the group of elected politicians responsible for passing laws in the USA are known as Congress

escapism refers to types of entertainment or imagination that help you to forget about your work and your problems

1930s American popular culture

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

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 New Frontier and Great Society

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

Write the missing word. {{}} refers to types of entertainment or imagination that help you to forget about your work and your problems.

How did radio ownership in the USA change between 1930 and 1940?

How many artists were employed by Federal Project Number One?

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) hired 3 000 000 workers

Weekly music classes were provided for 132 000 children and adults

40 000 artists were employed to work on the Federal Project Number One

Which example best demonstrates that Federal Project Number One was able to benefit ordinary Americans well as artists?

cinema attendance fell for a short periodfore recovering

'Wizard of Oz' released in released in colour

Starting with the earliest, sort the following stages of film history into chornological order.

Write the missing word. Something may be declared {{}} if it is not allowed under the laws of a political system.

How many Americans were unemployed by 1933?

What type of opponent to the New Deal was Alf Landan?

Who proposed the 'Share Our Wealth' plan?

Write the missing word. In 1937, President Roosevelt introduced an unpopular plan to {{}} the Supreme Court but this faced widespread opposition and was abandoned.

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

1930s American popular culture

Lesson outcome