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