FF and the Economy - An Assessment (Leaving Cert History): Flashcards
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Cumann na nGaedheal's trade policy
Cumann na nGaedheal's trade policy
Free trade
FF's trade policy shift from free trade
FF's trade policy shift from free trade
Protectionism
Definition of protectionism
Definition of protectionism
Protecting Irish industries by imposing tariffs on imports
Minister for Industry & Commerce under FF
Minister for Industry & Commerce under FF
Seán Lemass
Industrial output change 1931-1938 (£)
Industrial output change 1931-1938 (£)
Rose from £55 million to £90 million
FF's greater success: industry or agriculture?
FF's greater success: industry or agriculture?
Industry
Crops farmers switched to in 1930s
Crops farmers switched to in 1930s
Wheat, sugar beet, tobacco
Cattle production drop 1935 vs 1929 (%)
Cattle production drop 1935 vs 1929 (%)
40%
3 ministers for FF economic policy (surnames)
3 ministers for FF economic policy (surnames)
MacEntee, Lemass, Ryan
Cause of the economic war
Cause of the economic war
FF stopped paying land annuities to Britain
Year of Unemployment Assistance Act
Year of Unemployment Assistance Act
1933
Houses built by FF housing programme
Houses built by FF housing programme
Over 12,000
Agreement that eased the economic war
Agreement that eased the economic war
Coal-Cattle Pact