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The Rise of Thatcherism and The Effects of Her Policies

Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister in May 1979 and implemented policies that had significant social and economic effects. Her first term was defined by a deflationary economic strategy, high unemployment, the Housing Act of 1980, and the AIDS epidemic. She led Britain to victory in the Falklands War in 1982. Her second term saw major events like the 1984-1985 miners' strike, the 1984 Brighton hotel bombing, an economic boom, and privatization of state-run industries. Thatcher's third term was marked by Section 28 banning promotion of homosexuality, the end of the Cold War, and the controversial poll tax that led to her resignation in November 1990.

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The Rise of Thatcherism and The Effects of Her Policies

Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister in May 1979 and implemented policies that had significant social and economic effects. Her first term was defined by a deflationary economic strategy, high unemployment, the Housing Act of 1980, and the AIDS epidemic. She led Britain to victory in the Falklands War in 1982. Her second term saw major events like the 1984-1985 miners' strike, the 1984 Brighton hotel bombing, an economic boom, and privatization of state-run industries. Thatcher's third term was marked by Section 28 banning promotion of homosexuality, the end of the Cold War, and the controversial poll tax that led to her resignation in November 1990.

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THE RISE OF THATCHERISM

AND THE EFFECTS OF HER


POLICIES
LIFE BEFORE MARGARET THATCHER...
Memories from people who lived during the 1970s
Power Cuts:
"You used to have a lot of power cuts...just remember
Working:
sitting around with candles and missing the telly"
"I had a paper round...I started work at 15 with a
Saturday Job...It was fairly easy to fall into a job"
Pubs:
"Sunday were the only time we had off...that was
your treat...kids always had to sit in a separate Politics:
room" "You'd be born into that would always vote either
Labour or Conservative...you shouldn't have a mind,
that's how you should be thinking"
SOME OF THE KEY EVENTS OF
THATCHER'S FIRST TERM AS PRIME
MINISTER:

THE FIRST
• DEFLATIONARY STRATEGY
TERM OF
THATCHER'S • HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT

PREMIERSHIP • THE HOUSING ACT OF 1980

(1979-1983) • THE AID'S EPIDEMIC

• THE FALKLAND WARS OF 1982


SOME OF THE KEY EVENTS OF
THATCHER'S SECOND TERM AS PRIME
MINISTER:

THE SECOND
• MINER'S STRIKE (1984 – 1985)
TERM OF
THATCHER'S • BRIGHTON BOMBING (1984)

PREMIERSHIP • ECONOMIC BOOM (1984)

(1983 – 1987) • PRIVATISATION

• CONTAMINATED BLOOD SCANDAL


SOME OF THE KEY EVENTS OF
THATCHER'S THIRD TERM AS PRIME
THE THIRD MINISTER:

TERM OF • SECTION 28 (1988)

THATCHER'S • END OF THE COLD WAR

PREMIERSHIP • POLL TAX (1989)


(1987 – 1990)
• THATCHER'S RESIGNATION (1990)
• MASS UNEMPLOYMENT: MANY OF
THE CHARACTERS ARE
UNEMPLOYED AND HAVE VERY
LITTLE INCOME
• THE AID'S EPIDEMIC: SOME OF THE
CHARACTERS APPEAR TO BE VERY
HOW DOES SEXUAL, SUCH AS LANE, SCULLERY
ETC.

THIS LINK TO • THE FALKLANDS WAR: SCULLERY,


SOLDIER AND JERRY HAVE ALL BEEN

"ROAD"? A PART OF THE ARMED FORCES IN


THE PAST
• THE MINER'S STRIKE: MANY
NORTHERN SOCIETIES WERE HIT BY
UNEMPLOYMENT DUE TO MINES
CLOSING AS THE MAJORITY OF
MINES WERE IN THE NORTH
THATCHERISM QUIZ

1: WHAT MONTH AND YEAR DID THATCHER BECOME PRIME MINISTER?


2: WHAT WAS THE NICKNAME GIVEN TO THATCHER IN 1976?
3: WHEN WAS THE HOUSING ACT PASSED?
4: WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE MINER'S STRIKE?
5: WHAT ORGANISATION ATTEMPTED TO ASSASSINATE THATCHER AT THE BRIGHTON
HOTEL IN 1984?
6: WHAT TWO INFECTIONS CONTAMINATED IMPORTED SUPPLIES OF HAEMOPHILIACS,
CAUSING THE CONTAMINATED BLOODY SCANDAL?
7: WHEN WAS SECTION 28 IMPLEMENTED?
8: WHAT POLICY IN 1989 CAUSED LOTS OF CONTROVERSY AND RIOTS?
9: WHAT MONTH AND YEAR DID THATCHER RESIGN?
10: GIVE A QUOTE THAT WAS SAID BY THATCHER

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