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12 Cards in this Set
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How many houses did German bombs destroy?
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25%
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Who introduced the new high quality council housing scheme?
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Nye Bevan
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What were the scheme's successes and limitations?
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Aimed to build 4.5 million houses but only managed to build 1 million
Between 1945 and 1951 four in five houses which were built were council houses Had two toilets and were luxury in comparison to what would have been given before |
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What was the education system like before Labour took control?
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Teaching staff were limited, secondary schools were still not free and the increase of the school leaving age was delayed
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How did Labour attempt to deal with the problems of ignorance?
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Emergency teacher training scheme trained 35,000
1,000 schools were built between 1945 and 1951 |
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When did the NHS come in to practise?
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1948
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What were the successes and limitations of the NHS?
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Met all three of the aims to be free at the point of use, accessible to everyone etc
By 1951 all adults had to pay half price for their false teeth and spectacles Previously only half of the male workforce was entitled to assistance through various schemes |
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What did Charles Websters views on the NHS?
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he claims it was a two-tier system in which the upper classes got a better service than the working classes.
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How was the problem of idleness dealt with?
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Due to the jobs created after teh war unemployment never rose above 0.5 million, this shows that it didn't matter which government was in power unemployment would have still been low.
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What did Labour do to deal with the problem of want?
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Pensions became universal
Universal family allowance National insurance act was extended National Assistance and Insurance provided a safety net |
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When was the universal family allowance introduced?
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1945
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What did Rowntree's second survey find?
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Poverty in York was down from 36% to 2%
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