Chapter 21 - Discontent and Experimentation Flashcards
What is dole?
Government relief for the unemployed
What are tariffs?
Taxes on imported goods
What was an indication of the trend toward socialism?
The rise of the Labour Party led by Ramsay MacDonald
Who was Ramsay MacDonald?
He was the one who became the first Labour Party prime minister of Britain
What was the Maginot Line?
It was a series of French fortifications along her border with Germany
What is the significance of October 1929?
The stock market collapsed which triggered a drop in prices, a decline in foreign trade, the closing of factories, the failure of banks, and a dramatic rise in unemployment.
What occurred by the winter of 1932-33?
An estimated thirteen to seventeen million people (approximately one-third of the work force) were unemployed
What was the New Deal?
Franklin Roosevelt’s program of relief, recovery, and reform
What is bureaucracy?
The non-elected officials who handle government officials
What is the Statute of Westminster?
Act of Parliament declaring
Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa to be “autonomous communities within the British Empire” and “members of the British Commonwealth of Nations”
Who was Leon Blum?
He was named the prime minister of the various Socialist and Communist political parties that called themselves the Popular Front, who managed to gain control of the government
Who was Franklin Roosevelt?
He was elected to the presidency in 1932 by the American people who were looking for a solution to their problems after the stock market crashed
