Britain since 1945
History · topic 14 of 14 · 19 lessons
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The welfare state
After the war the country was tired and short of money, and people wanted change. In 1945 a Labour… (the rest needs full access)
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Attlee, Beveridge and Butler
Clement Attlee (1883 to 1967) was born in London. He was Deputy Prime Minister in Churchill's… (the rest needs full access)
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A new place in the world
After the war, many colonies gained their independence. Britain built its own atomic bomb and in… (the rest needs full access)
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Workers from abroad
Britain needed workers to rebuild the country. The government asked people from Ireland and other… (the rest needs full access)
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The Swinging Sixties
The 1960s are called the Swinging Sixties. British fashion, films and pop music became famous, with… (the rest needs full access)
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British inventions: television to computers
John Logie Baird, a Scot, developed television in the 1920s. Robert Watson-Watt, also a Scot… (the rest needs full access)
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British inventions: DNA, jets and hovercraft
In 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick, working in Cambridge, described the structure of DNA. They… (the rest needs full access)
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British inventions: cash machines to the web
In 1966 James Goodfellow patented a cash machine that used a card and a PIN. Barclays opened the… (the rest needs full access)
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Dylan Thomas
Dylan Thomas (1914 to 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer from Swansea. He was famous for reading his… (the rest needs full access)
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Troubled 1970s
In the 1970s the long economic boom after the war ended. Prices rose fast and the value of the… (the rest needs full access)
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Mary Peters
Mary Peters was born in 1939 near Liverpool and moved to Northern Ireland as a child. She was a… (the rest needs full access)
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Britain and Europe
In 1957 six countries set up the European Economic Community: West Germany, France, Belgium, Italy… (the rest needs full access)
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher (1925 to 2013) was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, the daughter of a grocer. She… (the rest needs full access)
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The Falklands and John Major
In 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic… (the rest needs full access)
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Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl (1916 to 1990) was born in Cardiff, Wales, to Norwegian parents. He served in the Royal… (the rest needs full access)
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Tony Blair, devolution and peace
Tony Blair's Labour Party won the 1997 general election. His government created a Scottish… (the rest needs full access)
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Wars in the Gulf, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq
In the 1990s British forces helped to free Kuwait after Iraq invaded it in 1990, and they took part… (the rest needs full access)
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Coalition and the EU referendum
No party won a majority in the general election of May 2010. The Conservatives and the Liberal… (the rest needs full access)
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Brexit and recent Prime Ministers
Boris Johnson became Prime Minister in July 2019. Parliament approved his new deal, and the UK left… (the rest needs full access)