The Affluent society 1951-1964

Question 1

what were the reasons for conservative success (5)

Answer 1

1. successful economic policies
2. GB was still a word power
3. built 300,000 houses per year
4. built 6,000 new schools
5. atomic power

Question 2

what were the reasons for Labour failure ‘51-‘64 (3)

Answer 2

1. Party split in the 50s
2. they opposed nuclear weapons
3. Gaitskell died in 1963

Question 3

reasons for the post war consensus (4)

Answer 3

1. NHS
2. support for USA
3. opposition for USSR
4. decolonisation

Question 4

reasons for the Tories’ fall from power in 1964 (5)

Answer 4

1. leadership was ageing
2. all leaders were born wealthy
3. no women in gov
4. many scandals
5. ‘Night of long Knives’

Question 5

reasons for Labour winning the 1964 election (3)

Answer 5

1. Wilson spoke of tech&sci developments
2. labour seemed more in tune with the times
3. Tories losing support (mostly this)

Question 6

what were the aims of ‘Butskellism’ (4)

Answer 6

1. maintaining full employment
2. maintaining developing the welfare state
3. maintaining economic growth
4. maintaining defence

Question 7

what were GB’s economic issues (4)

Answer 7

1. Balance of payments (1961 it was £95mil)
2. stagflation
3. increased pay rise demand
4. Debt. 1957 £540mil, 1964 £800mil

Question 8

what is stop go economics

Answer 8

increasing interest rates when the economy rises fast

Question 9

what did the gov do to grow the economy in 1961 (3)

Answer 9

1. NEDDY (represent employers)
2. NICKY (regulate wage demands)
3. pay pause

Question 10

how many were unemployed in 1963 and 1964

Answer 10

800,000 to 500,000

Question 11

how were living standards rising (3)

Answer 11

1. car ownership went from 3mil to 7mil
2. people could afford domestic appliances
3. TV developed. no. went from 340,000 ‘51 to 13mil ‘63

Question 12

what was the position of women (3)

Answer 12

1. payed 40% less than men
2. low academic expectations for girls
3. 2% of women went to Uni

Question 13

what is the Salmon report

Answer 13

the official inquiry into race riots

Question 14

what did the salmon report say caused race tensions (3)

Answer 14

1. GB’s thought immigrants undercut their employment
2. immigrants made the rent higher
3. sexual jealousy. e.g. white women dating immigrants over GB men

Question 15

when was the commonwealth immigration act

Answer 15

1962

Question 16

why did ‘teenagers’ become a thing (2)

Answer 16

1. they were the grown up baby boom gen
2. them and their parents had more money, so they could afford having different styles

Question 17

in the 50s how much was GB spending of GDP on defence

Answer 17

8%

Question 18

Germany vs GB average growth rate

Answer 18

1951-1964
5% vs 2.5%

Question 19

which and when was the first colony decolonised

Answer 19

Ghana 1957

Question 20

when had most colonies been decolonised

Answer 20

1968