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Mind Map by Shannon Hebron, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Shannon Hebron
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Conservative
Dominance 1951-1964
- Post war consensus
- Three major
political parties
had broad
agreement on
most issue
- Importance
of extensive
welfare
systems and
the NHS
- Intervention in the economy to ensure
maximum growth, full employment
and fair practices
- Foreign policy based on
support for the USA and
opposition to communism
- Independence for the colonies in
the empire
- Three major
political parties
had broad
agreement on
most issue
- Reasons for staying in power
- Economic Developments
- The post war boom saw a period
of economic growth and rising
living standards
- Butskellism
- Aiming to ensure full employment and economic growth,
continued development of the welfare state, maintenance
of defence commitments and nuclear weaponry
- Aiming to ensure full employment and economic growth,
continued development of the welfare state, maintenance
of defence commitments and nuclear weaponry
- Stop-Go economy, or the use of
interest rates to control
growth, ensured a healthy
economy
- Budgets manipulated to
reinforce support (e.g. in 1959
the chancellor introduced tax
cuts)
- The post war boom saw a period
of economic growth and rising
living standards
- Social and cultural developments
- Rising living
standards
- Consumerism, often people
bought on credit
- Car ownership grew from 3 to 7 million
- Able to afford home appliances and televisions,
- Consumerism, often people
bought on credit
- Class differences had narrowed
thanks to the welfare state and the
feeling of all being in it together
- Television allowed for escapism
and drama, as well as a method
of government advertising
themselves
- Rising living
standards
- Foreign Policy
- Winds of change - lots of
colonies had inpendence
- Supported USA
during the cold war
- Winds of change - lots of
colonies had inpendence
- Conservative successes
- Economy
- Houses
- Assosciated with prosperity
- Britain still seemed a world power
- Maintained welfare spending,
economic planning and policies
to help full employment
- Churchills
government built
over 300,000 houses
- New schools built and uni places doubled
- Motorways built
- Economy
- Labour Weaknesses
- Party split during the 1950's over defence spending
- Problems such as popular leader Hugh Gaitskells death in 1963
- Electorate was satisfied with conservative rule and did not trust labour to maintain this prosperity
- Party split during the 1950's over defence spending
- Economic Developments
- Reasons for downfall
- Economic Developments
- Imported more than exported so
balance of payment in defecit
- Could not afford to maintain all
three butskellism aims
- Growing inflation
- Industrial relations,
workers demanded pay
increases due to inflation
- Budget manipulation led to bad economy
- In July 1961 a pay pause was introduced to reduce
excessive pay demands but they ended up giving in
so it was useless
- By 1964 there was a huge defecit, unemployment
had risen and we had unsuccessfully tried to join the
EEc which was not having these problems
- Imported more than exported so
balance of payment in defecit
- Social and cultural developments
- Racism
- Labour shortages grew and people
were encouraged to move to
Britain from the commonwealth
for work
- Faced discrimination in various
kinds
- There was a series of racial attacks in
1958
- Serious issues with
migration
- Labour shortages grew and people
were encouraged to move to
Britain from the commonwealth
for work
- Emergence of teen culture
- Baby boomers who
formed sub-cultures and
rebelled
- Teddy boys were
associated with violence
- Baby boomers who
formed sub-cultures and
rebelled
- Racism
- Foreign Policy
- Sought to maintain
global power but lacked
the resources
- Some people were
against the Cold war
- Kept being declined from the EEC by
the French president which didn't
help our economy
- Some people were against the
collapse of the empire
- Suez Crisis
- Egypt's leader nationalised
the suez canal and Britain
and France made a secret
agreement with Israel so
they could have it back
- Campaign was successful but USA and USSR opposed it so they
had to withdraw because the USA threatened to take away the
loans
- Resulted in the resignation of PM
Anthony Eden and showed that
Britain had a reduced role in the
world
- Egypt's leader nationalised
the suez canal and Britain
and France made a secret
agreement with Israel so
they could have it back
- Sought to maintain
global power but lacked
the resources
- Economic Developments
- Prime Ministers
- William Churchill (1951 - 1955). Famed
wartime leader. Mainly a figurehead
due to his age
- Anthony Eden (1955 -1957) Long-serving foreign
secretary. Cut short by Suez Crisis
- Harold Macmillan (1957 - 1963) Presided over a
massive increase in prosperity
- Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1963-1964) Seen as
out of touch so never really got to do
anything before his govt defeated
- William Churchill (1951 - 1955). Famed
wartime leader. Mainly a figurehead
due to his age
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