1939-1951 (The People's War and Peace)- Britain by 1951

Question 1

how many visitors went to south bank for the festival of britain?

Answer 1

8.5m

Question 2

when was the festival of britain?

Answer 2

1951

Question 3

how long was the festival of britain?

Answer 3

5 months

Question 4

give one criticism of the festival of britain?

Answer 4

money could’ve potentially been better spent

Question 5

when did bread and potato rationing end?

Answer 5

1948

Question 6

how many council houses were built between 1945 and 1951?

Answer 6

800k

Question 7

what caused food import prices to go up in 1949?

Answer 7

devaluation of the £

Question 8

what was significant about the 1945-51 labour government?

Answer 8

first time a labour government had lasted a full 5 years

Question 9

what was A. bevan in charge of?

Answer 9

minister of health (housing etc)

Question 10

who did the first labour divisions rise between and why?

Answer 10

A. bevan and morrison

• bevan wanted more nationalisation as the wc would like it
• morrison wanted to hold back and consolidate the mc vote

Question 11

after morrison, who did bevan fall out with and why?

Answer 11

gaitskell

criticised charges for prescriptions, glasses etc in wake of korean war spending

Question 12

after the 1950 election, what was labours majority reduced to?

Answer 12

5

Question 13

why was the bevanite rebellion disastrous for labour?

Answer 13

• labour mp’s that had kept quiet spoke out, deepening the divide
• tories could directly attack

Question 14

what was the result of the 1951 election?

Answer 14

labour= 295 seats
tories= 321 seats

Question 15

give 3 ways the tories were in good shape for the 1951 election?

Answer 15

• woolton had reorganised the party machine, generating funds etc
• pledged 300k new homes (more than labour could)
• vowed to keep the nhs as it was (consensus politics)

Question 16

give 5 reasons for the loss of labour support by 1951?

Answer 16

• timing of 1950 election was before economic recovery was really known
• rationing and austerity tiring
• atlee etc old and worn out
• tories gained 4m votes, whilst labour only 2m between 45 and 51
• divisions split voter too