History A-Level
Austerity
What Austerity means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Continuing austerity and rationing contrasted sharply with the optimism of the Festival of Britain, and public fatigue with it eroded Labour's majority in 1950.
A post-war period marked by continued rationing and housing shortages following the Second World War.
Topics that use Austerity
- 1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 – Transformation and change, 1939–1964 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 – The People's War and Peace, 1939–1951 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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