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7 Cards in this Set
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Main Causes for Unemployment |
- Unemployment during the interwar years - In the North Steel Works and Shipbuilding - Priority of oil over coal - Depression after WW1 - Walls Street Crash |
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Jarrow March 1936 |
- 300 mile protest to London - 68% in 1934 up to 80% unemployment overall |
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Means Testing |
- PAC's (Public Assistance Committees - People were rigourously tested for whether they could be means tested |
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Gold Standard 1931 |
- Gave up the Gold Standard after previously returning to it after WW1 in 1925 - The Gold Standard made exports and British imports more expensive damaging trade globally - Taking away the Gold Standard still did not help unemployed |
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Unemployment Act 1934 |
- Separated dole and insurance, 10% increase in dole back to previous support |
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Unemployment Assistance Board 1936 |
- Setup training and work schemes, helping people move to find work |
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Special Areas Act |
- 1934 areas like Scotland and South Wales recognised special employment requirements - Enough dole given out to stop any potential hunger |
