America-equality & opportunity

Question 1

When was hoover president and what was the major event

Answer 1

1920-1932

Economic boom & The depression

Question 2

When was Roosevelt president and what was the major event

Answer 2

1932-1961

New deal & the alphabet agencies

Question 3

When was JFK president and what was the major event

Answer 3

1961-1964
Assassination
Committed to tackling civil rights inequality

Question 4

When was Johnson president and what was the major event

Answer 4

1963-1968

Question 5

What were the 6 key factors to the economic boom

Answer 5

1-wealth and recourses (rich in raw materials, new technology & skilled inventors)
2-first world war ( trading with rest of the world)
3-republican policies (laissez-fairy)
4-new methods (mass production)
6-state of mind (right to spend money and desire goods)

Question 6

Which 4 main groups of people lived on the ‘breadline’ during the boom

Answer 6

1- immigrants & African Americans
2- farmers
3- workers in older industries
4- unemployed

Question 7

When was prohibition introduced and repealed

Answer 7

1920-1933

Question 8

What was the red scare

Answer 8

Anti communist hysteria against trade unions, communists and socials ideas and immigration

Question 9

4 economic effects of the depression

Answer 9

1- businesses cut production and workers
2- wages reduces by 60% on average
3- 5,000 banks went bust
4- farm production fell by 40%

Question 10

3 social effects of the depression

Answer 10

1- hunger
2- homelessness ( Hoovervilles and hooverblanekst)
3- millions of farmers and unemployed travelled across USA to find work

Question 11

What is rugged individualism and laissez-faire

Answer 11

• people should solve their own problems

- government would ‘take a step back’

Question 12

3 reasons why Rooselevelt won the 1932 election

Answer 12

1- hoover president when the depression started (blamed for suffering)
2- Roosevelt was an excellent public speaker
3- Roosevelt promised action and a new deal

Question 13

What were the 3 aims of the new deal

Answer 13

• relief (old, sick and unemployed)
• recovery ( get Americans back to work)
• reform (make changes so this never happens again)

Question 14

What happened during the first 100 days

Answer 14

1- emergency banking act ( all banks closed for 4 days, only properly managed banks allowed to reopen)
2- beer act (end of prohibition and tax on beer)
3- fireside chats ( FDR explained his plans)
4- alphabet agencies ( government agencies set up to carry out work of the new deal)

Question 15

3 agencies from the first new deal (1933-1934)

Answer 15

1- Federal emergency relief act- money to states to run projects to help poor, unemployed and starving (soup kitchens, temp homes)
2- civilian conservation corps- work in countryside doing conservation work (2.5 million unmarried men)
2- national recovery administration- promoted improving working conditions, end of child labour, fairer wages & prices (declares unconstitutional by Supreme Court)

Question 16

The 4 acts of the second new deal (1935)

Answer 16

1- Wagner act- rights of workers to join a trade union
2- social security act- ensure a welfare system for unemployed, pensions and sick
3- the resettlement administration- helped small holders and farmers
4- works progression administration- work for unskilled

Question 17

4 groups who opposed the new deal

Answer 17

1- rich tax payers- has to pay higher taxes
2- business men- dislikes unions
3- traditional Americans - thought FDR= dictator
4- Supreme Court- FDR= misusing power and cutting rights of states

Question 18

3 ways in which the new deal was a success

Answer 18

1- stopped depression getting worse
2- created millions of jobs
3- restored confidence

Question 19

3 ways in which the new freak was a fail

Answer 19

1- unemployment remained high
2- no civil rights
3- did little to help the poorest of people

Question 20

What was the ‘American dream’

Answer 20

1960 living standards increased by 3x of an average British person.
1- teenagers= more leisure time
2- rock n roll = teenage rebellion
3- tv- 1958 no of houses with a tv rose from 0.4%-83%

Question 21

What was McCarthyism

Answer 21

Joseph McCarthy investigated into communism- claimed he had the names of 200 communist spies employed by govt.
accused 45 army officers of being communist- couldn’t provide any evidence so his public support fell

Question 22

Little Rock Arkansas 1957

Answer 22

Supreme Court ordered 9 black student to attend a white school. Mobs met the students so Eisenhower sent federal troops to protect them