introduction Flashcards
BRIT 1 democracy
19th century, Monarchy, Aristocracy, churches ruled, own interests, sharing power with ordinary people, strict rules for who could vote, property owner,
BRIT 3 womens
1918, miserable, find husband, reproduce, serving, dominant secx, irrational, immature, couldn’t handle vote
BRIT 5 Liberal
1906, David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, “New Liberals”, interventionist, reforms, tackling poverty,
BRIT 6 Labour
WW2, changes, lifestyle, shared, Blitz, rationing, issues with health, evacuees, reforms, needs of Brits, 5 giants of poverty identified by Beveridge report
USA 1 immigration
policy, open door, pursue ‘American Dream’, industry expand, 1920s, switched, closed door, tightly controlled
USA 2 obstacles
1863, abolished, problems not stopped, changes, constitution, better life, vote, freedom, faced terror and violence, lynching
USA 3 economic crisis
Calvin Coolidge, 1920s boom, wages, profits, jobs, living, 1930s, contrast, unemployment, closures, decline,
USA 5 developments
Harry Truman, first, 1945, support legislation, injustices, lynching and poll tax, supposedly, racist jokes, slurs, new energy