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thatcherism
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1What percentage of people lived in owner occupied homes in 1950?
- A29%
- B38%
2What percentage of people lived in owner occupied homes in 1991?
- A72%
- B61%
3WHat percentage of people worked in manual jobs in 1951?
- A64%
- B29%
4What percentage of people worked in manual jobs in 1991?
- A45%
- B64%
5In [blank_start]1968[blank_end] a policy group on nationalised industry proposed BEA, [blank_start]BAA[blank_end] and [blank_start]Thomas Cook[blank_end] as candidates for privatisation
- A1968
- BBAA
- CThomas Cook
6Giles [blank_start]Radice[blank_end] 19[blank_start]92[blank_end] - '[blank_start]Labour[blank_end] might be for the working class, but [blank_start]people[blank_end] don't [blank_start]think[blank_end] they are working class anymore'
- ARadice
- B92
- CLabour
- Dpeople
- Ethink
7IN Jan [blank_start]1981[blank_end] the [blank_start]SDP[blank_end] split from Labour and got to 50% in the polls
- A1981
- BSDP
876-77 take home pay for average family worth £[blank_start]4.30[blank_end] less in real terms than four years earlier
- A4.30
9According to Tory polls, what % of the population believed it was 'time for a change'?
- A69
- B78
10[blank_start]Butler[blank_end] - 'The [blank_start]conservatives[blank_end] were well placed to catch the [blank_start]plum[blank_end] that fell into their laps, but it was [blank_start]Labour[blank_end] who shook it off'
- AButler
- Bplum
- CLabour
- Dconservatives
11What was the swing to the Tories among the skilled/unskilled working class in 1979?
- A11/9
- B14/19
12What was Thatcher's approval rating in 1981?
- A57
- B24
13[blank_start]1983[blank_end] - MORI survey - '[blank_start]defeatist[blank_end] and helpless' national mood. Character in [blank_start]Coe[blank_end]'s novel based in 80s - 'capitalism has proved itself [blank_start]unassailable[blank_end] and sooner or later, all human life will be [blank_start]governed[blank_end] by the random [blank_start]fluctuations[blank_end] of the [blank_start]market[blank_end]'
- A1983
- Bdefeatist
- CCoe
- Dunassailable
- Egoverned
- Ffluctuations
- Gmarket
14What percentage of people's opinion of Labour worsened as a result of the 1983 manifesto?
- A46
- B72
151987 - [blank_start]3.3 million[blank_end] unemployed but for those in work, disposable income increased by [blank_start]14[blank_end]%
- A3.3 million
- B14
16How many applicants were there for BT shares?
- A7.8 million
- B2.3 million
171987 - [blank_start]67[blank_end]% thought labout was 'too extreme'
- A67
181987 - [blank_start]55[blank_end]% thought living standards would improve with the Tories
- A55
19[blank_start]Brooke[blank_end] - Thatcher's idea of 'the social' was '[blank_start]asymmetrically[blank_end] formed, unfolding in different [blank_start]directions[blank_end] and surprising ways'
- ABrooke
- Basymmetrically
- Cdirections
20Hall - '[blank_start]authoritarian populism[blank_end]' - provided security to background of rapid changes in 80s. Neo-liberalism became popular because of people's [blank_start]material experience[blank_end] of welfare state - dole queues - sense of [blank_start]crisis[blank_end] that justified [blank_start]radical[blank_end] practical [blank_start]change[blank_end]
- Aauthoritarian populism
- Bmaterial experience
- Ccrisis
- Dradical
- Echange
21Callaghan - [blank_start]1976[blank_end] - 'we used to think that you could [blank_start]spend[blank_end] your way out of a [blank_start]recession[blank_end]... i tell you in all [blank_start]candour[blank_end] that this option [blank_start]no[blank_end] longer [blank_start]exists[blank_end]'
- A1976
- Bspend
- Crecession
- Dcandour
- Eno
- Fexists
22[blank_start]Congdon[blank_end] - 1989 - 'the structure and form of policy ... were [blank_start]identical[blank_end] to those in the last two and a half years of [blank_start]Denis[blank_end] Heale's [blank_start]Chancellorship[blank_end]'
- ACongdon
- Bidentical
- CDenis
- DChancellorship
23Thatcher - 1995 - 'i had a [blank_start]mission[blank_end] in [blank_start]life[blank_end]...i had a [blank_start]job[blank_end] to do'
- Amission
- Blife
- Cjob
24Thatcher - 'to stand up for [blank_start]liberty[blank_end] is now called [blank_start]Thatcherism[blank_end]'
- Aliberty
- BThatcherism
25Thatcher - 'this is what is building [blank_start]one[blank_end] [blank_start]nation[blank_end] - as every [blank_start]earner[blank_end] becomes a [blank_start]share[blank_end]-holder, as more and more people [blank_start]own[blank_end] their [blank_start]homes[blank_end] ...we are building one [blank_start]nation[blank_end] through wider property [blank_start]owning[blank_end] [blank_start]democracy[blank_end]'
- Anation
- Bone
- Cearner
- Dshare
- Eown
- Fhomes
- Gnation
- Howning
- Idemocracy
26'Britain has [blank_start]found[blank_end] herself in the [blank_start]South[blank_end] [blank_start]Atlantic[blank_end] and will not look back from the [blank_start]victory[blank_end] she has won'
- Afound
- BSouth
- CAtlantic
- Dvictory
27'poverty was not just the [blank_start]breeding[blank_end] ground of [blank_start]socialism[blank_end], it was the deliberatel [blank_start]engineered[blank_end] effect of it'
- Abreeding
- Bsocialism
- Cengineered
28[blank_start]CLARKE[blank_end] - 'the trajectory of Thatcherism is to be understood less in terms of [blank_start]doctrinal[blank_end] [blank_start]consistency[blank_end] than of deep-seated [blank_start]ideological[blank_end] impulses [blank_start]refracted[blank_end] through the [blank_start]personality[blank_end] of Thatcher herself'
- ACLARKE
- Bdoctrinal
- Cconsistency
- Dideological
- Erefracted
- Fpersonality
29[blank_start]Britton[blank_end] - 'measures taken by the government - 'must have contributed substantially to the scale of the fall in output which followed'
- ABritton
30[blank_start]Nickell[blank_end] - 'after 11 years of blood, sweat and tears we come to September 1990... we were back exactly where we started'
- ANickell
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- Quiz on thatcherism, created by Caitlin Mathews on 06/06/2017.
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