history USA depth study

• What does the key in the study guide help you establish?

  It helps understand icons, highlighted words, and page references
• What do WHAT questions cover in the study guide?

  Key events and themes
• What do WHO questions cover in the study guide?

  Key people involved
• What do WHEN questions cover in the study guide?

  Timings of key events
• What do WHERE questions cover in the study guide?

  Locations of key moments
• What do WHY questions cover in the study guide?

  Reasons behind key events
• What do HOW questions focus on in the study guide?

  The way events and trends occur
• What do IMPORTANCE questions examine in the study guide?

  Significance of events and trends
• What do DECISIONS questions analyze in the study guide?

  Choices made during events
• What does the term "Abdicate" refer to in the study guide?

  Highlighted words needing glossary explanation
• What does "Tudor (p.7)" indicate in the study guide?

  Subject covered in depth on another page
• What is the focus of the course "The USA, 1918 to 1941"?

  Changes in American society, economy, and politics
• What does the course allow students to understand?

  The nature and extent of economic change
• What are the key features of the time period covered in the course?

  Economic boom, Wall Street Crash, and New Deal
• What are the main enquiries of the course?

  • Economic boom in the 1920s
  • Social tension and division in the 1920s
  • Economic depression from 1929 to 1933
  • Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal
  • Opposition to the New Deal
• Who are the key individuals covered in the course?

  • Henry Ford
  • Warren Harding
  • Calvin Coolidge
  • Alexander Palmer
  • Johnny Scopes, Clarence Darrow, William J Bryan
  • Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
  • Al Capone
  • Herbert Hoover
  • Franklin D Roosevelt
  • Huey Long
  • Father Coughlin
• How is the unit assessed in the course?

  On Paper 2 Section B with three questions
• What does Question (a) in the assessment require?

  Explain two differences or similarities
• What does Question (b) in the assessment require?

  Explain two causes or consequences of an event
• What does Question (c) in the assessment require?

  Make a judgement about a historical statement
• What is the timeline of the USA from 1918 to 1941?

  Key events from entry into WWI to WWII
• What was the size of the USA in 1918?

  9 million square miles
• What was the population of the USA in 1918?

  About 109 million people
• Who were the main groups living in America in 1918?

  Europeans, Latin Americans, Asians, African-Americans, WASPs, Native Americans
• What groups experienced prejudice in America in 1918?

  Minority groups including African-Americans
• When did slavery end in America?

  After the American Civil War, in 1865
• What natural resources did America have in 1918?

  Timber, coal, iron, gold, silver, oil, farmland
• What was the role of the constitution in the American government?

  Defines how America is run
• How is the American constitution amended?

  Two-thirds majority in Congress and state approval
• What does unconstitutional mean?

  Breaking the laws of the constitution
• What were the powers of the federal government in 1918?

  Foreign policy, war, trade, currency
• How was the American government structured?

  Divided into executive, legislature, and judiciary
• What was the role of the president in the American government?

  Suggested laws and ran foreign policy
• What was Congress responsible for in the American government?

  Passed laws and agreed taxes
• What was the role of the Supreme Court?

  Interpreted laws and the constitution
• What checks and balances exist in the American government?

  Prevent any group from having too much power
• What were the two main political parties in America by 1918?

  Republicans and Democrats
• How do state governments work within the American government?

  Divided into executive, legislature, and judicial branches
• Who heads the executive branch in state governments?

  A governor elected by the people
• What does the state legislature usually consist of?

  Two houses: Senate and House of Representatives