Flashcards
The impact of the Depression
Flashcards do conjunto (12)
- 1What where the industries most effected by Unemployment?Coal, iron, steel, cotton and ship building
- 2Where was Unemployment its most highest?North and East of England and Scotland and Wales
- 3Where were the best levels of employment?South England
- 4What were the levels of unemployment in Jarrow in 1935?64%
- 5Why did the Government have to make huge spending cuts?Because they were in a massive amount of debt from the first world war
- 6When was the means test proposed?1931
- 7roughly how many people failed the means test?200 000
- 8When was the special areas act? What did this mean?1934. Put £2million into poor areas of the UK
- 9When was the Jarrow March?October 1936
- 10What was the Jarrow march?200 men marched from Jarrow in the North to London with a petition for more work
- 11Why did the Jarrow marches not want to join with the NUWM hunger strike, even though they were backed by the Labour party and were fighting for the same cause?Because the NUWM was associated with the Communists
- 12What were the three effects of the Jarrow march?1) The gained some popularity
2) They gained some criticism
3) The Government did not accept the act