Britain

Britain

1. The 'Slump'

   • When?
     • 1930s
   • Causes
     • Unemployement
     • Savings
     • Import duties
     • Government actions
     • Outdated practices
   • What helped the depression?
     • Reducing interest rates
     • Special areas act (1934)
     • Building council houses
     • Coming off the gold standard
   • Benefits
     • Better leisure
     • increase in car ownership
     • Better diet
     • Radios & TV

2. The Jarrow Crusade

   • What?
     • A march through towns to London
     • A protest
   • Why?
     • Government said for Jarrow to find their own salvation
     • Jarrow was in poverty crisis
   • Where?
     • Jarrow, London and towns e.g. Leeds, Leicester, Luton
   • Who?
     • People of Jarrow, goverment, Walter Ruciman - President of the Board of Trade
   • When?
     • October 1936

3. The Battle of Cable Street

   • What?
     • British Union Fascists planned to march through East London
     • People in east end wanted to block route
   • When?
     • October 1936
   • Who?
     • Jews, Fascists (Oswald Mosley)
   • Why?
     • Jews were portrayed as causing the country's problems