12 month permits

Answer 72

1976