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A-level History - Britain 1918-97 > Theme 3 knowledge organiser > Flashcards

Theme 3 knowledge organiser Flashcards

1
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estates worth over … subject to … tax, tax on incomes over … rose from .. in … to … in …

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£2mil
40%
£2,500
2%
1914
25%
1925

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

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

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3
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ROPA & growth of Lab = wealthy landowners … MPs in …, … by …

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40%
1910
5%
1945

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4
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Parliament Act … decreased power HofL

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1910

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5
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Country Houses Scheme … allowed aristocratic families rent-free if transferred ownership to Nat Trust

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1937

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6
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Macmillan’s cabinet contained … Old Etonians

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40

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7
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commercial & financial sectors in London grew by … 1920s

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34%

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8
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growth of salaried jobs in management/admin - … 1931 to … …

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700,000
1.25mil
1951

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9
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expansion of women’s jobs in admin/clerking - … 1911 to … …

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170,000
1.4mil
1951

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10
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Butler Education Act …

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1944

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11
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1939 … mc homeowners compared to … wc

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60%
20%

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12
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Geddes Axe -> shortfall … homes

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800,000

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13
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post-war satire & ‘new wave’ … … …

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‘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

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14
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Profumo Affair … = … shared sexual partner .. with member of Soviet embassy …, on front page …

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

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15
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Obscene Publications Act …

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1959

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16
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Theatre Act … -> Emmanuelle …

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1968
1977

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17
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Sexual Offences Act … legalised homosexuality in private between 2 males over age …

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1967
21

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18
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research in 60s by … = … public disapproved homosexuality & wanted treated more harshly

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Michael Schofield
85%

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19
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Abortion Act … legalised up to … gestation

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1967
28 weeks

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20
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1967 … legal abortions carried out, … by …

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27,000
140,000
1980

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21
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by 80s … public believed access to abortion should be woman’s right

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80%

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22
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‘Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female’ … by …

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1953
Kinsey

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23
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Divorce Reform Act … allowed no fault divorce

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1969

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24
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Family Planning Act … = free contraception & sexual health advice

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1974

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25
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contraceptive pill … -> … using by … (introduced for married women only in 1961)

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1967
over 1mil
1970

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26
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first gay pride march … with … marchers

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1971
1,000

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27
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‘The Sexual Behaviour of Young People’ … by …= promiscuity in teens limited, in stable relationships

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1969 & 71
Schofield

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28
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Gorer marriage rate??

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29
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ROPA … enfranchised women over … if … = women now … electorate

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1918
30
married, property owner or uni graduate
43%

30
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(1918-45) female MPs never rose above …, peaked at … in …

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5%
15%
1931

31
Q

1914-18 women in industry??

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32
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Sex Disqualification Act … prevented barring women in law or civil service

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1919

33
Q

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

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1937
3 years

34
Q

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

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4,800
38,000
1951

35
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… ‘Hungry England’ enquiry set up by … = many women starving themselves to feed family -> many families reliant on poor relief that became means tested in …

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1933
economist A. L. Bowley
1934

36
Q

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

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60%

37
Q

by 1979 num female MPs fell back to …

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19

38
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Wilson’s 60s cabinet … out of … ministers women

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7
18

39
Q

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

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Barbara Castle
Margaret Thatcher

40
Q

by 1979 women only earned … man’s wage in many industries

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60%

41
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(60s & 70s) only … lawyers & doctors women

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15%

42
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Dagenham Ford Workers’ Strike = won … man’s wage

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95%

43
Q

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

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1970
80%

44
Q

Sex Discrimination Act …

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1975

45
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Employment Protection Act … = illegal to fire for being pregnant, introduced maternity pay

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1975

46
Q

… ‘consciousness-raising’ workshops founded in 70s

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over 40

47
Q

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

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Margaret Drabble
Angela Carter

48
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… set up first rape crisis centre in London

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Erin Pizzey

49
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removal of marriage bar in civil service … & banking …

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1947
1949

50
Q

by late 70s … married women retained their jobs

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50%

51
Q

Alien Orders Act … & Special Restrictions Act …

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1920
1925

52
Q

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

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Harold Moody
1904
League of Coloured People (LCP)
1931

53
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… attempted anti-semitic march in London’s East End, local … & … organised demonstration of … -> Battle of Cable Street, abandoned march

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

54
Q

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

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1937
C.L.R. James
George Padmore
‘International African Opinion’

55
Q

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

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1930
South Shields in South Tyneside
CPGB

56
Q

British Empire central to WWII - … personnel

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15mil

57
Q

… …’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech advocated keeping B white, … public agreed

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1968
Enoch Powell
75%

58
Q

National Front had … members by …

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over 20,000
1970

59
Q

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

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1942

60
Q

British Nationality Act …

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1948

61
Q

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

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1948
492
1958
15,000

62
Q

ghettoisation - …, …, …

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

63
Q

Commonwealth Immigration Act … - short term increase in immigration

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1962

64
Q

Race Relations Acts … formally outlawed discrimination, colour bar, ‘inciting racial hatred’, created … & …

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

65
Q

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

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1958
700

66
Q

… BUF campaigned openly against immigration, attracted … vote

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1959
8%

67
Q

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

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1967
over 20,000
8%
1970

68
Q

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

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1962

69
Q

… Commonwealth Immigration Act restricted immigration from …

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1968
India, Pakistan, West Indies

70
Q

B Black Panther Party formed in … by …

A

1969
Obi B. Egbuna

71
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… formed Race Today Collective in …

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Darcus Howe
1974

72
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… Commonwealth Immigration Act - introduced 12 month permits

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1976

A-level History - Britain 1918-97 (8 decks)

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