Post-war consensus and domestic policies

Question 1

Name the 4 features of the Post-War Consensus

Answer 1

1. A belief in a mixed economy (involvement by the State as well as private enterprise).
2. Support for the NHS and the welfare state.
3. A belief to ensure employment (avoid mass unemployment of 1930s)
4. Working with both trade unions and employers.

Question 2

Describe the domestic policies towards housing.

Answer 2

Conservative manifesto promised to build 300,000 houses a year. Macmillan oversaw this success.

Question 3

Describe the domestic policies towards education.

Answer 3

3 kinds of schools emerged:

• Grammar schools for intellectually gifted
• Technical school which would concentrate on practical and vocational skills
• Secondary modern which would provide a general education.

Question 4

What and when was the clean air act?

Answer 4

1956- aimed to prevent the smog of the early 1950s

Question 5

What was the housing and and factory act?

Answer 5

It aimed to improve living and working conditions

Question 6

What and when was the Homicide act?

Answer 6

1957- restricted when the death penalty could be imposed

Question 7

What and when was the Wolfenden Commision?

Answer 7

1957- recommended that homosexual behaviour should no longer be a criminal act.