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- 2. Battle on the river Somme (1 july 1916) Battle at Passchendaele (400,000 dead and wounded) Victory on Dardanelles (1917) Battle at Jutlad (Admiral Jellicoe) 5 million soldiers (750 000 casualties) Versailles 1919 The First World War
- 3. Treaty of Versailles (Orlando, Lloyd George,Clemencau,Wilson)
- 4. Document that confirmes the Treaty of Versailles
- 5. Founded in 1874-1900 Trade Unions New voting system 57 seats in 1918 and 191 seats 1923 Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (Communist Party) Liberal Party fall (1924) Conservative Party and Labour Party The rise of the Labour Party
- 6. Poster Advertisement for Labour party
- 7. 1870 Right to vote 1888 exqual work-equal pay law 1897-1914 suffragettes 1918 29% workers were women Divorces 800 in 1910, 8,000 in 1940 The rights of women
- 8. Suffargette with her message
- 9. The Easter Rising 1916 in Dublin 1918 new parliament in Dail,Dublin 1921 independence of southern Ireland 1937 Eamon de Valera, Prime minister declared Ireland Republic Ireland
- 10. Building devastation after The Easter Rising
- 11. 1914 outbreak of strikes 1926 general strike 1925 miners strike 1930-1933 5 million unemployed 1934 Recovery of industry 1937 British heavy industry The great depression
- 12. 1920 League of Nations 1935 Italy invaded Ethiopia 1939 German invaded Poland 22 June operation Barbarossa D-day 6th of June 1944 May 1945 defeat of Germany September the 1st 1945 End of World War II 303,000 military and 60,000 civil casualties The Second World War
- 13. Teodor Rusvelt’s “Four Freedoms” Soviet union formed Warsaw pact and Western countries formed NATO First nuclear power station 1956 1956 battle of Suez and British defeat 1960 Britain interested in European Community The new international order
- 14. North Atlantic Peace Organisation and Warsaw pact flags
- 15. 1950 30% bigger wages than in 1939, car production doubled, living standard increased Popular culture The Beatles 1 in 3 marriages ended in divorce Increased popularity of the Royal Family 1952 Elizabeth II became the Queen Youthful Britain
- 16. 1947 British left India 1965 most of the colonies were self-governing Treaty through Commonwealth 1982 Britain had defeated Argentinians at the Falklands 1985 Britain had only Hong Kong ,Falklands and Gibraltar The loss of empire
- 17. Mahatma Ghandi (1869-1948), political activist
- 18. 67% of people in Ulster were Protestant 1969 protests began in Ulster 1972 Northern Ireland government was removed 1985 formal agreement was made in Hillsborogh Northern Ireland
- 19. 1970 Party of fellow contrymen Paid Cymru 1981 only 19% spoke Welsh 1974 Scottish Nationalist Party 54% was for limited form of self-government Scotland and Wales
- 20. 1980 4/5 had telephones, 2/3 had cars and homes Britain joins European Community 1973 1960 250, 000 coloured immigrants 1985 56 million coloured citizens 1985 58% wives had jobs 1985 3,5 unemployed The years of discontent
- 21. 1979 Margaret Thatcher was elected 1983 Conservative party won 144/650 seats Industrial production have declined 10% and manufactoring production by 17% 1987 Privatisation of Airline,Ship builders,Airspace... 1986 41% was unemployed, among black population 82% The new politics
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