1970-79 Society
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When was International Women's Day founded?
1977, est by United Nations
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When was NHS contraception made available?
1971, the pill
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When and where was the first rape crisis centre?
1976, in London
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Domestic Violence Act
1976, victims have right to ask for injunctions against abusive partner
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Sex Discrimination Act
1975, banned sexist discrimination
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Equality Opportunities Commission
1975, created as part of SD Act and oversaw implementation of feminist legislation
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1979, a pamphlet published by the TUC
Equality for Women Within Trade Unions?
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What was the improvement of the wage gap 1970-1977?
1970: women's wages 59% of men's
1977: women's wages 70% of men's
1977: women's wages 70% of men's
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Equal Pay Act
1970, comes into force 1975
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Employment Protection Act
1975, 6 weeks paid maternity leave and outlaws dismissal on grounds of pregnancy
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Immigration Act
1971, immigrants needed a guaranteed job and grandparent national
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What were reasons for an influx of immigration in early 1970s? (2)
- Ugandan expulsion due to dictatorship from 1971-79
- Bangladeshis after split from Pakistan in 1974
- Bangladeshis after split from Pakistan in 1974
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What were the immigration numbers in 1974?
1m+ New Commonwealth immigrants
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London Borough council elections
1974: 10
1978: 35
1978: 35
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Race Relations Act
1976, aimed to tackle discrimination and set up Race Relations Board
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When and what was the National Front?
Political Party founded in 1967 by John Tyndall to oppose non-white immigration; was violent and disruptive in areas with a high immigrant population
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What were some concentrated immigrant population areas in London?
Brick Lane and Southall
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What was the state of the National Front by 1977?
'Britain's fourth largest political party'
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What and when was the 'Swamped' interview?
1978, ITV, Margaret Thatcher uses negative language to describe immigration
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What was the effect of the 'swamped' interview on Conservative success?
Thatcher receives hundreds of supportive letters; Conservatives get 11-point lead in opinion polls
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When and what was the Anti-Nazi League?
1977, reactionary group to combat National Front
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Trades Council of East London report
1976-78, over 100 incidents of racist attacks
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When and what was 'Rock Against Racism'?
1976, a reaction to rock guitarist Eric Clapton's support of Powell
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When and what was the Rock Against Racism concert? How many people attended?
April 1978
Trafalgar Sq
100,000 attendees
Reggae and ska music
Trafalgar Sq
100,000 attendees
Reggae and ska music
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BAME officers in Met police
1976, 70 police officers out of 22,000
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When was the Notting Hill Riot? How many were injured?
1976, 300 people injured
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Blair Peach, Anti-Nazi League supporter who was allegedly killed by police in 1979
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Viv Anderson, 1978, first black player for England
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BAME officers in Met police in 1976
70 police officers out of 22,000 or 0.3%
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'Disappointingly inadequate'
Commission for Racial Equality's view on govt policies in 1980
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When and what characterised the Punk movement?
1975-76 start; rejection of commercialism, irreverence for authority, nihilistic philosophy
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When was 'God Save the Queen' released, by whom, and how did it do?
1977, Sex Pistols' single banned on BBC, but reached no.2 in charts
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Who were Skinheads?
Motivated by social alienation and working class solidarity; as the 1970s progressed, many skinheads became more politically active and acts of racially-motivated skinhead violence began to occur
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What was the popular term for football hooliganism?
'The English disease'
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When and what was the Torrey Canyon Oil Spill?
1967, oil spill off coast of south west England
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When and what was 'Friends of the Earth?'
US in 1969, UK in 1971; an environmental advocacy organisation
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When was Greenpeace UK formed?
1977, from US
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Animal Liberation Front
1976, violent animal rights organisation
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When was the 'Life on Earth' series?
Aired 1979, worldwide popularity
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Who was James Lovelock and what was his hypothesis?
Gaia theory (interconnectedness of ecological issues)
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When and what was 'The Good Life'?
Aired 1975, depicted young suburban couple living self-sufficiently
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When and what was The People's Party?
1973, an environmental advocacy poltical party
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What was the comparison in political candidates put up by the People's/Ecology Party 1974-79?
1974: 5
1979: 53
1979: 53
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When and what was 'The Ecology Party'?
1975, from the People's Party
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What was the 'Great Inflation'?
The popular term for a rise in the cost of living during the 1970s
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Price rise for food
1973-74: 11%
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When and who were punks?
1976<, scruffy, anti-hippy and anti-establishment
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Wage increase 1970-80
Increase by 30%
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David Bowie
"Glam rock" pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust during the 1970s
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Musical figures that dominated during 1970s
- David Bowie
- Elton John
- Freddie Mercury
- Elton John
- Freddie Mercury
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Immigration Act
1971, introduced the concept of patriality or right of abode
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Last Tango in Paris
1972, very controversial erotica film given and X-rating
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Festival of Light
1971, a religious counterrevolution to the permissive society
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Longford Commission
1972, aimed to tackle pornography
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A Clockwork Orange
1971 film based on Anthony Burgess' novel. Portrayed gang violence.
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Miss World
1970, pageant protested by feminists due to misogynistic host Bob Hope
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1973-74 overall rise in food
Rise of 11%
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Great Inflation
period of abnormally high inflation rates from early 1970's through early 1980's