Depression and Affluence in the 1930s

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What happened to unemployment in 1935?
It fell to 2 million.
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What happened to motor car manufacturing?
It expanded in Coventry and Oxford.
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Sales of which products increased in the 1930s?
Radios, Electric cookers, Refrigerators, Telephones.
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Which types of industry were emerging?
Car manufacturing, chemical industry, electricals.
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Where was the most of this new industry and affluence?
South of England- Coventry and Oxford.
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Who offered advice to the government in the 1930s?
Conservatives, socialists.
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Why did the government ignore this advice?
They didn't want to spend huge amounts of money. They refused to accept that the problem could be solved.
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Why might the national government have focussed more on dealing with the effects of cyclical unemployment rather than structural unemployment?
They didn't think they could solve structural unemployment, so they paid money to the short term unemployed because they won't be unemployed for long.
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How many cabinet members were there in the National government?
10.
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Which party had the largest representation?
Conservatives.
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What happened to income tax during the depression?
It was raised from 4 shillings 6d (pence) to 5 shillings.
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What happened to public sector salaries and benefits during the depression?
Both were reduced by 10%.
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How did foreign banks respond during the depression?
They withdrew funds from Britain, they didn't invest in British businesses.
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When did Britain abandon the gold standard?
September 1931.
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What effect did abandoning the gold standard have?
It made it easier for foreign countries to buy British goods.
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Despite its limited success, why did the national government win the general election in October 1931?
There was no alternative.
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Problems for the national governments 1931-1939. Uncompetetive ____________?
Uncompetetive prices.
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______ export sales?
Falling export sales.
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Falling ______?
Falling profits.
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Less money to ________________?
Less money to invest in industries.
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Inefficient _______?
Inefficient industries.
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Declining ___________?
Declining industries.
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Fewer ____?
Fewer jobs.
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More ___________ and _______.
More unemployment and poverty.
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Less money ____ ______.
Less money from taxes.
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What happened to motor car manufacturing?

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It expanded in Coventry and Oxford.

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Sales of which products increased in the 1930s?

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Which types of industry were emerging?

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Where was the most of this new industry and affluence?

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