Flashcards
Post War Britain
Flashcards do conjunto (62)
- 1What is a welfare state?Gov responsible for health of citizens
- 2What is social security?Financial assistance to those in need
- 3How were peoples lives disrupted by war?Women had to work.
Men undergone traumas
Families torn
Youth crime - 4What does a right wing party stand for?Equality of oppurtunity if you can afford it
Look after yourself
Individuals over a group
(conservs) - 5What does a left wing party stand for?Equality of oppurtunity no matter your wealth.
State looks after ppl
Group over individual
(Labour) - 6How did post war impact class relations?Middle class aware of working class children condition
Beveridge report began Welfare state - 7What was the impact of war on women?Working in factories and look after kids
- 8what occured in 1941?All women 20+ had to work
- 9When did war work stop?1945
some women carried on working - 10why was work broken down into simple tasks?assumed that women couldn't cope
- 11How did women help in armed forces?Support roles not at the front
- 12Evidence to show that there was an increase in workers?by 1939 10 % worked by 1947 18%
- 13Why did women stop working after 1945?To have children
1945: sudden increase in marriages - 14What was encouraged by the media and society?To have children
- 15How did the war impact children?Schooling disrupted
- 16Which group pf children were not evacuated? what did they resort to?Poor children
Led to petty crimes and vandalism - 17Why was there part time school for children?Shortage of teachers
- 18Good experiences of evacuation?Healthy
Fresh air
Rationing - better diets
Enjoyed it so much - 19Where did children get evacuated to?country sides
- 20How did the children suffer pshycologically?Lost/split from family members
- 21Bad experiences of children?Treated badly
Homesick
Labour work - 22Why were children shocked/scared by conditions at home when they returned?Different from countryside
Some seperated so young;never remembered their parents - 23How could Britain be rebuilded after the blitz caused damage?Workers and money = immigration encouraged
- 24What had the evacuation shown the middle class?the poverty of working class children in cities
- 25What did the Beveridge report promise?Universal health care.
Social security to address poverty = workers and money = immigration encouraged - 26what had WWII led to?Small birth rate
Lots of young men dying - 27How did soldiers dying affect Britain?Less workers
Need some to fill labour shortages = immigration and women to work - 28Why did the working class campaign for social security?they saw what the war did to ppl
- 29Name 3 problems that needed to be dealt with?Rebuilding
Protection for workers
Protection for women and children - 30How was the problem of rebuilding solved?Town and country planning act 1947
Housing act 1949
clearance of slums/bomb damaged housing - 31How did addressing the rebuilding problem help the people?Better homes
Improved health - 32How was the problem of protecting the workers solved?National insurance act 1946
benefits for unemployed injured and sick workers - 33How did the NHS act affect ppl?Better health care
- 34How was the problem of protecting women and children solved?NHS act 1948
Children act 1948 - 35How did the NHS act affect children and women?Women = high quality maternity care. Life expectancy rose
Infant mortality rate fell from 60,000 deaths in 1945 to 20,000 - 36What did William Beveridge do in 1942?The civil servant advised the gov to set up a welfare state
- 37What did the NHS provide?free benefits from the cradle to the grave
- 38What happened in 1946?NHS passed by post war Labour gov
- 39when did the NHS begin?1948
- 40Were British hospitals nationalised or communised?Nationalised
- 41Where were GPs encouraged to move?From over doctored areas to places with shortages
- 42Why did private practice continue?To pacify doctors who wanted to do this as they made a lot of money
- 43What does the NHS provide? (3 things)medicines
dentists
hearing aids - 44Why was the NHS a big deal?1st time everyone had health care
- 45What used to happen before the NHS?Many couldn't afford docs
had nowhere to go - 46What happened at the end of the 20th century?NHS in financial crisis
- 47in 1950s what happened in the NHS?Perception, eye tests and dental treatment charges rose
empty beds, waiting lists grew and couldnt pay for staff.
still free for ppl - 48In April 1951 what happened?New chancellor of exchequer Gaitskill wanted charges for false teeth and glasses
- 49What did Bevan do in response to Gaitskill?Threatened to resign
He refused and Bevan resigned - 50What was the aim of the Blitz?Knock out main industries
Make Britain suffer - 51What is the Blitz spirit?What was meant to break the British spirit made them more united
- 52Why was gas masks issued to all during the war?Feared the Nazis would gas them all
- 53Why did everyone grow vegetables?So it could be rationed
Shortage of essentials
Better diets - 54What did schools teach?Real life problems
Duties over priveleges - 55why was there a shortage of teachers?Conscription
War work - 56When were the children evacuated?Sept 1939
- 57Who won in the 1945 General election?Labour party
- 58What did the Beveridge report identify?5 giant roads to recovery
- 59What are the 5 roads to recovery (Beveridge report)Want (poverty)
Disease
Squalor (slums)
Ignorance (less education)
Idleness (less jobs) - 60To gain support from the NHS what did ppl have to do?All pay to welfare system (equal)
Public interest!!! - 61Before war what happened if you were rich and sick than poor and sick?Paid more in the local insurance scheme monthly if you needed a doc
- 62After war which patients were charged fees?Private patients