Which year did the Jarrow March occur?

Which year did the Jarrow March occur?

• A. 1931
• B. 1939
• C. 1930
• D. 1936

Answer: (D)

The Jarrow March happened in 1936, during the height of unemployment in the Great Depression. From Jarrow in October 1936, about 200 unemployed men set off on foot to London to demand work and relief for their town after the shipyard closures. They trudged roughly 300 miles and reached the capital later that year, presenting a petition to Parliament and drawing nationwide attention to the unemployment crisis. The march became a powerful symbol of working-class protest in the 1930s, even though it did not bring immediate relief. The other years don’t fit because the march is a mid-1930s event, not years like 1930, 1931, or 1939.

The Jarrow March happened in 1936, during the height of unemployment in the Great Depression. From Jarrow in October 1936, about 200 unemployed men set off on foot to London to demand work and relief for their town after the shipyard closures. They trudged roughly 300 miles and reached the capital later that year, presenting a petition to Parliament and drawing nationwide attention to the unemployment crisis. The march became a powerful symbol of working-class protest in the 1930s, even though it did not bring immediate relief. The other years don’t fit because the march is a mid-1930s event, not years like 1930, 1931, or 1939.