Conservative Party 1951 to 1964
1951
What year did Churchill get re-elected as Prime Minster?
Clement Attlee
Who was Prime Minister after the Second World War?
Inflation
What is the term used to describe the increase in the price of goods and services?
This was a system whereby a buyer paid a deposit and monthly installments for an item
What was hire purchase?
Third
Which place did Britain come in the race to build nuclear weapons?
You have never had it so good!
Which Prime Minster used this phrase in one of his speeches to the British Public?
1951
What year did the Labour Party lose the General Election?
July 1954
When did rationing come to an end in Britain?
The rise of CND and the Suez Crisis were examples that caused this.
What incidents caused people to challenge the authority?
Charles De Gaulle
Which leader of France Vetoed the British entry into the EEC?
134 million
Ho much money was given back in tax cuts before the 1955 election?
Nye Bevan and Hugh Gaitskell
Which key figures led the split within the Labout Party?
This was achieved by 1955
When was full employment achieved in Britain?
Private Eye and 'That was the week that was'.
What are examples of satire used in public?
Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland
Which countries formed EFTA with Britain?
Winston Churchill's Foreign Secretary
What role did Anthony Eden hold before he became Prime Minister?
Frank Cousins
Who was the leader of the TGWU?
Rab Butler
Who was Chacellor of the Exchequer in 1955?
The Liberator
What was the name of the washing machine that saved women time in the 1950s?
1954
Which year did Britain withdraw from Egypt?
A belief in a mixed economy, support for the NHS, working together with Trade Unions
What were some key aspects of the Post War Consensus?
it committed the Labour Party to nationalisation
What was clause IV?
This described the tensions between an expnading economy and an overheating economy
What was 'stop-go' economics?
The Notting Hill Riots
What race riots happened in London in 1958?
Mau Mau
Which group rebelled in Kenya against British rule there?