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Who won the 1951 election

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Conservatives

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When was the UKs first atomic bomb tested

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1952

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Dates of the Korean War

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1950-53

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When was the UKs first hydrogen bomb tested

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1957

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When was the Suez Affair

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1956

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When was the Rent Act

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1957

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When were life peerages introduced

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1958

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Who won the 1959 election

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Conservatives

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When did Britain become a founding member of the EFTA

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1959

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When did the Labour Party adopt uni-lateralism

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1960

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When was Macmillan’s ‘Wind of Change’ speech

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1960

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When was the Cuban Missile crisis

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1962

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When was the Commonwealth Immigration Act

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1962

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When was the Profumo Affair

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1963

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When did MacMillan first apply to the EEC

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1961

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When was the first time DeGaulle used his veto to stop Britain joining the EEC

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1963

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How many seats and votes did conservatives win in the 1951 election

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321 seat
48% of votes

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How many seats and votes did Labour win in the 1951 election

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295 seats
48.8% of votes

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How many seats and votes did the Conservatives win in the 1955 election

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344 seats
49.7% of votes

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How many seats and votes did Labour win in the 1955 election

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277 seats
46.4% of votes

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How many votes and seats did Conservatives win in the 1959 election

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365 seats
49.4% of votes

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How many votes and seats did Labour win in the 1959 election

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258 seat
43.8% of votes

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How many seats and votes did Conservatives win in the 1964 election

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304 seats
43.3% of votes

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How many votes and seats did Labour win in the 1964 election

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317 seats
44.1% of votes

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Key features of Butskellism
- Britain should work as a mixed economy - maintain full employment whilst delivering economic growth - Expand welfare state - Remain commited to Britain's military defence programme - develop nuclear weapons programme
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Where did the term Butskellism come from
Was a compound word of Butler and Gaitkell coined by the journal 'The Economist'
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Rab Butler's key roles in government
- Chancellor of the Exchequer - Home secretary - Foreign secretary
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How many houses did the Conservatives have as their target to build each year
300,000
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How many houses did the Conservative office witness being built between 1951-64
1.7 million (60% were private dwellings)
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When and what was the Robbin's Report
1963 * best seen as agrument for extending the comprehensive principle into higher education * expansion of existing universities * emphasis given to scientific education * 12 existing colleges of advanced technology to be upgraded to university status
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What did the rent act do
Abolish rent control putting 6 million houses on the market and making rents rise considerably
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When was the White Defence League established
1957 it was a racist organisation formed in Notting HIll
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When were the Race Riots
1958-59
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Where did Race Riots most notably happen
Nottingham, Bristol and poorer districits in London
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How many new Commonwealth Citizens arrived between 1960-62
230,000
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How much did wages rise from 1950-64
£8.30 - £18.35
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By 1960 how much of the workforce did women make up
1/3
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What was the increase in car sales between 1950-65
1.5 million - 5.5 million
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Budget politics
A short term measure to buy botes in elections
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Stop-go economics
When the Government responds to the economic situation instead of getting infront of it and controlling it
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Stagflation
When industry decline but inflation still persisted
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What was Britain's balance of payments defecit in 1964
£800 million
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What were Britain and Italy's industrial growth rate
Britain - 2.3% Italy - 5.6%
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How much of its GDP were Britain spending on defence at this time
10% which was £1.7 Billion
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When were there clashes between British forces and Kenyan nationalists
1952-60
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When was CND founded
1958
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When was the signing of the Treaty of Rome and what did it do
1957 Created the EEC
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Property owning democracy
Where most of the population could own houses because banks were giving out mortgages - and this was encouraged On the principle that property is a necessary part of democracy
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What prompted the Commonwealth Immigrations Act
Race riots and windrush
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Why did colonisation happen
- it made moral sense - it was important for the economy - Britain needed money
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Mixed economy
A system in which the private and public sectors of the economy both operate
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Why was suez unsuccessful
- USA condemned UK actions - Opposition from BRitish people - Fury of Eisenhower and the US
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Report published on Britain's railways (name+date)
Beeching report - 1963 - reduced number of railways (e.g okehampton to exeter line)
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What Act put restrictions on would-be entrants to Britain acoording to their ethnic origin
Commonwealth Immigrants Act - 1962
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When was and what are some aspects of the Conservative Party's industrial charter
1947 - principles of keynesian economics, mixed economy, welfare state
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# Minis What role did Harold Macmillan hold before being Prime Minister
Minister for Housing
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When did Macmillan declare that Britain had 'never had it so good'
July 1957

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