pre sixth: USA- boom, bust, recovery 1920-1955

Question 1

Who was in charge of the USA before 1783?**

Answer 1

Britain

Question 2

What did the 13 colonies do in 1776?**

Answer 2

Issued the Declaration of Independence

Question 3

What is the constitution?**

Answer 3

A statement declaring who they were and what laws there would be for every American

Question 4

Generally speaking, how is the way of life in the northern states of the USA different to that in the south?**

Answer 4

The north tended to be more educated and industrialized and so richer, whereas the south tended to be more traditional, rural and less educated

Question 5

Describe the main differences between New York City and Arizona**

Answer 5

NYC- in the north east, busy, big, financial. Arizona- in the south west, think cowboys, desert, hot climate

Question 6

What different attitudes are there in the USA to do with race? In which states are the contrasts evident?**

Answer 6

Southern states were pro-slavery during the Civil War an the north east was anti-slavery so the south had high racial tension

Question 7

What differences were there between the northern states and the southern states?**

Answer 7

The north had moved away from farming to industry whereas the south maintained a large farming economy based on slave labour

Question 8

What were the Southern states called?**

Answer 8

The Confederate States of America

Question 9

Who won the Civil War?**

Answer 9

The north

Question 10

What is the central and most important part of the US political and legal system?**

Answer 10

The constitution

Question 11

What sorts of things are outlined in the constitution?**

Answer 11

The fundamental citizens’ rights, sets out the government’s basic operating procedures, and establishes the authority of the federal government

Question 12

What are the three branches of the central federal government?**

Answer 12

The Executive (president), the Legislative (congress) and the Judicial (supreme court)

Question 13

What is federalism?**

Answer 13

The division of government between the national, state and local levels

Question 14

What is the role of the Legislative branch of the federal government?**

Answer 14

Law making- made of the House of Representatives and the senate

Question 15

What is the role of the Judicial branch of the federal government?**

Answer 15

Being the final judge in all cases involving laws of congress- the supreme court

Question 16

What is the role of the Executive branch of the federal government?

Answer 16

Putting into place the laws created by congress- the President

Question 17

What are the two main political parties called?

Answer 17

The Republican party and Democratic party

Question 18

What are some beliefs of the Republican party?

Answer 18

It stands for business, small government and low taxation

Question 19

Where does support for the Republicans tend to come from?

Answer 19

White, Christian, rural or wealthy backgrounds

Question 20

What are some of the main belies of the Democrats? How are they different to those of the Republicans?

Answer 20

Rights for minorities, bigger role of government, workers’ rights

Question 21

Where does support for the Democrats tend to come from?

Answer 21

Working class, urban

Question 22

What is another word for economic boom?

Answer 22

Prosperity

Question 23

What happens to industry during an economic boom?

Answer 23

High production

Question 24

What does an economic boom mean for the people of the country?

Answer 24

High employment and therefore earning more money so they buy even more

Question 25

What is another word for an economic bust?

Answer 25

Depression

Question 26

What happens to industry during an economic bust?

Answer 26

Very low production

Question 27

What does an economic bust mean for the people of the country?

Answer 27

Homelessness, hunger and poor living standards

Question 28

What have the different attitudes towards slavery been and where were they expressed?

Answer 28

The southern states endorsed slavery whereas the northern states opposed it

Question 29

What did segregation mean?

Answer 29

Black and white Americans were separated in society

Question 30

Who are the NAACP? What have they done?

Answer 30

The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People. They won major legal cases in education and in desegregation

Question 31

What did the 1830 Indian Removal Act do?

Answer 31

Kicked native tribes off their rich farmland and moved them onto land which was dry and poor

Question 32

How were Native Americans viewed by the British Empire?

Answer 32

As “savages”

Question 33

What did the 1851 Indian Appropriations Act do?

Answer 33

Designated bits of land that native Americans could not leave (Reservations)

Question 34

What did the Dawes Severalty Act in 1887 do?

Answer 34

Gave the President the right to divide up the reservation land and give it to individuals rather than whole tribes

Question 35

What attitude was demonstrated by the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act?

Answer 35

An improving attitude

Question 36

Which empire do Hispanic Americans trace their roots to?

Answer 36

The Spanish Empire

Question 37

Which states were predominantly where Hispanic Americans originated?

Answer 37

Texas and California

Question 38

Give examples of how Hispanic Americans have been treated since the 1840s

Answer 38

Lynchings, segregation, and mass deportation