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History - Conservatives 1990-1997 - Major's Government

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Background of John Major
Did major have a traditional cons...,
Did major have an upper class upb...,
Did major have a middle class upb...
10  cards
Political Developments: Major becoming the Conservative Party Leader
Who were the 3 candidates for con...,
Why was major able to win the sec...,
Was major a thatcherite
6  cards
Political Developments: Initial Issues for Major as Prime Minister
What was the case for issues unde...,
Name 2 economic issues major had ...,
Name 2 foreign issues major had t...
15  cards
Political Developments: The 1992 Election
Which month of 1992 did major cal...,
What idea did major have for brit...,
What was the impact of major s id...
24  cards
Political Developments: Why Labour lost the 1992 Election
What did some polls predict about...,
What did the polls say with the c...,
Who was labour s shadow chancello...
14  cards
Political Developments: Short and Long Term impacts of Black Wednesday
Name the group of people in the c...,
What was an impact of black wedne...,
Why was the eurosceptic argument ...
7  cards
Political Developments: Scandals in the Conservative Party
What was the name given to scanda...,
What had major created in 1993 fo...,
What was the purpose of the back ...
19  cards
Political Developments: Most Damaging Scandals
When did david mellor resign,
What did mellor reisgn over,
Which newspaper exposed the mello...
18  cards
Political Developments: Reduction of Trade Union Power
When was the first coal industry ...,
When was the second coal industry...,
What did the coal industry act s ...
14  cards
Political Developments: Private Finance Initiatives
What were pfi s,
What did private finance initiati...,
What would the government create ...
6  cards
Political Developments: The Citizen's Charter
When did major announce the citiz...,
What was the aim of the citizens ...,
Why did major want to improve the...
6  cards
Political Developments: Health and Education under the Citizens Charter
Which part of the nhs was privati...,
What name was given to nhs hospit...,
What would hospitals be able to d...
20  cards
Political Developments: Housing under the Citizen's Charter
How many houses were built in 1995,
Were most houses built during maj...,
How many council houses were buil...
12  cards
Political Developments: Changes to Poll Tax
Who created the idea of an altern...,
What was the alternative to poll ...,
What would council tax be based on
6  cards
Political Developments: Other Policies under the Citizens Charter
Was the cones hotline under the c...,
What did the cones hotline do,
What did the cones hotline become...
9  cards
Political Developments: Tensions with Northern Ireland for Major's first years as PM
What did the ira do in january 1991,
What did the ira do in january 1992,
What did the ira do in march 1993
9  cards
Political Developments: Northern Ireland - The Downing Street Declaration and Ceasefire
What was the situation for the vi...,
Who was the prime minister of the...,
When did major and reynolds creat...
17  cards
Political Developments: Northern Ireland - The Mithcell Report
When did president clinton go to ...,
Who was clinton popular with in n...,
Which us senator created a meetin...
16  cards
Political Developments: Notable Europhiles and Eurosceptics in the Conservative Party
What was major s position on europe,
When did major make his first spe...,
What did major say about britain ...
15  cards
Political Developments: Divisions in the Conservative Party over The Maastricht Treaty
What did the danish do with the m...,
Although major negotiated changes...,
When did conservative mp s initia...
16  cards
Political Developments: Back me or Sack me
When did back me or sack me occur,
What was back me or sack me,
Why did major create back me or s...
13  cards
Economic Developments: Black Wednesday
When was black wednesday to the m...,
What caused black wednesday,
Why did the erm cause black wedne...
19  cards
Economic Developments: Short and Long Term Impacts of Black Wednesday
What year did it show that the ec...,
What happened to the housing mark...,
What happened to the balance of p...
7  cards
Economic Developments: The Impact of Lawson's "Boom" Budgets
When did lawson make his 2 boom b...,
Why did lawon create boom budgets...,
Why did lawson create boom budget...
13  cards
Economic Developments: Housing Market by 1992
Name 2 acts that caused the 1980s...,
What did the 1980 housing act all...,
What did the 1988 housing act all...
12  cards
Foreign Developments: The Maastricht Treaty
What was the purpose of the maast...,
What would be adopted by all euro...,
What did it mean in terms of unio...
11  cards
Foreign Developments: Major's Negotiations with the Maastricht Treaty
What did major not want to accept...,
What did,
Why was it likely that major woul...
5  cards
Foreign Developments: Major's Relationship with the USA during the First Gulf War
When did the first gulf war start,
When did the first gulf war end t...,
How can the speed of the end of t...
7  cards
Foreign Developments: Yugoslavia
How many republics made up yugosl...,
Name 2 republics in yugoslavia,
What was the ethnic situation in ...
10  cards
Foreign Developments: Events in the Yugoslavia Conflict
Who was major s foreign secretary,
What did major and hurd initially...,
What did major recognise in terms...
19  cards
Social Developments: Back to Basics
What did major want to do with br...,
Name a value major wanted to re i...,
What was the slogan for major s r...
10  cards
Social Developments: Media representation of John Major
How did the program spitting imag...,
How did spitting image eventually...,
Why might spitting image have pre...
11  cards
Social Developments: Changes around Home Entertainment
What was mary whitehouse sent in ...,
How did mary whitehouse react to ...,
What did mary whitehouse do after...
15  cards
Social Developments: Homosexuals, Transsexuals, Disabled people, Aging Population, Divorce
What made negative attitudes towa...,
How did the media label the aids ...,
What year did the first aids case...
48  cards
Social Developments: Developments in Crime during Major's time as PM
What happened in scotland regardi...,
What happened to prison sentencin...,
What was the aim of creating mand...
11  cards
Social Developments: Anti-Establishment Movements
How many new marriages were there...,
What was happening with the 3 new...,
What did the media do regarding t...
26  cards
Social Developments: Acid House
Name a drug acid house culture in...,
What was the music in acid house ...,
How did the sun initially feel ab...
10  cards
Social Developments: Change and Continuity for Women in Society
What question was there for women...,
What percentage of mens wages wer...,
What developments were there for ...
25  cards
Social Developments: The Riot Grrrl Movement
What was the name of the undergro...,
Was there a specific band called ...,
What wave of feminism was riot gr...
15  cards
Social Developments: The murder of Stephen Lawrence
When was stephen lawrence murdered,
Who was stephen lawrence murdered by,
What evidence was found over the ...
13  cards
Social Developments: Developments for Muslims
Who published the book the satani...,
When was the satanic verses book ...,
How was satanic verses seen by mu...
20  cards
Social Developments: Developments for other Ethnic Minorities
What was happening to the scale o...,
Name one of the ethnic minority a...,
What operation did the 1990 trust...
11  cards
Social Developments: Developments for Gypsies
Which culture were gypsies wrappe...,
Why were gypsies wrapped up in ra...,
What did it mean if gypsies were ...
16  cards

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