laissez-faire beliefs suggest that the government should not interfere with the economy

a radical is someone who believes there should be major social and political change

something may be declared unconstitutional if it is not allowed under the laws of a political system

Opposition to the New Deal

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

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 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

belief that the government should not interfere with the economy

someone who believes there should be major social and political change

something which is not allowed under the laws of a political system

Match each keyword with its correct definition.

What type of opponent to the New Deal was Charles Coughlin?

What type of opponents to the New Deal were most leading members of the American Liberty League?

How many Alphabet laws had been outlawed by 1936?

Republican laissez-faire beliefs were as popular as Roosevelt's New Deal.

Republican laissez-faire beliefs were less popular than Roosevelt's New Deal.

Republican laissez-faire beliefs were more popular than Roosevelt's New Deal.

Which inference is most valid based on the outcome of the 1936 presidential election?

Roosevelt fails to pack the Supreme Court.

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

Write the missing word. The {{}} government is the national government of the USA.

What was the main aim of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

Write the missing word. {{}} of alcohol in the USA ended in 1933.

How did American unemployment change between 1933 and 1939?

There were racial restrictions on who could claim social security.

American women were not able to claim social security.

Not all types of job were covered by social security.

Why were many African American women unable to claim social security?

Starter Quiz