living conditions working class 1918-39

Question 1

traditional industries

Answer 1

1921- 2 million workers are unemployed and centres of industries such as South Wales and tyneside suffered depression

• markets had been lost during the war and some countries , india, had developed own industries to meet scarcity
• more cost effective competitors emerged - Japan USA
  *traditional industries suffered under investment = uncompetitive
  1937: 83,000 tons of steel compared to 210,000 USA

= impact on living standards on area of traditional industry
= disparity between standard of poorest and wealthiest

Question 2

Great Depression

Answer 2

London and the south east faved unemployment rates of 13.2%
Wales 40%