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EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY - Coggle Diagram
EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY
After WWI
Democracy continued being the most common form of government
Two types of democracy
United States
European
European democracies
Great Britain
Liberal Party
Reduce high rate of unemployment
Improved medical services
Subsidised housing
Workers continued striking for higher wages
Labour Party gain popularity
1922
Liberal Party displaced by conservative and Labour Party
Main political parties
France
Post-war economic problems
High prices
Tax increases
Tension between left-wing and conservative parties
Democracy was never in danger
Germany
After fall of the Second Reich
Constitutional democracy was established
Weimar Republic
Extremist and nationalist parties against democracy
Favoured by
Post-war economic problems
Economic crisis of 1929
Democracy in the united states
1920s---1930s
Bipartisanship ( two-party political system)
Republican Party
Right-wing
Defended
Capitalism
Free market economy
Opposed
Government intervention in economy
Trade unions
Represented wealthy business interests
Democratic Party
Left-wing
Defended
Capitalism
Government intervention in economy
Trade unions
Represented interests of middle and working class
After WWI
Republicans in government
Established conservative policy
Encouraged patrionism
Economic problems
Republicans felt
Democrats returned to power
1929
Franklin Roosevelt
New deal (1933)
Increased
Participation of government in the economy
Society of the United States