Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Depth Study: The USA
- How far did the US economy boom in the 1920s?
- On what factors was the economic boom based?
- Mass production in the car and consumer durable industries
- Fortunes of older industries
- Development of credit and hire purchase
- Why did some industries prosper while others did not?
- Why did agriculture not share in the prosperity?
- Decline of agriculture
- Did all Americans benefit from the boom?
- How far did US society change in the 1920s?
- What were the 'Roaring Twenties'?
- Film and other media
- The 'Roaring Twenties'
- How widespread was intolerance in US society?
- Race relations
- Discrimination against Black Americans
- The Ku Klux Klan
- Why was Prohibition introduced and then, later, repealed?
- Prohibition and gangsterism
- How far did the roles of women change during the 1920s?
- Changing roles of women
- What were the causes and consequences of the Wall Street Crash?
- How far was speculation responsible for the Wall Street Crash?
- Weaknesses in the economy in late 1920s
- What impact did the Crash have on the economy?
- What were the social consequences of the Crash?
- Why did Roosevelt win the election in 1932?
- Reaction of President Hoover to the Crash
- Presidential election of 1932: Hoover's and Roosevelt's programmes
- How successful was the New Deal?
- What was the New Deal as introduced in 1933?
- Roosevelt's inauguration and the 'Hundred Days'
- New Deal legislation
- Alphabet agencies and their work + economic and social changes they caused
- How far did the character of the New Deal change after 1933?
- Why did the New Deal encounter opposition?
- The Republicans
- The rich
- Business interests
- Supreme Court
- Radical critics ex: Huey Long
- Why did unemployment persist despite the New Deal?
- Strengths and weaknesses in the New Deal programme in dealing with unemployment and the Depression
- Did the fact that the New Deal did not solve unemployment mean it was a failure?