Without looking at your notes write on
your piece of paper…
Who these people are…
Churchill:
Attlee:
Beveridge:
Bevan:
Bevin:
Morrison:
Wilkinson:
Dalton:
Cripps:
What is…
Socialism
Keynesianism
Communism
Capitalism
Was 1945-1951 an ‘Age of Austerity’?
Homework questions using pp. 32-33, 39-42
• What was the ‘Age of Austerity’?
• What evidence supports that 1945-51 was an ‘Age of Austerity’?
• What evidence challenges that 1945-51 was an ‘Age of Austerity’?
Was 1945-1951 an ‘Age of Austerity’?
If you don’t understand any terms please ask (economic events are
hard!). FOLDER CHECK.
• Ext – add other events that happened during the Labour
government, can you see any connections, or anything that shows it
was not an Age of Austerity?
1945
In pairs draw this timeline and make sure you
include the following things and add
detail/explanation from your books where
necessary:
• Dalton and tax
• USA cancelling the lend-lease
• Keynes negotiated American loan
• Pound is made freely convertible
• Coal Crisis
• Harsh winter
1951
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Threat of famine
Defence costs
Cripps – rationing, tax and imports/exports
Housing spending
Marshall Aid
Wage Freeze, TUC, TGWU
Exports falling
Devaluation
Housewives league and whisky galore
Was 1945-1951 an ‘Age of Austerity’?
Introducing Sir Stafford Cripps…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PBvCvIFrgI 7 mins
What do you think of him?
How may this affect the next election?
Was 1945-1951 an ‘Age of Austerity’?
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Why did the ‘Age of Austerity’ occur?
Which economic events under the Labour government would you
say were the most significant?
Do you think the ‘Age of Austerity’ compromised Labour’s
achievements?
Not an Age
of Austerity
Certainly an
Age of Austerity
Come and stick your post-it note on the
opinion line with a reason.
Tomorrow we will be answering…
“How successful was Attlee as
Prime Minister?”
I will be asking two people at random to explain
how you would use this source to answer this
question (p. 10). Remember to use your own
knowledge.
Using these
sources,
do you agree
with the view
expressed in
source 6 that
the achievements
of the Attlee
government
were remarkable?
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Do you have anything to add?
Anything else you need to know?
Labour infighting…
What did the local elections suggest
(p.46 edexcel)?
• Infighting (p. 47).
• June 2011 exam Q.