Boom & Crash, 1920-1929
Which social groups missed out from the economic boom within the 1920s?
Farmers and Black Americans
What did the Court declare the first new deal?
Unconstitutional as a result of the NIRA
What role did the contribution of Black Americans in the war have on desegregation?
Mixed. Black Americans were still discriminated against in the armed forces, but a greater proportion of Black Americans joined the war effort and helped out in the warzone.
What was Brown v Topeka?
Court case which ruled school segregation unconstitiutional.
How did flappers reflect the changing role of women in the 1920s?
The term 'flapper' applied to young, independent minded women who felt that a woman's place was no longer in the home. This reflected a period of greater liberalization and the rejecting of traditional sentiments women had faced earlier.
What was the CCC?
Civilian Conversation Corps, which was a departmental agency involving Labour, Interior and Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture. This was supervised by the army and offer manual labour jobs to young men aged 18-25.
What impact did the New Deal have on writers and musicians?
Created the WPA which provided support towards writers and musicians, and offered jobs.
1948
What factors triggered the Wall Street Crash?
Overproduction, Land speculation, The bull market, Weaknesses of the US banking system all played large influence in the weaknesses which led to the steep decline in share values when panic arose in the changing of hands on Black Thursday. As a result, 30 billion dollars were wiped off share values.
To what extend had President Roosevelt brought recovery by 1938?
Consideration of The Wagner Act, The Social Security Act, The Revenue Act, aid to farmers within his Second New Deal. Consideration of opposition and reduced impact it had.
What power did Hollywood have in the 1940s?
Raised morale during the war efforts, with companies such as Walt Disney company, producing films that provided entertainment within the war.
What effect did the growing power of television have in the 1950s?
Transformed popular entertainment in the USA through aspect such as sitcoms. However, led to stereotyping of women and ethnic minorities by this point.
How accurate is it to say that Prohibition was the most significant reason for intolerance in the 1920s?
Consideration of immigration and the Red Scare, Rise and decline of KKK as other factors. Evaluation of judgement
What impact did the Gold Reserve Act have on reforming the financial system in 1934?
It had limited impact, because FDR had a belief that the causes of economic crisis were domestic and not international. While the act tried to make US exports cheaper by devaluing the US dollar against the rate of gold, FDR did not follow international sentiments and hence prevented cooperation with other nations.
To what extent did WW2 affect the performance of the economy between 1941-45?
To what extent did rock and roll play a large impact on US culture in the 1950s?
Growing power of television, Hollywood, Cold war, teenage culture, television should be considered. Evaluation
To what extent was the growing popularity of baseball the biggest reason for cultural change in the USA?
Consideration of baseball, consumer boom, MLB, Radio & Cinema, The Jazz age, Harlem Renaissance. Evaluation of factors.
How accurate is it to say that the Emergency Relief and Construction Act was the main factor in why Hoover failed to end the depression?
Consideration of Smoot-Hawley tarrif, Homelessness and the Hoovervilles, The reconstruction finance corporation. Evaluation of factors
Consideration of war efforts, race riots, double V campaign on ethnic minorities. Evaluation
How accurate is it to say that the rise of suburbs projects had limited impact in the transformation of the US economy?
Consideration of Levittown projects and suburbs, consumer society, growing mobility, veteran provision, government policy. Evaluation