The US economy boomed greatly in the 1920s based on expansion following World War 1 and mass production. Some industries like manufacturing prospered while agriculture declined. Not all Americans benefited from the economic growth as inequality persisted. The Wall Street crash of 1929 had major economic and social consequences across the US. It devastated the economy and led many Americans into poverty. President Roosevelt implemented the New Deal in response, which established programs to provide relief, reform, and recovery. However, the New Deal faced opposition and did not fully solve unemployment, though it did make changes that benefited many Americans.

1. KeyQuestion SubQuestions Example content RAG Action
How far didthe US
economyboominthe
1920’s?
- On whatwas the boombased?
- Why didsome industries
prosperand notothers?
- Why didagriculture notshare in
the boom?
- Didall Americansbenefitfrom
the boom?
The impact of the FirstWorldWar; the expansionof
the US economyduringthe 1920s; mass
Productionthe developmentandimpactof credit,
increase instandardof living;the declineof
agriculture;weaknessinthe economybythe late
1920s.
How far wasthe US a free
and equal societyinthe
1920’s?
- How widespreadwasracial
intolerance inUSsociety?
- What were the ‘Roaring
Twenties’?
- Why wasprohibitionintroduced,
and thenlaterrepealed?
- How far didthe rolesof women
change duringthe 1920s?
Changingattitudesinthe 1920s; race relationsand
discriminationagainstAfricanAmericans;the KuKlux
Klan;the ‘RoaringTwenties’;filmandothermedia;
the Red
Scare; the case of Sacco and Vanzetti;prohibitionand
reasonsforits repeal in1934; gangsterismand
corruption;change and continuityinthe rolesof
women.
What were the causesand
consequencesof the Wall
StreetCrash?
- What impactdidthe Crashhave
on the economy?
- What were the social
consequencesof the Crash?
- Why didRooseveltwin the
electionof 1932?
The Wall StreetCrashand itsfinancial effects;the
economicandsocial effectsforAmericansinurban
areas andin the countryside;the reactionof President
Hooverto the Crash and the Depression;the Bonus
Marchers and ‘Hoovervilles’;the Presidential election
of 1932; Hoover’sandRoosevelt’sprogrammes;
reasonswhyRooseveltwon;the contrastbetween
Roosevelt’sandHoover’sviewsof the role of
government.
How successful wasthe
NewDeal?
- Why didthe NewDeal
encounteropposition?
- Didall Americansbenefitfrom
the NewDeal?
- Didthe fact thatthe NewDeal
didnot solve unemployment
meanthat it wasa failure?
Roosevelt’sHundredDays;the NewDeal legislation;
the ‘alphabet’agenciesandtheirworkandthe
economicandsocial changestheycaused;the Second
NewDeal;the electionof 1936; oppositiontothe New
Deal fromthe Republicans,the rich,business
interests,the SupremeCourtandradical criticslike
HueyLong; the strengthsandweaknessesof the New
Deal programme indealingwithunemploymentand
the Depression;the extentof the impactof the New
Deal on the livesof people andthe American
economy;the impactof the SecondWorldWar on the
Americaneconomy.