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Who proposed 'In Place of Strife'
Where was the famous CND march to in Easter 1958
Making of Modern Britain 1945 - 64
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1
Where was the famous CND march to in Easter 1958
Arsenal
Essex
Aldermaston
London
2
Who proposed 'In Place of Strife'
Tony Benn
Jack Jones
Harold Wilson
Barbara Castle
3
Name Christine Keeler's friend who also became well known due to the Profumo affair
Mandy Rice-Davies
Davies Rice-Mandy
Alfie Mcgivern
Mandy Davies-Rice
4
What kind of support did Wilson give the USA over Vietnam?
Welfare
Social
Moral
Military
5
What was the name of the most well known pirate radio station of the 60s?
Radio Caroline
Radio Belgium
Radio France
Radio Anita
6
What deficit did the Labour government of 1964 inherit?
£750 million
£500 million
£800 million
£850 million
7
When was the Winter Crisis? The coldest winter in living memory made worse by fuel shortages
1947
1946
1945
1948
8
How much did Denis Healey's white paper aim to cut the defence budget by?
50 million
1 billion
2 billion
3 billion
9
Which of these is not one of Beveridge's five giants
Greed
Ignorance
Want
Idleness
10
How many people per week holidayed at Butlins in the 1950s?
60,000
70,000
50,000
40,000
11
Who was the failed leader of the DEA
Gordon Brown
Roy Jenkins
James Callaghan
George Brown
12
What was the name of the boat that is said to have been the start of Commonwealth immigration
Empire Windrush
Empire Voyager
Empire Elizabeth
Empire Windbush
13
Which achievement did Harold Wilson want to be remembered for?
The Open University
Abortion act
Comprehensive education
The Divorce reform act
14
When did ITV launch?
1956
1954
1957
1955
15
Who was the Prime Minister of Rhodesia who issued a Unilateral declaration of independence?
Ian Johnson
Ian Smith
Ian Jones
Ian Hopkins
16
How many women died due to back street abortions between 1958 and 1960?
57
82
29
32
17
Which Labour party members resignation caused the Labour split?
Gaitskell
Bevan
Bevin
Atlee
18
Which of these were 1950s teenage groups
Mods
Rockers
Punks
Teddy Boys
19
How many new homes did Macmillan promise to build?
400,000
260,000
360,000
300,000
20
The decriminalisation of homosexual acts stated that gay partners had to be what age?
21
25
16
18
21
What is sometimes called 'The single most important social policy document of the 20th Century?
in Place of Strife
Labour's clause IV
The 1944 Butler education act
The Beveridge report
22
Which of these acts provided cover for accidents that occurred in the workplace
The National Insurance act
Industrial Injuries act
The National Health Service act
The National Assistance act
23
A Gallup poll was created after Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech. What % agreed with him?
50%
60%
75%
45%
24
What percentage did car ownership increase by between 1957 and 1959?
25%
15%
20%
10%
25
Capital punishment was ended in 1969 but whose case gave the campaign a boost?
Ted Bundy
Ian Brady
Sydney Silverman
Ruth Ellis
26
How many people in North London said they would refuse to live next to a black person?
1/5
1/2
1/3
1/4
27
Which politician became the Prime Minister of Britain in 1951?
Winston Churchill
Clement Atlee
Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
28
The strike by which groups caused economic problems for the government in 1967
Labourers and bricklayers
Doctors and nurses
Teachers and lecturers
Seamen and dockers
29
Which party won the 1945 General Election
Green Party
Conservative
Labour
Liberal Democrats
30
Between 1957 and 1963 how many miles of new road were completed?
1400
1600
1200
1000
31
In 1959 Britain took the lead in trying to create a similar group to the EEC what was it called
EFTA
EFCA
ECFA
EGTA
32
Which countries were involved in the Suez Crisis
Italy
Britain
Israel
France
33
Which politician was the chief negotiator for Britain's EEC application?
Harold Macmillan
Harold Wilson
Hugh Gaitskell
Edward Heath
34
In which African country did Harold Macmillan give his Wind of Change speech?
Kenya
South Africa
Uganda
Rhodesia
35
What was the average women's age of marriage in the 1950s
23
22
24
21
36
What was the school leaving age raised to under Butler's 1944 Education Act?
16
14
15
13
37
How much did Butler's giveaway budget give to the middle classes in tax cuts?
£132 million
£130 million
£134 million
£136 million
38
When did South Africa gain independence?
1929
1932
1930
1931