when groups of people are separated                       from one another

something that is allowed under the laws of a political system

the rights that everyone in a country has

something related to the national government of the USA, rather than the government of individual states

Segregation in the USA

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

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

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Historic or outdated representations of people that may portray inequality or injustice.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 word. Something is {{}} if it is allowed under the constitution of a political system.

What is it called when segregation is ended?

When did the US Supreme Court rule that school segregation was unconstitutional?

What was the acronym of the organisation which took the Brown v. Board of Education case to the Supreme Court?

significant white opposition to desegregation

all schools in South began accepting both white and black students

many African Americans enjoyed improved educational opportunities

federal troops were sent to all areas refusing to desegregate

Identify the accurate consequences of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling in 1954.

Supreme Court orders desegregation of schools

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

What is it called when groups of people are separated from one another?

Write the missing word, which relates to economic inequality. A greater proportion of African Americans lived in {{}} than was the case for white Americans, who tended to be richer.

Which statement is most accurate? A) The US Army was desegregated for WWII, with white and black Americans mixed together. B) The US Army remained segregated for WWII.

What name is often used to refer to the hunt for communists in the USA during the early 1950s?

Which conflict was most responsible for encouraging the second Red Scare in the USA?

Starter Quiz