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Chapter 2- Life during the Depression (Slang names for the 1930s (The…
Chapter 2- Life during the Depression
Slang names for the 1930s
The black years
The devil's decade
The hungry thirties
Hunger Marches
The Jarrow March
Ellen Wilkinson
former communist,also MP organised the Jarrow March
Palmers shipyard
People of Jarrow were dependent on it for their livelihood
Stanley Baldwin
Unsympathetic primeminister
NUWM
National Unemployed Workers' Movement
Opposed the march because they objected to the non- political nature of the Jarrow March
King Edward VIII - tour of Wales (1936)
"Something must be done"
Causes
The Rhondda March
Cause : The Means Test and Extreme Unemployment
Events : 2,500 marchers set off from different points in Britain
Impact: Little impact - not supported
1935 - MPs sent a letter to Home Secretary
1920s Insurance Act
The Doll
Public Assistance Comitee
(PACS) - inspected people's homes to see if they were worthy of benefits
Carried out the means test