History A-Level
Hunger marches
What Hunger marches means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Hunger marches
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Organised protests by the National Unemployed Workers' Movement, notably in 1922, 1930 and 1932, which publicised distress in depressed areas.
Topics that use Hunger marches
- Paper 3, Option 34.2: Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780–1939 - 5 Depression and the dole: poverty in the inter-war years, 1920–39 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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