1925 - 1939

Question 1

What was Significant about April 1925?

Answer 1

• Return to Gold Standard

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Question 2

What were the Problems in the Coal Industry throughout the 1920s.

Answer 2

• Industry was out of date- only 20% of coal cut with a machine
• Mine owners response to depression = cut wages + increase hours (1921)
• Cut again 1925 - triple alliance threatened general strike
• March 1926 - Samuel Commission suggested cuting wages but not increase hours - neither miners or mine owners were happy
• Strike planned for 01/05/1926