The affluent society, 1951-64

• Who was prime minister 1955-57?

  Anthony Eden
• Who was prime minister 1951-55?

  Winston Churchill
• Who was prime minister 1957-63?

  Harold Macmillan
• Who was prime minister 1963-64?

  Alec Douglas-Home
• Who was Churchills deputy?

  Anthony Eden
• Who was Churchills housing minster?

  Harold Macmillan
• Who was chancellor under Churchill?

  R.A Butler
• When was the Suez crisis?

  1956
• What was the run on the pound?

  when foreign investors sold pound and sterling assets, causing the pound to drop in value
• When was the ‘never had it so good‘ speech?

  1957
• What was the ’never had it so good‘ speech?

  a speech by Harold MacMillan warning the British public that the age of affluence wasn’t going to last forever
• When was the ‘winds of change‘ speech?

  1960
• What was the ‘winds of change‘ speech?

  a speech by Harold MacMillan in cape town to the South African parliament urging them to accept change
• What was the result of the ‘winds of change‘ speech?

  South Africa left the common wealth
• When was the clean air act brought in?

  1956
• What was the clean air act?

  a piece of legislation brought in by Anthony Eden In response to the great smog of London, December 1952
• Who was chancellor under Anthony Eden?

  Harold Macmillan
• When did Nye Bevan leave the labour party?

  1951
• Why did Nye Bevan leave the Labour Party?

  Proposed prescription charges for the NHS to help fund the Korean way
• When was CND formed?

  1958
• When did Sierra Leone leave the commonwealth?

  1961
• What happened as a result of the Suez crisis?

  the run on the pound
• When was the Scarborough press conference?

  1960
• When was the Korean War?

  1950-1953
• When did Nigeria leave the commonwealth?

  1960
• When was the give away budget?

  1953
• When did rationing end in Britain?

  1954
• Why did Labour lose the 1959 general election?

  the party were divided over Britains nuclear weapons
• What was the Vassal affair?

  in 1963 a civil servant was caught spying for the Soviet Union
• What was the mutual defence agreement?

  in 1958, when USA agreed to share nuclear technology with Britain
• When was the night of the long knives?

  1962
• When did Uganda leave the commonwealth?

  1962
• What was the night of the long knives?

  a night in 1962, where MacMillan purged most of his cabinet to introduce younger figures but just looked chaotic
• What does apartheid mean?

  Racial segregation, white superiority
• What was the Philby affair?

  in 1963, Kim Philby a senior figure in the foreign office was caught spying for the USSR. He had established a spy network in Britains secret service
• When was the Blackpool press conference?

  1959
• When did Kenya leave the commonwealth?

  1963
• What did Hugh Gaitskell propose at the Blackpool press conference?

  the abolition of clause 4
• What was the age of affluence?

  a period in time with full employment, higher wages and lower tax
• What is clause 4?

  the clause that commited the Labour Party to nationalisation