American People and the Boom 1/2: America, 1920–1973 - Opportunity and Inequality

America, 1920–1973 - Opportunity and Inequality - American People and the Boom. The resources are suitable for AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC GCSE History and iGCSE History.

• The ‘Boom’: benefits, advertising and the consumer society; hire purchase; mass production, including Ford and the motor industry; inequalities of wealth; Republican government policies; stock market boom.
• Social and cultural developments: entertainment, including cinema and jazz; the position of women in society, including flappers.
• Divided society: organised crime, prohibition and their impact on society; the causes of racial tension, the experiences of immigrants and the impact of immigration; the Ku Klux Klan; the Red Scare and the significance of the Sacco and Vanzetti case.

Please note that due to the number of resources, this is one half of the unit. You can purchase the other half of this unit and other sections separately. Included within this bundle are the following complete lessons, revision guide and assessment:

01 - The History of the USA Founding Fathers, Thanksgiving and Pilgrims
02 - The Political and Legal Framework of the United States of America
03 - Democrats and Republicans - The Politics of the United States of America
04 - The Geo-Political, Natural and Social Landscape of the United States of America
05 - The Impact of World War One on the American, British, German, French and Russian Economies
06 - Isolationism - Republican Presidents and Policies Post-World War One
07 - Henry Ford’s Pioneering use of Mass Production within the USA
08 - Stocks, Shares and Credit - American Consumerism during the 1920s
09 - ‘The Boom’ - The Cycle of Prosperity
10 - An Explosion of American Sports
11 - The Birth of the ‘Golden Age’ of Hollywood
12 - 1920s Celebrity Culture
13 - Radio, the ‘Jazz Age’ and the Harlem Renaissance
14 - 19th Amendment, Suffrage and Women’s Rights in Twentieth Century America
15 - The Age of the Flapper
16 - The Transformation of Women in Twentieth Century America
17 - The Roaring 20s
18 - Did Dreams Come True in 1920s Florida
19 - American People and the Boom: Assessment
20 - American People and the Boom: Revision Guide

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