Front Populaire

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  1. 2. The official name for France's parliamentary chamber where laws were made
  2. 4. Negotiations between employers and unions for better working conditions
  3. 9. Replaced Blum in 1937 but took a more moderate approach
  4. 12. A financial issue caused by economic instability under the Front Populaire
  5. 15. 1936 deal granting workers a 40-hour week, paid holidays, and wage increases
  6. 17. Economic challenge faced by the Front Populaire due to its social reforms
  7. 20. Fascist-inspired far-right group that opposed the Front Populaire
  8. 22. Policies introduced by the Front Populaire to improve workers' conditions
  9. 24. The unprecedented cooperation between socialists, communists, and radicals
  10. 25. Political system defended by the Front Populaire against authoritarianism
  11. 26. Conservative body in France that blocked many Front Populaire reforms
  12. 27. Radical Party leader who later took over as Prime Minister in 1938
  13. 29. Far-right monarchist movement that rejected democracy in 1930s France
  14. 30. Rise in prices that made goods more expensive during the Front Populaire era
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  1. 1. Left-wing coalition government in France from 1936-1938
  2. 3. First Socialist Prime Minister of France, led the government in 1936-1937
  3. 5. French term for trade unions, which gained rights under the Front Populaire
  4. 6. Business resistance to the Front Populaire’s worker-friendly policies
  5. 7. Legislative body controlled by the Front Populaire after the 1936 elections
  6. 8. French term for paid holidays, introduced by the Front Populaire
  7. 10. Mass strikes that erupted in France following the 1936 election victory
  8. 11. Opposition to parliamentary democracy, a major force in 1930s France
  9. 13. The workweek length established in France under the Matignon Agreements
  10. 14. President of France during the Front Populaire, had a largely ceremonial role
  11. 16. Movement that united the left-wing parties to form the Front Populaire
  12. 18. Leader of the French Communist Party who supported the Front Populaire
  13. 19. Political ideology that the Front Populaire sought to combat
  14. 21. Political group led by Édouard Daladier, part of the Front Populaire coalition
  15. 23. French Section of the Workers' International, the socialist party in the coalition
  16. 28. The event in 1936 that led to the Front Populaire winning power