15GB 0.0 / 5 ? HumanitiesukA2/A-levelAQA Created by: maxreadCreated on: 12-05-19 12:51 what act allowed gov to impose stict controls during WW1? DORA 1 of 22 examples of strong control? board of trade assume control of dockyards railways and industry 2 of 22 nov 1914 budget? double income tax 3 of 22 pre war UK economy dominated by? staple industries 4 of 22 % of output? 50%, 5 of 22 %of employment? 25% 6 of 22 exports? 75% 7 of 22 reason for declien of staple? foreign comp, lack of investment, poor indust relations, loss of markets 8 of 22 loss of markets? war forces nations previosuly exported to to industrialise, post war dont need commodities e.g. japs 9 of 22 imoact on britain world trade? pre war = 18% post war 11% 10 of 22 the Geddes report 1922? inefficient spending post war (e.g. one clearnr for each vehcle in army), geddes reccomends cuts of £86m 11 of 22 safeguarding of industries act 1921? could impose tarrifs on goods threatning british industries 12 of 22 why did leave gs 1914? feared people would take out gold and threaten resrves 13 of 22 why did revert back to in 1925? hoped would replicate economic succesess of pre war 14 of 22 problem? vauled at pre war levels, 3X what actually shoudl be 15 of 22 effect in 1929? investors attempt withdraw gold causing a near collapse of £ value 16 of 22 1929 crash impact on british exports? fall by one third 17 of 22 1929-31 export value? -50% 18 of 22 national governemnt reacitons? import duties act, means test, 1934 special areas act 19 of 22 import duties act 1932? end free trade imposong 10% tarrif to protect agriculture and indsties 20 of 22 financial? came off gs, 10% unemployment beenfit cut and means test 21 of 22 means test? 1931 assess households income and how much welfare they need 22 of 22
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