Unit 2: life during the depression

• BBC


  Had a radio station to inform and entertain
• Shops


  Offered hire purchase to make radio more affordable for people
• When was the first ‘talkie’ and what was it called?

  made in 1934

  called the jazz singer
• How much did a cinema ticket Cost?

  2 pence
• How did the cinema help people?

  escape struggles of daily life
• What were the 3 most popular sports?

  football, boxing and rugby
• how was rugby important?

  ?it showed a mixture of upper and lower class people working together
• Who were two famous boxers?

  tommy far

  joey lewis
• What was the of the jarrow crusade of 1936

  It was a march from jarrow to London in protest to unemployment and the means test however it was unsuccessful as the prime mini refused to see them
• What was the dole in 1920?

  a man without work for 6 months could claim money, 15 shillings a week
• What was the means test?

  To give families less money from the dole an inspector would come into your house and make you sell your belongings