Logged out
Access All our Essays in an Instant
Swap your work for FREE access, or pay £4.99 for instant access
The Causes of the British General Strike 1926.
Member rating:
(1 vote)
| Words:
| Submitted: Tue Apr 06 2004
Page Preview
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
The Causes of the British General Strike 1926 During the First World War, Lloyd George, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, talked of creating a country "fit for heroes to live in". Also many politicians promised that conditions would improve for the working class, because they realised that it was possible that a lot of workingmen would be reluctant to fight. After the First World War, soldiers realised that Britain was still a very unjust society. Politicians told them that they would have to be patient, because it would take time before they could carry out the reforms that they had promised. However as time went on, things got worse rather than better. Coal mining had always been a very dangerous job. In the three years from 1922 to 1924, 597194 miners were injured. However this figure doesn't take into account the miners that were affected by long term ill health...
To see the full version of this document, and 145,348 others
