Britain since c.1900 (OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World)): Flashcards

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World wars, the end of empire and Britain’s changing relationships
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Empire's provision for British manufacture

Raw materials

Where Britain exported manufactured goods

Back to colonies and around the world

WWI British combat deaths (approx.)

Almost 1 million

Why Britain entered WWI

Allied agreements

What colonies provided for WWI

Resources like horses and soldiers

Decade WWII occurred

1940s

Groups persecuted by Nazi Germany in WWII

Jewish people and other minorities

Post-WWII Britain's major need

Massive rebuild

Five evils Labour govt addressed post-WWII

Squalour, ignorance, want, idleness, disease

Why post-WWII Britain invited workers

Large workforce needed for rebuild & welfare

Year of British Nationality Act

1948

British Nationality Act 1948 main provision

Free entry to Britain from Commonwealth

First major immigration surge to Britain

Windrush

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