British Depth Study Flashcards
(41 cards)
Who is an immigrant?
An immigrant is someone who goes to live permanently in a foreign country.
What is feminism?
Feminism is the promotion of women’s rights on the grounds of the equality of the sexes.
Who is a teenager?
A person between the ages of 13 and 19.
What year was the Beverage report commissioned? By Who?
1942 by Sir William Beveridge.
What were the ‘five giant evils’ that the Beverage report identified?
Want, disease, squalor, ignorance and idleness.
In 1945, which party government set out to solve the welfare issues with reforms?
The Labour government.
What year was the Family Allowances Act?
1945.
What year was the National Insurance Act?
1946.
What year was the National Health Service Act?
1946.
Give three effects that the War had on families and class relations.
The high numbers of absent fathers caused challenges for families, especially due to the fact that they were the main providers and the ones who disciplined their children. There was an increase in crime and delinquency. The working and middle class families learnt more about one another due to evacuees.
Which two main groups of immigrants came to Britain at the end of the Second World War? Why?
Refugees (1939-1945) to escape Nazi rule and Eastern Europeans (1946) to escape Communism.
Give 5 reasons that the census is such a reliable source of information for historians.
It is enacted in law, an official document, from a specific time period, gives diverse information that can be cross referenced and is comparable as it is constant.
Where and when did the Empire Windrush arrive?
The Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury in Essex on 22nd June 1948
What happened at the Nottinghill riots of 1958?
Lots of Caribbeann immigrants lived in this area. The ‘Teddy boys’ of the area began to turn very hostile towards the immigrants living here and on 24th August nine white youths assaulted five black men in Nottinghill. After two weeks of civil unrest, rioting errupted and lasted a week. Crowds of up to 400 white youths attacked the Caribbeand with petrol bombs before the police restored order.
What is a ‘Teddy boy’?
A teddy boy is a white working-class teen rebel influenced by rock’n’roll music from America and Edwardian fashion. The culture tended to be gang led and had a reputation for violence.
Who was Aneurin Bevan?
Health minister in Attlee’s government.
When did the NHS come in to operation?
July 1948.
What did the National Health Service provide?
It provided medical treatment, in hospital, from a general practitioner (GP), free whenever needed.
Give one of the problems of the NHS.
They were spending way more than expected. It was thought that by 1950, £140million would be spent but the reality was £358million.
What percentage of general practitioners joined the NHS?
95%
How many prescriptions were written in the first year alone?
187 million prescriptions.
How many pairs of spectacles were issued in the first year alone?
8 million pairs of spectacles.
What year was there a charge for false teeth and spectacles? Who decided?
- Hugh Gaitskell
Why did Bevan resign from his position?
Bevan believed in the right to free health and so after the charges for certain parts of the NHS came in to play in 1951, he resigned.
