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The Social Impact of WW2 and the Labour Reforms (1945-1951)
The Social Impact of WW2 and the Labour Reforms (1945-1951)
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15 Questions on the Labour Reforms
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Which of the following was a success of the NHS?
17 million people got glasses
It provided free healthcare to all
9 million people got false teeth
All of the above
2
Who did Churchill appoint to his wartime Government?
Labour Ministers
Liberal Ministers
SNP Ministers
All of the above
3
What were the Five Giants called?
Young, Old, Sick, Unemployed, Employed
Poverty, Education, Unemployment, Housing, Sickness
Want, Ignorance, Idleness, Squalor, Disease.
The 1944 Labour Manifesto
4
What did the 1944 Education Act do?
All local authorities had to provide free milk/school meals
Set up three different types of schools
Raise the school leaving age to 16
All of the above
5
What did Sir William Beveridge argue?
Britain should go back to following "Laissez-Faire"
Poverty was still a serious problem throughout the UK
Britain shouldn't repair houses that were destroyed in WW2
Britain needed a stronger navy to defend herself
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Which of the following was a failure of the NHS?
Ambulance services were set up to deal with emergencies
New hospitals with modern facilities were built
Charges were brought in for glasses and dental treatment
The campaigns of the NHS encouraged people to live healthier
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How did WW2 impact British civilians?
Wartime bombing
Rationing
All of the above
Evacuation
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What did the National Milk Scheme do?
Provide extra money to pensioners
Provide free milk for all
Provide free milk for children under 5
Provide free emergency medical care
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What is arguably the greatest success of the Labour Reforms?
Lowering the age of claiming pensions to 65
The number of houses they built
Their sickness benefits
The NHS
10
Who won the 1945 General Election?
Labour
UKIP
The Liberals
The Conservatives
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True or False: People became used to government intervention during WW2
False
True
12
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation did a survery in York in 1950. How many people lived in poverty?
10.3%
15.6%
2.8%
0.6%
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What is arguably the greatest failure of the Labour Reforms?
The sickness benefits they introduced
The NHS
The number of houses they built
Lowering the age of claiming pensions to 65
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True or False: Labour introduced a series of reforms which helped more people than the Liberals
True
False
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Overall, how effective was Labour in tackling the Five Giants of poverty?
All of the above
Fully effective
Partially effective
Not effective
