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2008
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| Publication |
Great Britain, John Murray, 1998.
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| Description |
131pWhite Spine
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| Series |
Discovering the past for GCSE
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| Summary/Abstract |
A comprehensive depth study for students taking this subject at examination level. Covers all the relevant requirements of the OCR, AQA and Edexcel specifications. Includes case studies which give a deep insight into the boom years of the 1920s and the harsh Depression of the 1930s.
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| Contents |
Was the USA the land of opportunity?
Chapter 1: What was life like in the land of the free?
Coming to America
Why did people want to come to 'the land of opportunity'?
Who were the Americans?
How was the USA governed?
How could you become the President?
Chapter2: How did the USA emerge from the First World War?
The USA in the 1920s: was this a good time for all?
Chapter 3: To what extent did the American economy boom in the 1920s?
The richest country in the world!
In what ways did the American economy boom?
Why was there an economic boom in the 1920s?
How did Henry Ford make the Ford Motor Car Company the most successful in the world in the 1920s?
Why is Henry Ford so significant in American history?
Why didn't everyone benefit from the boom?
Chapter 4: How was society changing in the 1920s?
Changing attitudes and values
How was life different for women in the 1920s?
Chapter 5: How widespread was intolerance in the 1920s?
The Red Scare
How and why did American immigration policy change in the 1920s?
Why were Sacco and Vanzetti executed?
The rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan
The black experience in the 1920s
What was the Monkey Trail all about?
Prohibition - a noble experiment or a national disaster?
Why didn't Prohibition work?
The story of Al Capone
Were the 1920s a good time for the USA?
Crash and Depression
Chapter 6: What were the causes and consequences of the Wall Street Crash?
Why did the Wall Street Crash lead to the Great Depression?
Chapter 7: The effects of the Depression
How did the Depression affect people in the cities?
Did the Depression affect all urban Americans>
How did the Depression affect people in the countryside?
The Dust Bowl
Migrants
Documentary photographs of the Depression
Why were the 1930s a golden age for Hollywood?
Chapter 8: Why was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President in 1932?
What action did Hoover's government take - and why did it fail to deal with the Depression?
Protest - was America on the brink of revolution?
The 1932 election
Why did Roosevelt win the election?
Chapter 9: The New Deal
The Hundred Days
The alphabet agencies
How was the Second New Deal different from the First?
Why did Roosevelt win the biggest ever landslide victory in the presidential election of 1936?
Who did not support the New Deal?
The Supreme Court and the New Deal
Chapter 10: How successful was the New Deal?
Overview: what did the New Deal achieve?
Did the New Deal reforms make life better for all Americans?
Did the New Deal help labour unions?
Summing up the New Deal's success
Was Franklin D. Roosevelt good for America in the 1930s?
Why study the USA 191-1941?
Glossary
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| Standard Number |
9780719552595 Pb.
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