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THE EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY - Coggle Diagram
THE EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY
at the end of the WWI, democracy continued to be the most common form of government
European democracies
Great Britain
The liberal Party adopted measures to reduce the high rate of unemployment
Introduced improvement medical
services and subsidised housing
Workers continued doing strikes
for higher wages.
Working class political parties
gained popularity in this period
France
Post-war economic problems
This problems carry out to many strikes,
protest and tension between left-wing parties.
Germany
A constitutional democracy was established
after the fall of the Second Reich, called Weimar Republic
The post-war economic problems they faced
The economic crisis of 1929 favoured the rise of
extremist and nationalist parties, who opposed democracy
Democracy in the United States
Republican Party
was a right-wing, they defended capitalism
and a free market economy
They opposed government intervention in the economy, because they believed it restricted companies' freedom.
They opposed the trade union because they limited the freedom of business owners.
Represented interests of wealthy business owners.
Democratic party
was a left-wing party that also defended capitalism
they supported government intervention in the economy and existence of trade unions
Represented interest of the middle and working class.
After the WWI
When the republicans were in government established a conservative policy limited the power of the trade union
They had an isolationist and they encouraged patriotism
Republicans failed to provide solutions to the problems of the economic crisis and the Democrats returned to power.
The president Roosevelt established the New Deal, which increased the participation of the government in the economy and society