the process of improving a place or system, especially to make it more active or successful

benefits system which provided payments to vulnerable groups such as the elderly or unemployed

the group of politicians who vote on laws for the whole of the USA

The New Frontier and Great Society

History

Causes of the 'boom'

The role of Henry Ford in the 'boom'

Losers of the 'boom' in 1920s America

The Red Scare in 1920s America

Racial tension in early 20th century America

American society in the 1920s

Women and the 'boom' in 1920s America

American people and the 'boom' in the 1920s

The Wall Street Crash

The Great Depression

President Hoover and the 1932 presidential election

Effects of the Great Depression on American society

Roosevelt's New Deal

Opposition to the New Deal

1930s American popular culture

World War Two and the US economy

World War Two and US society

American recovery from the Great Depression

The American Dream in the 1940s and 1950s

Post-war American popular culture

McCarthyism and the second Red Scare

Change in Post-War America

Segregation in the USA

Direct action and the Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King and peaceful protest

Black Power and the Civil Rights Movement

Civil rights legislation in the 1960s

The US Feminist Movement in the 1960s and 1970s

Social and civil progress in the USA, c.1950-1973

In this unit pupils undergo a period study that provides an unfolding narrative which tells a story about a period that shaped the world we live in today. They look at the key events, developments, people and stories that defined the chosen period.

Period Studies

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Write the missing keyword: {{}} refers to the process of improving a place or system, especially to make it more active or successful.

Who introduced the New Frontier as president?

Name either of the healthcare insurance schemes introduced by LBJ in 1965.

poverty levels only fell for white Americans

poverty levels only fell for black Americans

Which statement about US poverty levels between 1959 and 1970 is most accurate?

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

Write the missing word. Legislation refers to {{}} passed by the government.

Which president signed the 1964 and 1968 Civil Rights Acts as well as the 1965 Voting Rights Act?

Which civil rights law was also known as the Fair Housing Act?

What percentage of African American teenagers were unemployed by 1970?

Which of the following laws was a response to police attacks on protestors at Selma?

Starter Quiz