someone may be described as rugged if they are tough and determined

retaliation involves harming another person or group after they have acted in a way which hurt you

public works involve the construction of roads, bridges, hospitals and similar things that are paid for by the government

a pension is money paid to a person once they are elderly and no longer work

food, money or services provided to people in need is called relief

President Hoover and the 1932 presidential election

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

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 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

Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Money paid to a person once they are elderly and no longer work

Construction projects on things like roads paid for by the government

Food, money or services provided to people in need is called relief

Match up each key word with its correct definition.

Write the missing surname. Franklin D. {{}} won the 1932 presidential election by a landslide.

More government support to help Americans.

More rugged individualism to help Americans.

More use of technology to help Americans.

President Hoover offered no support whatsover to struggling Americans.

The support President Hoover provided was criticised as too little too late.

Hoover provided large amounts of support during the Great Depression. 

European governments retaliate with their own tariffs.

US exports to Europe become less competitive.

US businesses make less money from selling abroad.

Starting with the earliest, sort the following developments to explain how US tariff policy harmed American businesses.

Increase government funding for public works.

New jobs generated in areas such as construction.

Businesses sell more and can begin to grow again.

Starting with earliest, sort the following steps to explain how Roosevelt planned to help the economy recover.

Write the missing word. A {{}} was a long queue formed at charity-run soup kitchens during the Great Depression.

Write the missing number. One in {{}} American workers was unemployed by 1932.

Large cities built during the Great Depression.

Rural farming communities set up during the Great Depression.

Camps built by the homeless during the Great Depression.

African American unemployment was four times higher than the average.

African American unemployment was double the average.

African American unemployment was the same as the average.

African American unemployment was half the average.

African American unemployment was a quarter of the average.

How did African American unemployment compare to the national average during the Great Depression?

They moved as they wanted to find better paying work elsewhere.

The Great Depression led to widespread conflict in these areas.

Environmental change destroyed their farming land, forcing them to move.

Why could millions of Americans living in the Midwest during the 1930s be called refugees?

Wall Street Crash leads to share prices plummeting.

Company profits fall and businesses fail.

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

Starter Quiz