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THE EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY
WHAT IS?
End of the First World War
Democracy, most common form of government
Democracy in the United States
European democracies
EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES
France
Post-war economic problems
Tax increases
Provoked many
Protests
Tension
Strikes
Between left-wing parties and conservative parties
High prices
Germany
After the fall of the Second Reich
Constitutional democracy was established,
Weimar Republic
Post-war economic problems/economic crisis 1929
Favoured the rise of extremist and nationalist parties
Who opposed democracy.
Great Britain
Liberal Party
Adopted measures to reduce the high rate of unemployment
Introduced improved medical services
Subsidised housing
Labour Party gained popularity
1922
Liberal Party was displaced
By the Conservative and Labour parties
DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES
Bipartisanship
The Republican Party
Was a
Conservative party
Defended capitalism
Right-wing
Defended free market economy
Opposed
Government intervention in the economy
Trade unions
Represented the interests of wealthy business owners
The Democratic Party
Was a
Left-wing party
Defended capitalism
Supported
Government intervention in the economy
Existence of trade unions
Represented the interests of the middle and working classes
After the First World War
Republicans were in government
Established
Conservative policy
Isolationist foreign policy
Encouraged patriotism
Republicans failed
Democrats returned to power
Franklin Roosevelt won the presidential elections in 1932
Established the New Deal
1933
