Chapter 6 Flashcards
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What is the welfare state
system by which the government aims to help those in need, the old, sick and unemployed.
What is welfare state also known as?
social security
What is the aim of social security/welfare state
It aims to make sure that nobody goes without food, shelter, clothing, medical care, education or other basic needs.
What was the impact of the Second World War on health?
There had been filthy, under-fed, badly clothed children and wounded soldiers who needed medical care and pregnant women and young children needed extra food.
What were the five giants that could ruin people’s lives? Stated by Sir William Beveridge in the Beveridge report published in 1942, stating that people all over the country had a right to be free of the five giants.
- Disease
2.Want(need)
3.Ignorance(poor education
4.Idleness (no job) - Squalor (very poor living conditions)
What did the Beveridge report suggest?
The report suggested ways to improve things. For example, Beveridge suggested that every worker in Britain should pay some money to their government and in return, receive money if they were sick or injured or lost their job.
He suggested improved old age pensions and financial help for parents for their children and for children’s free medical care for all.
It suggested that it is paid for through taxes and National Insurance contributions.
In a Britain where people hoped that life would be better once the war was over, the Beveridge Report became a surprise best seller. True or False?
True
Which were the two most powerful countries after WW2?
the USA and the USSR
What were the USA and USSR known as when they became the two most powerful countries in the world?
Superpowers
What was the differene between USSR and USA although they were allies in WW2
USSR was communist, the USA was capitalist.
Tension between the USA and the USSR had been building up for a long time, at this time what were both countries referred or known as?
USA were known as the West while the USSR were referred to as the East.
What led to the tension between the USA and the USSR to build up?
The USA had sent troops to help fight against the new communist government when the country was controlled by a communist government. Joseph Stalin had not forgotten this.
Stalin ruled USSR brutally and signed a peace deal with Hitler on the Nazi-Soviet Pact. this deal meant that Hitler could invade Poland without any interference from the USSR.
It was the Nazi-Soviet Pact that eventually brought Britain and France into the war.
State the differences between Capitalism and Communism
Capitalism
Private Firms
Two or more political parties to vote for
Free economy with businesses in competition with each other
Great differences in wealth
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Communism
The government owns all companies
One-party government
Tight controls
Wealth more equally shared
Why did Britain and the USA want European countries including Germany to quickly recover?
So they could trade goods with them.
What is an Iron curtain?
Europe became divided in two because Stalin wanted to keep Germany weak and reach agreement to control multiple countries.
In 1947, US President Harry S.Truman offered money to European countries to do what?
Harry Truman offered money to European countries to repair war damage, such as bombed cities.
What was known as the Marshall Plan that was launched in 1948?
US President Harry S.Truman offered money to European countries to repair war damage, such as bombed cities.
Who was the Marshall Plan coordinated by?
US General George Marshall
How did Stalin think of the Marshall Aid? (Marshall Plan)
Stalin thought this was a US plot to get more support and influence in Europe, and banned countries in the East from taking the money.
What was decided after WW2?
At the end of the war, it was decided that Germany should be divided and controlled by USA, Britain, France and the USSR.
Was it decided that Berlin capital should be divided into four?
Yes it was.
What did France, Britain in USA do to their 3 zones in 1948?
They discussed plans to unite their three zones of Germany into a single zone as well as Berlin.
What angered USSR
Not being told about the plan to unite zones of Germany into a single zone as well as for Berlin.
Why did the USSR cut off all road and rail links between the Allied area of Berlin and West Germany.
The plan was to force France, Britain and the USA to draw from their areas in Berlin because they would not be able to survive without food and fuel.
