Losers of the 'boom' in 1920s America
I can explain how some groups in the USA lost out during the boom.
Losers of the 'boom' in 1920s America
I can explain how some groups in the USA lost out during the boom.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Agriculture and the coal industry suffered from overproduction, tariffs and new competition in the 1920s.
- Native Americans lived in poor conditions on reservations and faced discrimination under US law.
- Poverty, discrimination and racism made African American lives difficult.
- By the 1920s, most immigrants travelling to America came from eastern and southern Europe.
- Recent immigrants faced widespread intolerance.
Keywords
Discrimination - unfair treatment of someone because of their gender, race, sexual orientation, age, disability or religion is described as discrimination
Reservations - reservations are areas of land set aside for use by Native Americans
Segregated - groups of people are segregated if they are separated from one another. In the USA, people were often segregated based on their race
Ghetto - a ghetto is an area of a city where people of a particular race or religion live, especially a poor area
Quota - a quota sets a maximum or minimum number for the amount of people who can do something
Common misconception
Losers were only those who belonged to minority groups who suffered because of racism.
Economic problems made life difficult for many people aside from racist issues. These issues affected minorities and non-minorities.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of serious crime
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
Lesson video
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
$1 billion worth of roads were built per year
provided roadside restaurants and hotels for drivers
supplied increased demand for petrol
supplied key goods used to manufacture cars
Exit quiz
6 Questions
an area of a city where people of a particular race live
when groups kill a person they consider guilty without trial
areas of land set aside for Native Americans
separating groups of people based on their race