Timeline Of Key Events

Question 1

When did food rationing end?

Answer 1

1954

Question 2

When did the troubles in Northern Ireland begin?

Answer 2

1969

Question 3

When was Enoch Powel’s river of blood speech?

Answer 3

1967

Question 4

When was Britain’s first atomic bomb test?

Answer 4

1952

Question 5

When was the EEC first formed without Britain?

Answer 5

EEC was first formed in 1956 without Britain

Question 6

When was the Profumo affair?

Answer 6

The Profumo scandal took place in 1963

Question 7

When was the CND first formed?

Answer 7

CND was formed in 1958

Question 8

When were the Notting hill riots?

Answer 8

1958

Question 9

Who won the 1951 election?

Answer 9

Churchill under the conservatives. Churchill had returned as a war hero

Question 10

Who won the 1955 election? Who was the party leader?

Answer 10

Conservatives

Anthony Eden

Question 11

Who won the 1959 election?

Answer 11

Conservatives under Macmillan

Question 12

When was The start of the Rhodesia crisis?

Answer 12

1964

Question 13

When was the suez crisis?

Who’s government was this under?

Answer 13

1956
Anthony Eden
Eden’s decision to take military action

Question 14

When was Barbera Castle’s In Place of Strife proposed?

Answer 14

1969

Question 15

What percentage of people supported Enoch Powel?

Answer 15

75% of the population

Question 16

When did the Vietnam war begin?

Answer 16

1955

Question 17

There were…….oil fields production by……

Answer 17

9

1978

Question 18

When was the Korean War?

How many soldiers did Britain send?

Answer 18

1950 - 1953

90, 000

Question 19

When did Britain join the EEC?

Answer 19

1973

Question 20

In what election did Enoch Powel urge voters to vote labour?

Why was this significant to their defeat?

Answer 20

1974
He was sabotaging his own party - clear divisions
75% of the population supported his Rivers of blood speech

Question 21

When is said to be the bloodiest year during the troubles in Northern Ireland?
How many explosions and deaths were there?

Answer 21

1972
The British embassy in Dublin was burned down
1, 382 explosions
480 deaths

Question 22

When was the birth control pill available on the NHS?

Answer 22

1971

Question 23

When did the TUC publish the charter, equality for women within trade unions?

Answer 23

1979

Question 24

When was the birth control pill available on the NHS?

Answer 24

1971

Question 25

When was the employment protections act passed?

Answer 25

1975

Question 26

When did equal pay act come into full force?

Answer 26

1975

Question 27

From when was Macmillan in power?

Answer 27

1959 - 1963
He resigned in 1963 after a serious of unexpected illnesses, although it is unlikely he would have remained party leader through the election regardless

Question 28

How much did tax cuts to Rab Butler give to those in the middle class?
When was this?

Answer 28

£134 million

In the run up to the 1955 election - his ‘give away’ enhanced conservatives prospects nod victory

Question 29

By 1955 how many people were unemployed?

Answer 29

Full unemployment was achieved

200, 000 people were unemployed, which is less than 1% of the work force

Question 30

When was the immigration act passed?

Answer 30

1971

Question 31

Who led the SDP?

Answer 31

Roy Jenkins
David Owen
Shirley Williams
Bill Rodgers