Legislation and Statistics, 1970-1979

Question 1

The number of comprehensive schools was 30% in 1970, what had this increased to by 1974?

Answer 1

62%

Question 2

What action did the Black Panthers take?

Answer 2

1971 Black Panthers forced acknowledgement that the MET police was racist

Question 3

How many were in higher education in 1974?

Answer 3

500,000

Question 4

When was the Brixton Black Women’s group founded?

Answer 4

1971

Question 5

In what year were there more comprehensive schools than secondary moderns?

Answer 5

1975 - 2596 comprehensives compared to 1216 secondary moderns. 224 grammar schools still existed in

Question 6

What happened in 1970 regarding universities?

Answer 6

11 more unis and 32 polytechnics

Question 7

What economic problems were there?

Answer 7

1975 Oil crisis. IMF Bailout 1976 - had to make spending cuts of £3 billion, pound devalued from $2 to $1.63.

Question 8

When was commerical radio?

Answer 8

1975

Question 9

When was the first rape crisis centre?

Answer 9

1973

Question 10

What did EH propose in 1976?

Answer 10

Ending funding for DGs

Question 11

What % of births were in hospitals 1978?

Answer 11

97%

Question 12

What % educated in comprehensive schools in 1979?

Answer 12

90%

Question 13

What % of Britain was white in 1979?

Answer 13

96%

Question 14

When was the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Causes Act?

Answer 14

1976

Question 15

What did EH impose in 1974?

Answer 15

Freeze on CH rents, 25% increase in pensions

Question 16

What % of women kept jobs by 1972?

Answer 16

50%

Question 17

Who was a female role model?

Answer 17

Elsie Tanner

Question 18

What problems with trade unions did EH face?

Answer 18

By 1974 - 2 miners strikes had occurred

Declared a 3 day week - Had to call GE in 1974 - question was ‘Who runs Britain?’ but Heath was defeated

Question 19

What did TUs vote for in 1970 and what impact did it have?

Answer 19

33% pay increase - on par with other industries. NUM voted for strike action but only 50% agreed. Wave of unofficial strikes

Question 20

How did EH respond to unofficial strikes in 1970s and what consequence did it have?

Answer 20

EH gov imposed a pay policy that restricted possible pay rises to 8% and in Dec 1971 a strike ballot was successful = strike began 1972

Question 21

What impact did the 1972 strike have?

Answer 21

Reduced electricity output to 25%. Had 40,000 miners picketing in 500 seperate sites. EH hadn’t planned for the strike like SB had in 1926. Offered a 27% pay rise.

Question 22

Why was a second strike called by the NUM in the winter of 1973-1974?

Answer 22

Realisation that GB was dependent on coal due to oil crisis of 1973 meaning they could demand pay increases for their members.

Question 23

Why were TU bosses now less influential than shop stewards in 1974?

Answer 23

Members felt the militancy worked, lack of control, difficult to ask members to stick to 6% pay rises while inflation was at 27%.

Question 24

How did Ford attempt to enforce social contract and what happend?

Answer 24

15,000 workers went on strike. Strike was unofficial, eventually endorsed though. Caused other Ford workers to strike - total number of workers refusing to work reached 57,000. Offered a rise of 17%

Question 25

How many people owned cars in 1970?

Answer 25

12 million

Question 26

What % of women and men hed driving licences in 1975?

Answer 26

29% women 69% men