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    Labours Victory 1945

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    How far was Labour’s election victory in 1945 due to changes in social attitudes during the second world war? (24 marks) After the war had finished Labour enjoyed a political victory in 1945‚ they were now in charge of making the policies and choices that would best suite Britain at this rough time of economic depression. Their success was down to many different factors both during and after the war. factors such as the public wanting rid of the total war memories that are held within the conservative

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    Between 1945 and 1951 the Labour Government changed the face of Britain. Discuss. Between the years 1945 and 1951 the entire shape of Britain’s economy‚ society and government changed. After World War 2‚ Britain was left in economic and financial depression. Countries such as Japan and Germany‚ left in utter ruin from the war‚ ironically‚ were able to rebuild their economies faster‚ and better than we could improve ours. It was felt that a great change was required in Britain‚ and perhaps it was

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    Labour Reforms 1945-1951

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    How far did the post-war Labour Government meet the welfare needs of the British people between 1945-1951? When the war ended in 1945‚ the Labour Government‚ led by Clement Atlee‚ were faced with tackling numerous problems that existed in Britain. Their aim was to meet the welfare needs of the British people who‚ during the war‚ got used to support provided by the government. In 1942‚ a Civil Servant and an experienced worker on social welfare named William Beveridge constructed a report which

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    How successful were the Labour Government reforms of 1945-51 in improving social and economic conditions? From 1945 to 1951‚ Clement Attlee was prime minister of the Labour Government. He aimed to improve the Social and Economic Conditions. The main aims to improve the social conditions were: to create a fairer society and improve the lives of ordinary people‚ build on the recommendations of the Beveridge Report‚ and slay the five giants (Want‚ Disease‚ Squalor‚ Ignorance‚ and Idleness). The main

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    Why did Labour win the 1945 election? There was a lack of a strong opposition. The liberal party was weak and not cohesive‚ the Conservatives complacent and tainted by memories of their failings during the 1930’s. They spent less on 1945 election and focused too much of their campaign on the dominant personality of Churchill instead of the popular reformist ministers such as Butler. Many voters associated Churchill with the nation as a whole and not with the Conservative Party or as only a wartime

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    AP Government Ms.Gaines 18 August 2010 Federalist Paper # 51 James Madison begins his paper stating that he believes that each branch of the government should be independent from one another. If possible the branches would have as little agency with one another as possible. He believed that members from the different branches of the government should not be able to appoint each other or decide on other salaries. If these rules were followed the people would be in more control

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    Do you agree with the view that‚ in the years 1945-51‚ the achievements of the Labour government far outweighed its failures? Explain your answer‚ using Sources 4‚ 5 and 6 and your own knowledge. (40 marks) The Labour government in 1945-1951 achieved a high degree of activity and success‚ despite working within ‘the aftermath of war’ which inevitably ‘brings enormous difficulties’. The Labour government devoted their power to reconstructing a better nation‚ one that would be a ‘better place in

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    Despite the Labour Party struggling during the 1930s‚ the 1945 General Elections reflected a Labour majority over a Conservative majority. However‚ to understand how the Labour Party came to dominate in the 1945 General Election‚ one must consider how the Conservative Party dominated in the 1935 General Election. One must also take into consideration what pressures Britain faced during the 1930s as well as how each party handled issues during and after the Second World War. Youngs mentions‚ “The

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    Let Us Face the Future: The Labour Party 1945 Manifesto At the very end of World War 2‚ the British people is craving for a change in the economic and social policies of their country. In fact‚ the Great Depression and pre-war Conservative governments were very disappointing : Chamberlain’s (from 1937 to 1940) and Churchill’s (from 1940 to 1945) governments were practically only based on foreign policy (because of the war and the progressive degradation of the British Empire)‚ and

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    The government must be hiding something inside area 51. It already is a top secret place that no one but military or government personnel can enter. The Government only says that it is used for high quality development of new technology of weapons and aircraft. Could it be possible that is not the only variation of things that the government is possibly doing behind closed doors. Perhaps there are more advanced things Area 51 beholds on the inside and not just what the Government tells the public

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