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What were the Causes of the General Strike?

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  • Post-war economic depression which brought failing exports + mass employment
  • Industries had failed to modernise + failed to promote better efficiency - couldn’t compete with other countries (coal industry was the worst hit)
  • Not natioalised after war
  • Return of Gold Standard
  • A sudden drop in coal exports in June 1925
  • Effects of Samuel Commission
2
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Briefly Outline the General Strike

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04/05/1926

- TUC called general strike