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What do sources A and B suggest about the treatment of some black Americans during this period?
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Source A
Source B
A segregated drinking fountain
From an article published in a newspaper for black Americans, 1921
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What do sources A and B suggest about black migration to the north in the 1920s? (4 marks)
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Source B
Urban black population, 1920 - 1930
From an article published in a newspaper for black Americans, 1921
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What do sources A and B suggest about attitudes to immigration during this period? (4 marks)
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Describe the treatment of Native Americans during this period.
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Describe how 1919 was a year of particular political extremism.
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Use source C and your own knowledge to explain the effects of the National Origins Act of 1924 (6 marks)
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Use source C and your own knowledge to explain why the KKK were able to operate freely in the 1920s. (6 marks)
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Use source C and your own knowledge to explain why there was opposition to alcohol in the USA. (6 marks)
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Use source C and your own knowledge to explain how gangsters attempted to control local politics. (6 marks)
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Use source C and your own knowledge to explain the racial intolerance that existed in southern states of the USA.
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Why was this cartoon published in 1922?
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A cartoon which appeared in an American newspaper in 1922 showing the Teapot Dome Scandal. One of the figures running away is Albert Fall.
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Why was this interview published in 1928?
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How useful are sources are sources D and E to a historian studying the beliefs of religious fundamentalism?
(8 marks)
Source D
A report on the Monkey Trial in the Baltimore Evening
Sun, July 1925
Source E
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How useful are sources D and E in supporting the view that the gangster era was a time of violence?
(8 marks)
Source D
Poster advertising the
1932 gangster film
Scarface
Source E
The front page of The
Chicago Daily News newspaper carrying the news of the St Valentine’s
Day massacre, 1929
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How useful are sources D and E to a historian studying the Sacco and Vanzetti case?
(8 marks)
Source D
A comment made about Judge Thayer who presided over the original
Sacco and Vanzetti case. It was made in 1930 by Felix Frankfurter, a lawyer who campaigned for a retrial, and who wrote a book who criticised the original trial.
Source E
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Demonstrators in Boston in 1925 in support of Sacco and Vanzetti

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Historians have made different interpretations about Prohibition in
1920s America.
One interpretation is that the banning of alcohol was not widely supported by the American people.
How far do you agree with this interpretation?
In your answer, you should use the evidence below and your own knowledge of how and why there are different interpretations of the Prohibition era.
(10 marks)
Evidence 1
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How far do the actions of the KKK best highlight the political and social challenges that were present in America during this period?
(12 marks)
In your answer you should discuss the various evidence that reflects the social and political challenges in America at this time, including the actions of the KKK
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What do sources A and B suggest about the new consumer society that emerged in 1920s America? (4 marks)
Source A
The inside of Bloomingdales, a large chain store in New York
Source B
Sales staff of the 1920s with early models of domestic appliances now familiar to us all. Making and marketing these goods provided
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What do sources A and B suggest about the impact of the automobile to the Americans living in rural areas? (4 marks)
Source A
Source B
A farmer’s wife in 1918 writing to Henry Ford
Alistair Cooke, America, 1973
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What do sources A and B suggest about the immediate effects of the Wall Street Crash? (4 marks)
Source A
“A cigar stock at the time (1929) was selling for $115 a share. The market collapsed. The $115 stock dropped to 42 and the company president jumped out of the window of his Wall Street office.”
From an interview given by Arthur Robertson, a young businessman at the time of the crash.
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Wall Street on Thursday, 24 October. A crowd began to form outside the Stock Exchange and police arrived to keep order.
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What do sources A and B suggest about the fortunes of farmers during the 1920s?
(4 marks)
Source A
Farm income in billions of dollars
Source B
A cartoon commenting on the farmers’ situation in the 1920s
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Describe how WWI impacted on the US economy. (4 marks)
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Describe the groups in American society that did not benefit from
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Describe the developments in Transport and Construction in the
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Why was this published?
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Daniel Snowman, USA, the Twenties to Vietnam, 1968
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Use source C and your own knowledge to explain the development of the construction and transport during this time.
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Source C
Workers constructing the Empire State Building.
Announced in 1929, it was to be the tallest building in the world.
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Use source C and your own knowledge to explain the positive knock-on effects of the assembly line in 1920s America.
(6 marks)
Source C
The rise of the car, showing a dramatic increase in just ten years.
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How useful are sources are sources D and E to a historian studying why car ownership grew so rapidly in the 1920s?
(8 marks)
Source D
The Ford assembly line in operation
Source E
“It is better to sell a large number of cars at a reasonable small margin than to sell fewer cars at a larger margin of profit. I hold this because it enables a large number of people to buy and enjoy the use of a car and because it gives a large number of men employment at good wages.”
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Were the policies of the Republican governments of the 1920s the most important reason for the economic boom in the USA?
(12 marks)
In your answer you should discuss the various causes of the economic boom, including the policies of Republican presidents.
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Was long-term overproduction in industry the main reason for the
Wall Street Crash?
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Street Crash, including the long-term overproduction in industry.
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Describe the impact of the motor car on the rise of popular leisure activities in 1920s America.
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Describe the growth of the film industry in America between 1910 and 1930.
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Describe the impact of the radio on the USA in the 1920s.
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Describe the opposition to the Flapper movement
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What do sources A and B suggest about the popularity of baseball during this period?
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Source A
Source B
A baseball game as a stadium in New York, 1927
Babe Ruth, 1924
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What do sources A and B suggest about the evolution in women’s fashion during the early part of 20 th century America?
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Source A
Source B
A school teacher in 1905
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What do sources A and B suggest about the changing attitude of some women in America during the 1920s? (4 marks)
Source A
Women in Chicago being arrested for wearing banned bathing suits that were viewed as too revealing and figure hugging, 1921.
Source B
Two flappers on motor cycles, 1926
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Use source C and your own knowledge to explain the importance of movie stars in aiding the growth of the cinema?
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Source C
International film star Charlie Chaplin, starring in the 1921 motion picture The Kid.
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Why was this advertisement published in 1925? (6 marks)
An advertisement for the movie Alimony, 1925
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How useful are sources are sources D and E to a historian learning about the emergence of new styles of music and dance in 1920s
America? (8 marks)
Source D
Rev. Burke Culpepper, preaching at a Methodist Church in 1925
Source E
Dancing the Charleston in Broadway.
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How useful are sources are sources D and E in suggesting this period was not a time of great positive change for all American women?
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Source D
J.T. Patterson, America in the Twentieth Century, 1999
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American women in rural areas continuing to play traditional
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Historians have made different interpretations about the changing status of women in 1920s America.
One interpretation is that the this decade was a time of great change for American women.
How far do you agree with this interpretation?
In your answer, you should use the evidence below and your own knowledge of how and why there are different interpretations of about the extent of change for women in 1920s America.
(10 marks)
Evidence 1
From an article in the New York Times in 1922, written by a flapper.
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Evidence 2
“Girls aren’t so modest nowadays; they dress differently.”
“It’s the girls’ clothing; we can’t keep our boys decent when girls dress that way”
“Girls are far more aggressive today. They call the boys up to try to make dates with them. I would never have done that when I was a girl!”
Comments made by middle and working class mothers about their daughters, 1920s
Evidence 3
A historian exploring the changing status of women in the 1920s,
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Was jazz the most important development in culture and society in this period? (12marks)
In your answer you should discuss the various influences on the social and cultural environment during this time, including the role of jazz.
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