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what was the CND? |
-Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament -Supporters A.J.P Taylor and J.B Priestly |
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why did the CND develop? |
-To campaign against the new nuclear age -New access to education meant many were not working and so had more time to protest and formulate ideas?? -Young middle class disillusioned with boring politics |
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What was the Aldermarstan March? |
-Several 1000 people marched for four days from Trafalgar square, London to the Atomic Weapons Establishment to demonstrate their opposition to nuclear weapons |
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Why was their immigration? |
-Need for workers to full post war boom in Britain -Open door policy after CW in 1948 -Perceived better quality of life in new country with a job -Government reluctant to clamp down on immigration because it was economically viable |
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Why was there tension due to immigration? |
-Clash over acceptable behaviour, how when and what to eat + whether to maintain religious rituals -Cultural difference could split communities (women inferior) -Musilms could not drink alcohol so kept out of pubs but these were the centre British working class culture -Physical separation; poverty + poor housing (isolate immigrants) -Barrier of language -Disparities in education + employment -Unfair justice system |
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What aggression towards immigrants was there? |
-1958 Teddy Boys Attacked black people -Oswald Mosley set up the Union Movement -Facist and against black people -Violent riots between white people + black immigrants in NottingHill +Nottingham -"No irish, no blacks, no dogs" sign |
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What cultural changes came about due to immigration |
-many instances of outright racism -210 000 new immigrants by 1958 -new exotic foods and tastes brought from Asia -Christian Caribbean settlers brought informal services to religion -Many young middle class took to wearing foreign clothes, listening to jazz music and enjoyed "yoga" |
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what was the British Nationality Act |
-1948; gave free entry into Britain to anyone who was from the commonwealth or empire countries |
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what was the nottinghill riot? |
race riots that took place in London 1958 against the presence of black people |
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what 3 factors caused a demographic change from 1951-64 ? |
-Health and life expectancy =BR out stripped death rate, medical improvements were seen under the welfare state -Inward Migraation- continuing influx of immigrants from Irish Republic 1948 250 000 arrived. -Outward migration was just as big- steady flow of immigrants to North Africa and Australia 1960s IM=1.25 mil OM=1.29 MIL -Greater/sharper difference between the town and countryside (still dominated by agriculture) most people lived in strong small communities-t his would change following mass car ownership .>social mobility |
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Why was 2nd education not working? **** |
-11+ and Butler act 1944 - aimed to produce a tripartite system- never materialised in practise -created problems>middle class upset saw test as unfair and inefficient, waste of talent and human potential -phschological strain on students and parents |
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Benching report -what did it suggest? |
-recommended closure of more than 30% rail networks -argued road offered a cheaper and more flexible alternative >small branch lien and stations serving small communities were gone |
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How important was the development of the car for social change? |
cars were important as they meant that people could access and travel to different parts of the country - choice |
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what examples of threats to law and order were there from 1951-64 |
1950s -law abiding -slight blip from war -total offences 461 400 Mid 1950s -crime wave -1955-1965 criminal offences doubled -Kray twins -Clashes between the mods and rockers -total offences 1 333 900 by 1965 -1960s rise of football hooliganism |
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How did attitudes to class change over the period? |
gradual breakdown of old social restrictions and loss of defence suez crisis exposed blatant lying and manipulation of government rise of CND encouraged the tendency to challenge authority new trends in culture and the media opened up the way for a more individualist ad less conformist society, less willing to follow the Establishment> importance of background and connections |
