America 1919–1941

   

   

KEY QUESTIONS: 

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How Did America React to the end of World War I?
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Rejection of the peace treaty; reasons for refusing to join the League of Nations.

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How Did the Policies of the American Government encourage Isolationism?
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Tariff policy: Fordney-McCumber Tariff of 1922; immigration controls; quota system of 1921.

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How Far Did America achieve prosperity in the 1920?
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Mass production (e.g. Ford and the motor industry); consumer boom .  

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Hire Purchase, purchase of shares - stock market boom; continuation of poverty (e.g. farmers); Afro-Americans.

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‘The Roaring Twenties’. Is this a good description of the USA in the 1920s?
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Ku Klux Klan and racism; Prohibition; organised crime, e.g. Al Capone.  

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Developments in entertainment, e.g. Hollywood, jazz.  

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The flappers

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Why did the USA fall into depression in 1929?

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Problems of the 1920s, (e.g. overproduction, lack of credit control, unequal distribution of wealth; tariff controls)

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What were the effects of the Depression on the American people?

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Effects of the Wall Street Crash – collapse of business and industry; unemployment and its effects.

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Failure of Hoover’s Government to deal with depression.

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What measures did Roosevelt introduce to deal with the Depression?
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Election of FDR; the fireside chats.

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banking crisis.

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New Deal and the Alphabet Agencies: TVA, NRA, WPA, CCC, AAA.

  

   

Contents:

  1. After WWI - isolationism?

  2. Tariffs & Immigration

  3. 1920s: prosperity and poverty

  4. The 'Roaring Twenties'

  5. Crash and Depression

  6. Effects of the Depression

  7. The New Deal - measures

  8. The New Deal - evaluation

  9. Hard-copy booklet

 

Links:

SchoolHistory Interactive Diagrams - GREAT!

History Learning Site - excellent

Spartacus - notes on all the key events/ issues

 

  

   

In this module you will learn:  

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FIVE reasons the America people were isolationist [IMAGE]

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TWO principles of the Fordney-McCumber Act

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FOUR reasons Americans wanted high tariffs  [WAIF]

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THREE reasons Americans wanted to stop immigration  [PRT]

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THREE laws to control immigration

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THREE measures to 'Americanize' immigrants

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NINE indications of a booming economy in the 1920s  [CI SUCCESS]

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TEN reasons why industry boomed in the 1920s  [PAT GOT CASH]

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EIGHT weaknesses of the American economy in the 1920s  [FLOP CUTS]

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FIVE aspects of the 'Roaring Twenties'   [POWER]

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SIX examples of racism in 1920s America  [HACKLE]

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FIVE aspects of the Black renaissance   [RHINO]

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SIX factors leading to Prohibition   [ACRIME]

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SIX ways prohibition was a failure   [DAMAGE]

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THREE ways Prohibition was a success   [ALE]

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FOUR causes of the Great Crash of 1929

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SEVEN causes of the Great Depression of the 1930s

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SEVEN ways the Great Depression was terrible [Some Farmers Were Handling Hardship Very Badly]

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THREE ways the Great Depression was not as bad as it is often painted

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THREE aspects of the First New Deal [Can Fdr Achieve]

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FIVE aspects of the Second New Deal [New Social Standards 'N Fairness]

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FIVE successes of the New Deal [5Rs]

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THREE failures of the New Deal [3Ds]

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FIVE opponents of the New Deal [BRASS]