Depth Study: The USA

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 Why was Prohibition introduced and then, later, repealed?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

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