Ocr History Britain A Level Study Guide Graded A+

CND 1958 {Ans: Campaign for nuclear disarmament, most powerful pressure group in Britain, backed by many intellectuals + mobilising middle class protestors to demand that Britain should go ahead with unilateral disarmament. Many labour left-wingers joined in.}League of Nations Disarmament Conference 1934 {Ans: Hitler stormed out, he promised to disarm if other nations did, France refused to cooperate}Economic reasons for fall of conservatives {Ans: From 1961, cracks in the Conservatives economic policy showing, balance of trade deficit, Nicky and Teddy little impact, unemployment rising, rise in number of days lost to strikes, Britain falling behind Europe economically}Positives about Appeasement {Ans: Policy backed by most of Britain, treating Hitler like a reasonable statesman was a justified policy, Britain could not fight a war simultaneously in the far east, med and in europe, french military weakness, Britain hadnt been directly threatened}Mussolini {Ans: founded fascism and ruled Italy for almost 21 years, most of that time as dictator. He dreamed of building Italy into a great empire, but he led his nation to defeat in World War II (1939-1945) and was executed by his own people.}Society in Britain 1929 {Ans: Lost 750,000 men WW1, loss of faith