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THE EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY - Coggle Diagram
THE EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRACY
most common form of government
United States
European countries
DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES
bipartisanship
The Republican Party
right-wing
conservative party
defended capitalism
free market economy
opposed government intervention in the economy
opposed the trade unions
The Democratic Party
left-wing party
defended capitalism
supported government intervention in economy
existence of trade unions
After the First World War
Republicans were in government
established a conservative policy
limited the power of the trade unions
isolationist foreign policy
rejecting
military alliances
foreign influence
encouraged patriotism
a white Anglo-Saxon protestant America
Republicans
failed to provide solutions
to the problems of the economic crisis of 1929
Democrats returned to power
Franklin Roosevelt won the presidential elections
New Deal in 1933
increased the participation of the government in the economy
society of the United States
1932
EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES
France
post-war economic problems
high prices
provoked
protests
tension
left-wing parties and conservative parties
many strikes
tax increases
democracy was never in danger
Germany
after the fall of the Second Reich
constitutional democracy
Weimar Republic
post-war economic problems
payment of reparations
payment of the occupation of the Ruhr
economic crisis of 1929
closing of companies
dramatic increase in unemployment
rise of extremist and nationalist parties
Great Britain
Liberal Party
measures
reduce the high rate of unemployment
introduced improved medical services
subsidised housing
workers
striking for higher wages
Working class political parties
Labour Party gained popularity
1922
Liberal Party was displaced by the Conservative and Labour parties
