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Section 3 - economic developments
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- 1Coal output 1913 vs 1929? Cloth export 1913 vs 1929?-292 mil tonnes vs 261 mil
-6 000 mil metres vs 3 000 mil - 2Developments in economy?-New industries (electrical, chemical, motoring) - motor car production 3x what it had been in 1913
-Productivity per worker increased
-Overall growth faster than pre 1914
-Service industry grew due to raise in living standards - 3-Proposed solutions to trade etc by Baldwin and macdonald?-Baldwin - protectionism - lost election
-Macdonald - trade w/ soviets, Dawes plan - 4Big economic policies under Baldwin?-Gold standard
-Cancelling relationship with soviets - 5Why return to the gold standard? Industries benefit and not benefit?-Economists thought would return Britain to pre 1914 prosperity when sterling had been strongest currency
-Banking benefits - people who had invested money with fixed interest
-Mining not - uncompetitive in global markets - £2.1 million loos in last 6 months of 1925 - 6Background of mining industry?-Militant, well organised unions, big strikes in 1919 and 1920
-Low pay and dangerous - 3k died between 1922 and 24
-Declining - sped up by WW1
-Brief period of success in invasion of the ruhr - 7What caused government to offer subsidy to miners? Nickname?-Owners demanded longer hours and wage cuts
-Miners rejected
-Owners threatened lock out
-Government offered 9 month subsidy to owners and miners
-'Red Friday' - 8What was the Samuel commission? Findings?-Set up to investigate mining industry
-Rejected nationalisation and longer hours - said wage cuts necessary - 9How did the situation escalate after the subsidy ended?-Mine owners threatened lock out again
-Miners went to TUC - 10Actions of Baldwin leading to general strike? Why didn't try harder?-Didnt try hard enough to enforce Samuel commission
-Negotiations broke down with TUC and refused to talk after newspaper strike
-Encouraged by people like Churchill who wanted to attack Labour - 11Baldwin during general strike?-Didnt attack TUC and miners - said had been led astray
-Changed argument to who was in charge of country - TUC or government
-Lots of speeches and propaganda in British Gazette - 12Impact of strike on mining?-Bad
-Miners forced to accept owners terms
-Many demoted and lost jobs
-Reorganisation of industry failed to occur - 13Impact of strike on Unions?-Had paid a lot so couldn't afford any strikes
-1927 Trade Disputes Act made sympathetic strikes illegal and made it compulsory for individual members to authorise political levy - 14Positive for impact of strike on unions?-Brought moderate leaders to front who didn't believe in confrontation
-Made unions remain a powerful force and helped Labour win - 15Impact of strike on government?-Actions praised by upper and middle classes
-Lost working class support - contributed to loss in 1929 - 16Summary?-Staple industries declining
-Gold standard resulted in more tensions
-General strike
-Didnt really affect labour
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