Social - Key Facts

Question 1

Name of the act that proposed devolution

Answer 1

Devolution Act for Scotland and Wales

Question 2

Clause added to the Devolution Act which made it unlikely to pass

Answer 2

Referendums had to be conducted before devolution could go ahead

Question 3

Result of the Welsh Devolution Referendum

Answer 3

• 20.3% for
• 79.9% against

Question 4

Result of the loss of devolution in Scotland

Answer 4

Scottish nationalist MPs withdrew their support from the Labour Party

Question 5

Centre that opened in London in 1976

Answer 5

Rape Crisis Centre

Question 6

Act that made it possible for women to take out court order restraining violent partners

Answer 6

Domestic Violence Act 1976

Question 7

Held in response to the Yorkshire Ripper

Answer 7

‘Reclaim the Night’ Marches

Question 8

TUC Charter concerning Women

Answer 8

Equality for Women within Trade Unions

Question 9

Percentage of Women’s compared to Men’s wages in 1977

Answer 9

70%

Question 10

Campaign that started in response to Eric Clapton supporting Enoch Powell’s River of Blood speech

Answer 10

Rock against Racism

Question 11

Number of people that attended the Rock against Racism concernt

Answer 11

100,000

Question 12

Black Footballers

Answer 12

• Justin Fashanu
• John Barnes
• Viv Anderson

Question 13

Number of racist incidents in the Trade Council of East London

Answer 13

Over 100 including 2 murders

Question 14

Fraction increase in the number of assults on Asians and African-Carribeans

Answer 14

1/3

Question 15

Murder victim of the National Front in 1976

Answer 15

Gurdip Singh Cahggar

Question 16

Name of the riots in the summer of 1976

Answer 16

Southall Riots

Question 17

Point lead the Conservatives gained after taking a tough stance on immigration

Answer 17

11

Question 18

Point lead the Conservatives gained after taking a tough stance on immigration

Answer 18

11

Question 19

Number of police officers that were an ethnic minority in the Met Police

Answer 19

70 out of 22,000

Question 20

Number of people injured in riots at the Notting Hill Carnival in 1976

Answer 20

Over 300

Question 21

Member of the Anti-Nazi League and teacher that was murdered by police

Answer 21

Blair Peach

Question 22

US Band that help start the Punk movement

Answer 22

New York Dolls

Question 23

British punk bands

Answer 23

• Sex Pistols
• The Clash
• The Damned
• The Buzzcocks

Question 24

People who opened a botique called SEX

Answer 24

• Vivienne Westwood
• Malcom McLaren

Question 25

Headlines after the Sex Pistols swore on live TV

Answer 25

• ‘The Filth and the Fury’
• ‘TV Fury over Rock cult Filth’

Question 26

Name of the controversial single by the Sex Pistols

Answer 26

God save the Queen

Question 27

What was football hooliganism dubbed as

Answer 27

The English Disease

Question 28

Environmental organisation formed in 1977

Answer 28

Greenpeace

Question 29

Name of David Attenborough’s documentary in 1979

Answer 29

Life on Earth

Question 30

Theoriser of the Gaia theory

Answer 30

James Lovelock

Question 31

Number of canidates the Ecology Party put up in 1979

Answer 31

53