The sixties, 1964-70

• Who was prime minister 1964-70

  Harold Wilson
• When did Gambia leave the commonwealth?

  1965
• What was the theatres act?

  An act in 1968 which ended censorship
• What was the abortion act?

  an act in 1967, which legalised abortions and ended backstreet abortions
• What was the dangerous drugs act?

  An act in 1967, which made cannabis and cocaine illegal
• What was the race relations act?

  Acts brought in in 1965 and 1968 which made racial discrimination illegal
• What was the national plan?

  brought in by George Brown in 1965, and was modelled on Stalins five year plans
• Why did the national plan fail?

  Clashed with the more powerful and established treasury
• What was the divorce reform act?

  an act in 1969, which made it so couples could divorce more easily
• What was the debt Wilson inherited in 1964?

  £800 million
• What was ’in place of strife?’

  A white paper introduced by Barbara Castle in 1969, which would limit wildcat strikes
• What was the white heat of the technological revolution speech?

  a speech by Harold Wilson in 1964 before the general election about modernising Britain
• What was the sexual offences act?

  an act in 1967 which decriminalised homosexuality
• What was the devaluation crisis?

  in November 1967, when the government devalued the pound by 14%
• What happened as a result of the prices and income policy?

  in 1966/67 the national union of dockers and sailors went on strike
• When was Enoch Powells ‘rivers of blood speech?’

  1968
• What is CND?

  Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
• What was the TESTBAN treaty?

  a treaty signed in 1963 between USA and USSR, which limited the testing of nuclear weapons and eased cold war tensions
• What was the honeymoon period?

  a period between 1969-71, where British troops were welcomed in Ireland
• What was the prices and income policy?

  government limits on wage increases for public sector workers, to try and improve the balance of payments deficit and curb inflation
• What are wildcat strikes?

  strikes undertaken by workers without without trade union leaderships authorisation