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    • 1918- WW1 ends, Spanish flue begins. 15 mil die
    • David Lloyd George- PM 1916-22, reforming and bringing political change
    • 1918- Votes for Women over 30
    • 1919- Sex Disqualification Removal Act makes it illegal for women's exclusion from most jobs
    • Roaring 20s- flapper girls, prospering period, jazz, economic freedom
    • 1921- unemployment reaches 2.5 mil
    • 1925- Britain returns to Gold Standard, depression beckons
    • 1926- record general strike begins with 1.7 mil advocating for better wages and conditions. lasts 10 days
    • 1927- BBC is created, better tech, rise in leisure time
    • 1928- Jazz Singer plays in London
    • 1928- Fleming discovers penicillin
    • 1928-female vote extends to over 21
    • 1929- Wall St Crash and Great Depression
    • 1933- Hitler appointed Chancellor
    • 1936-Spanish Civil War begins
    • 1939- Britain and France declare war on Germany

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