history post churchill 1.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? HistoryModern Britain - 19th century onwardsA2/A-levelOCR Created by: ElyaanaCreated on: 13-04-17 13:52 1950 Korean War 1 of 29 1951 Churchill returns as PM 2 of 29 1953 Iron and Steel denationalised 3 of 29 1955 Churchill retires, Eden becomes PM. Conservatives win general election 4 of 29 1956 Suez Crisis 5 of 29 1957 Macmillan becomes PM 6 of 29 1958-9 Race riots 7 of 29 1959 Conservatives win general election 8 of 29 1960 Macmillan makes 'Wind of Change' speech 9 of 29 1962 Cuban missile crisis 10 of 29 1963 Profumo scandal, Douglas-Home becomes PM 11 of 29 1964 Labour wins general election; Harold Wilson becomes PM 12 of 29 1965 National Plan 13 of 29 1966 Labour increases majority at general election 14 of 29 1969 'In Place of Strife' published- Barbara Castle 15 of 29 1970 Conservatives win general election; Heath becomes PM 16 of 29 1973 Britain joins the EEC 17 of 29 1974 Miners' Strike. Heath loses general election. Wilson becomes PM again 18 of 29 1975 Referendum on Britain's membership of EEC 19 of 29 1976 Wilson resigns; Callaghan becomes PM 20 of 29 1979 'Winter of Discontent'. Conservatives win general election; Thatcher becomes PM 21 of 29 1982 Falklands War 22 of 29 1983 Conservatives win general election 23 of 29 1984 Miners' Strike 24 of 29 1987 Conservatives win general election 25 of 29 1989 Fall of Berlin Wall 26 of 29 1990 Poll Tax riots. Britain joins ERM. Thatcher resigns. Major becomes PM. 27 of 29 1992 Gulf War. Maastricht Treaty. Conservatives win general election 28 of 29 1997 Labour wins general election; Tony Blair becomes PM 29 of 29
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