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1
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living standards in the year 1951 - 1964
how manys homes promised in what manifesto

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1951 conservative manefesto promised 300,000 new homes

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living standards in the year 1951 - 1964
when did macmillan implement clean air act and why

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1956 after the great smog of 1952

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living standards in the year 1951 - 1964
how was education split up and who developed it

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eden developed it as it was split into grammar schools , secondary modern and technical schools

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living standards in the year 1951 - 1964
what was the wage increase and when

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£8.30 pw in 1951 to £15.35 pw in 1961
more people could afford tv and washing machines

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labour divisions 1951-1964
who wanted to be party leader when atlee steped down and when

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gaitskell on the right and bevan on the left
in 1955
gaitskell won

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labour divisions 1951-1964
what did bevan and the left of labour think about nuclear weapons

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opposed nuclear weapons
but in 1957 he announced he opposed unilateral disarmament

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labour divisions 1951-1964
what did gaitskell propose in 1959

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abolishing calus iv but the left strongly opposed it and he had to back down

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labour divisions 1951-1964
how did labour right feel about prescription charges

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they wanted people to pay for prescriptions because of economic pressure on the nhs

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conservative leaders 1951-1964
how many seats majority did macmillan win in what year

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1959
100 seat majority

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conservative leaders 1951-1964
why did churchill win in 1951 and how many seats

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his reputation as a good war time leader
he won 321 seats to 295 seats

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conservative leaders 1951-1964
why was macmillan deemed a good leader by 1963

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he had restored party unity after the suez crisis

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conservative leaders 1951-1964
why was eden expected to do well as pm and why did he have to step down

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he had good foriegn policy experience
by the 1956 suez crisis made him step down

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domestic policies 1951-1959
what act reduced when death penalties could be used and when

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1957 homocide act

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not good leaders and policies 1951-1959
why was churchill not a good leader

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he was a figure head who focused more on forigen policies than domestic

he left most responsibilities to eden , macmillan and butler but they did not get on causing rivalries in cabinate

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not good leaders and policies 1951-1959
why was macmillan not a good leader

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he struggled to keep prices steady and entered stop go economics

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why was macmillan a good leader

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he was traditionally british whilst still appearing modern

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why was wilson elected in 1963

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labours political possition was improving

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stop go economics weakened the econemy 1955-1964
what was britains industrial production in 1959 and what was USA and west germanys

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britain - 129
usa - 133
west germany - 225

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stop go economics weakened the econemy 1955-1964
why was a pay pause put in and when

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1961
fears the econemy was overheating

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stop go economics weakened the econemy 1955-1964
when was an IMF loan taken out

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1961

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consumerisum 1955-1964
how many people were employed in the service sector in 1960

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5 million
equal to heavy industry

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consumerisum 1955-1964
what was the average wage by 1961

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£15.35 pw meant consumerisum grew

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consumerisum 1955-1964
how much did tv purhcases increase in what time frame

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32% 1957-1959

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consumerisum 1955-1964
how many people stayed at butlins in the 1950s

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60,000 a week

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economic expansion 1955-1964 when were tax cuts and how much
£370 million in 1959
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consumerisum 1955-1964 1960-1964 how much had imports and exports risen
exports 10% imports were 20% higher than exports
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consumerisum 1955-1964 what was growth rate in 1963 and 1964
1963 - 4% 1964 - 6%
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lives of british people were transformed by living standards 1951-1957 what lauch in 1955 improved consumerisum
itv launched in 1955 with advertising
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lives of british people were transformed by living standards 1951-1957 when did food rationing end
1954
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lives of british people were transformed by living standards 1951-1957 housing policy to replace slums
1951 300,000 new homes promised to replace slums and increase home ownership
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lives of british people were transformed by living standards 1951-1957 what did hire purchase aid
people could by larger things like tvs and washing machines to get women out of the kitchen and have lesiure time
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lives of british people were transformed by class1951-1957 what % of population were teenagers
10 % they moved agianst the social norm
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lives of british people were transformed by class1951-1957 how did the gov look after the suez crisis
they were made a mockery satire became more popular
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lives of british people were transformed by class1951-1957 how did respect change
in 1951 they were a conformist scoiet that respected authority but this was changing due to the suez crisis and social groups like the mods and rockers
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lives of british people were transformed by women 1951-1957 in 1951 what proportion of women were working
1 in 5 instead they were paid family allowence
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lives of british people were transformed by class1951-1957 when was equal pay brought in for teacher and civil servants
1952 - teachers 1954 - civil servants
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lives of british people were transformed by class1951-1957 were women independant from the men in their lives
no mortages and bank accounts still had to be in a mans name
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lives of british people were transformed by class1951-1957 did trade unions support women
no
39
explain how the suez crisis was organised
eden , france and isral staged an attack on eygupt to prevent nasar from privatising the canal they did it in secret in order to invade and take the cannal all whilst appearing to be on a peace keeping mission
40
how did suez show britain was no longer a world power
usa did not support britain and instead started a run on the pound britain could not afford to br strong on their own
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when did macmillain make his winds of change speach about decolonisation
1961
42
proof suez had no electoral impact on the tories
they remained in power until 1963
43
how did britain work with america
supported united nations in the korean war worked to sustain west berlin worked on a summit meeting with kruschev in 1960
44
when was britains first atomic bomb
1952
45
when was britains H bomb
1957
46
when did the CND form
1958 wanting unilateral disarment
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when was the mutal defence agreement with america
1958
48
when was blue streak abandoned
1960 repleaced by american polaris
49
when was the mau mau rebellion in kenya
1952 it was diffiult to squash and after suez people began to want to speed up decolonisation
50
what and when was the first british african colony independant
1957 ghana
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what did macmillians winds of change call for
a change of policy towards decolonisation
52
define the post war concencus
agreement between big parties to cooperate on big issues
53
how many mps rebeled after the suez crisis
40
54
what act improved living and working conditions
housing and factory act
55
when was the profumo affair
1962 with christine keeler
56
evidence of affluence in housing
cheap mortages encourgaed home ownership
57
when and what was night of the long knieves
1962 macmillian cut a lot of his cabinate ministers in a last ditch attempet to strengthen it but ut looked clumbsy
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in 1960 what % of people watched tv at night
50%
59
when was full employment reached
1955
60
when did national service end
1960 allowing teenagers to develope
61
how much did car ownership increase 1957 -1959
25%
62
what was britains income per head compared to other countries
higher than everyone but america
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when were riots between mods and rockers
1964 in brighton and margate
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when were nottinghill riots against immigrants
1958
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when did macmillain submit the eec application and when was it vetoed
1961 1963

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