Domestic Policies: 1951-1964

Question 1

Which party was in power between 1951-1964

Answer 1

The Conservative party

Question 2

How many new houses were promised in the 1951 manifesto

Answer 2

300,000

Question 3

Who oversaw the success of this housing policy?

Answer 3

Harold Macmillan

Question 4

What act created the Tripartite system?

Answer 4

1944 Butler Act

Question 5

What were the three kinds of schools under the tripartite system?

Answer 5

Grammar, secondary modern and technical

Question 6

What test determined what school a child would go to?

Answer 6

the 11+ exam

Question 7

Which prime minister promoted technical schools

Answer 7

Antony Eden

Question 8

Which act restricted use of the Death Penalty?

Answer 8

1957 Homicide Act

Question 9

I) What did the 1957 Wolfenden Commission argue for?

II) What was the result?

Answer 9

I) The decriminalisation of Homosexuality

II) The government rejected it

Question 10

What year was the Divorce Reform Act

Answer 10

1969

Question 11

What did the 1969 Divorce Reform Act allow for

Answer 11

Divorce if 2 years apart and both agreed, 5 years if not