1 Britain 1 Democratic Monarchy A Entered the war reluctantly a Could not stay out of it and let Germany dominate b Lose millions of causalities B Lloyd George became the man who won the war a Was convinced he still had the answers i But didn t b Continued war time coalition c Distribution system was shattered because manufacturing system committed itself for war i ii Urban culture that processed iron and steel Britain lived in a duty free countries Now she s competing against US and Japan while Britain was still recovering Depressed the cost of living C Lloyd George promised a lot like homes for veterans but didn t deliver a Was no longer PM Then went back to the Parliament Would never become PM again Liberals were split and conservatives won the next election b Conservatives held power afterwards D Stanley Baldwin the new PM a Came into politics late b Wanted power but did not like exercising it Only cared about for domestic politics He was a smart guy who was sold short so he won t often Believed nation should reduce expenditure defense social costs Keynes said that you need spending People weren t starving or in danger while banks didn t fail c Governed Britain On the basis of decency Tough Told the conservative party to treat labor party with respect Even when he was briefly not PM he was still the most powerful guy Still influenced the nation iii i ii i ii i ii 2 The Great Western Powers 1 Stock Market crash was not the cause but the symptom of the Depression A Money disappeared a Wealth disappeared b Economies sank i Poor economies didn t have much to lose but advanced economies suffered a lot 3 British Classical liberalism 1 Beliefs A Classical liberal economics a Free trade 4 5 Labor came back in 1921 Irish coming back 1 British Empire began in the middle ages in Ireland A Differences between the 2 places a Goes back to Roman conquest i ii iii Romans only cared about British Only wanted the best lands Set the tone b Christianity comes to the island Somewhat helps unify the island B Invasion by German barbarians a Almost wipes out Christianity Had to be re Christianized later on 2 C King John Issue of Irish Home Rule A Home Rule a Supporters i i i i i ii iii i i ii i ii iii Ireland should have own legislature for their own affairs b Those who opposed If you give them autonomy then they would want more c Seemed to be an issue for civil war People were afraid that those who wanted home rule were going to insurrect before WWI Nobody knew because WWI came about During the war Home Rule made it to the law books but was suspended It was still there Irish weren t drafted into the army However thousands of Irishmen voluntarily enlisted in the army B Post WWI b Violence a Attempts to implement but nothing happened Not everyone traced their roots back to Ireland Clashes between army police with Irish terrorists Leaders of Irish insurrectionists had prices on their head Smuggled into Britain c Given dominion status Self government Somewhat solved the problem War broke out between those who agreed and disagreed with the treaty Solved the immediate problem for Britain Didn t solve the problem for Ireland iv i i i ii i ii i Economics Would Irish Home Rule have been voted in if Britain wasn t in an economic stagnation The stock market crash was a symptom of the Great Depression d During WWII thousands of Irish enlisted Even though they officially remained neutral What would Hitler have down with Ireland had he won the war 6 The Great Depression 1 Germany couldn t pay her debts A She was supposed to be the most hard working a US stepped in in 1929 and organized another plan Before had the Dawes and Young plan 2 1931 the Austalt bank collapsed in Austria A Germany and Austria wanted to join their economies together a But the terms of the Peace of Paris didn t allow it French didn t want that because they were paranoid that it would lead to a resurrection Germany banks began to fail Money disappeared b An economic conference was held in London without US in 1931 Money ceased to move around Everyone abandoned the gold standard c Another economic conference was held without the US FDR had an isolationist policy Scared of voters Americans didn t care about anyone else
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