The USA: boom, bust and recovery

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How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the impact of the ruling in the case of Brown v Board of Education (1954)?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

How far do you agree that the economic boom of the 1920s was due more to technological advances than to the availability of hire purchase?

4 ‘The position of ethnic minorities improved markedly in the years 1933–45.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

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How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the impact of the Depression on the lives of Americans?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

3 ‘In the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan possessed neither sizeable support nor significant influence.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How far do you agree that the USA’s economic recovery, in the years 1933–41, owed more to the development of a war economy than to the impact of the New Deal?

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How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the impact of the Levittown projects on urban communities in America in the 1950s?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

3 ‘It was racial intolerance that was mainly responsible for divisions in American society in the 1920s.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

4 ‘Disney was the most significant Hollywood influence on the morale of the American people during the Second World War.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

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How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the impact of the Second World War on the status of black American workers?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

3 ‘Organised crime was the most significant challenge to the successful enforcement of prohibition in the years 1920–33.’

How far do you agree with this view?

How far do you agree that the Second New Deal transformed the lives of disadvantaged Americans in the years 1935–38?

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How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the attitudes in the United States towards the introduction of radio in the 1920s?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the attitudes in the United States towards the introduction of radio in the 1920s?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

How far did the Red Scare in the 1920s differ from the second Red Scare in the years 1945–55?

How far did the Red Scare in the 1920s differ from the second Red Scare in the years 1945–55?

4 ‘The Second New Deal brought fundamental reform to the conditions in work and to the social security of the people of the United States.’

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4 ‘The Second New Deal brought fundamental reform to the conditions in work and to the social security of the people of the United States.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

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How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the objectives of the Second New Deal towards business in the USA?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

How accurate is it to say that Jazz music was the most significant feature of the changes in American culture during the 1920s?

4 ‘The Second World War was more beneficial for the economic progress of black Americans than it was for other ethnic minorities in the USA.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

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How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate Ku Klux Klan influence on American society in the 1920s?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

3 ‘The Smoot-Hawley Tariff was the most damaging of the attempts to deal with the economic downturn during the Presidency of Hoover.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How significant was the role of television in transforming popular culture in the years 1945-55?

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How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the changing position of women in society in the United States in the 1920s?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

3 ‘The New Deal only resulted in bigger federal government which was willing to spend more money.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How far do you agree that the NAACP was primarily responsible for changing the status of black Americans in the years 1944–55?