Focus Points
• On what factors was the economic boom based?
• Why did some industries prosper while others did not?
• Why did agriculture not share in the prosperity?
• Did all Americans benefit from the boom?
Focus Points
• What were the ‘Roaring Twenties’?
• How widespread was intolerance in US society?
• Why was Prohibition introduced, and then later repealed?
• How far did the roles of women change during the 1920s?
• How far did the character of the New Deal change after 1933?
• Why did the New Deal encounter opposition?
• Why did unemployment persist despite the New Deal?
• Did the fact that the New Deal did not solve unemployment mean that it was a failure?
The Jazz Age
Table of Contents
1A. How did America React to WWI?
1B. How did Policies of the American Government encourage Isolationism?
*Isolationism (Podcast)
**1C. How far did the US economy boom in the 1920s?**
Focus Points• On what factors was the economic boom based?
• Why did some industries prosper while others did not?
• Why did agriculture not share in the prosperity?
• Did all Americans benefit from the boom?
What Caused the Boom? (Podcast)
**2 How far did US society change in the 1920s?**
Focus Points• What were the ‘Roaring Twenties’?
• How widespread was intolerance in US society?
• Why was Prohibition introduced, and then later repealed?
• How far did the roles of women change during the 1920s?
Life and Change in the 1920s (Podcast)
**3 What were the causes and consequences of the Wall Street Crash?**
Why did the USA fall into a Depression?
Focus Points
• How far was speculation responsible for the Wall Street Crash?
Stock Market Game Number 2
Why did the Wall Street Crash in 1929? on Prezi
• What impact did the Crash have on the economy?
• What were the social consequences of the Crash?
Wall Street Crash and Depression (Podcast)
• Why did Roosevelt win the election of 1932?
Rare Great Depression Color Photographs
Why did Roosevelt win? (Podcast)
**4 How successful was the New Deal?**
Focus Points• What was the New Deal as introduced in 1933?
• How far did the character of the New Deal change after 1933?
• Why did the New Deal encounter opposition?
• Why did unemployment persist despite the New Deal?
• Did the fact that the New Deal did not solve unemployment mean that it was a failure?
The Impact of the New Deal (Podcast)
5 Revision
USA 1919-1941Stock Market Game Number 1
New Deal Game
**Fling the Teacher Challenge**
**"Hot Potatoes" Self-Marking Quizzes**
Election 1932 Game
Mr. Brophy's US history Site