The Causes of Prohibition: 18th Amendment

American People and the Boom 2/2: 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: 01 - Inequalities of Wealth - Industrial Problems within the USA during the 1920s 02 - Inequalities of Wealth - Agricultural Problems within the USA during the 1920s 03 - The Causes of Prohibition within the USA 04 - Was Prohibition more of an 'Ignoble Experiment' 05 - Disorder and Crime - The Notoriety of Al Capone 06 - The Impact and Consequences of Prohibition within the USA 07 - The 21st Amendment 08 - Communism, Vladimir Lenin, Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution 09 - Push and Pull Factors - Causes of Immigration to the USA 10 - The Experiences of Immigrants in 1920s America 11 - The Red Scare and the Palmer Raids 12 - The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti and its Significance 13 - Are Native Americans 'American' 14 - Religious Fundamentalism and The Scopes Trial 15 - Slavery, Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War and the 13th Amendment 16 - Jim Crow and 'Separate but Equal' in 1920s America 17 - The Rise of the KKK within the USA during the 1920s 18 - The Incarceration of the Grand Dragon and the Fall of the KKK 19 - Racial Tension within 1920s America 20 - 1920s America - A Nation of Contrasts The resources that I have created have helped my GCSE History classes achieve and sustain results that far exceed the national average and outcomes for this specific component consistently exceed the national average according to AQA Enhanced Results Analysis: 2024 P8: +0.49 2023 P8: +0.25 2022 P8: +0.87 and +0.33 2021 P8: +1.42 2020 P8: +0.47 2019 P8: +0.57 My average P8 since 2019 is +0.63 and my GCSE History classes consistently attain the most Grade 9s in any subject and/or class at my current school of over 1300 students. I have worked with the examination boards for over 12 years, and I have utilised feedback from students, fellow professionals, experienced colleagues and used my own professional judgement to ensure that each resource will help you to teach quality history lessons so that each student achieves their personal best. I am proud to be recognised as a ‘Gold’ TES Author, a status awarded to top-rated contributors. My 5-star resources, recommended by TES, have been trusted by educators around the world and have been downloaded nearly a million times to help students achieve success. Copyright Protection ©