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AD America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality key terms

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AD America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality

AQAGCSEHistoryPaper 1 Section A: Period studies

Key terms

  • hire purchase

    hire purchase is a History term for this objective because it helps explain the Boom, including benefits, advertising, consumer society, hire purchase, mass production, Ford,...

  • Boom

    In Part one: American people and the Boom, Boom should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • flappers

    flappers is a History term for this objective because it helps explain social and cultural developments, including cinema, jazz and the position of women in society including...

  • flappers

    In Part one: American people and the Boom, flappers should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • prohibition

    prohibition is a History term for this objective because it helps explain divided society, including organised crime, prohibition, racial tension, immigrant experiences,...

  • Ku Klux Klan

    In Part one: American people and the Boom, Ku Klux Klan should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Depression

    Depression is a History term for this objective because it helps explain American society during the Depression, including unemployment, farmers, businessmen, Hoover's...

  • Hoover

    In Part two: Bust: Americans' experiences of the Depression and New Deal, Hoover should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Roosevelt

    Roosevelt is a History term for this objective because it helps explain the effectiveness of the New Deal on different groups, including successes, limitations, opposition from...

  • New Deal

    In Part two: Bust: Americans' experiences of the Depression and New Deal, New Deal should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Lend Lease

    Lend Lease is a History term for this objective because it helps explain the impact of the Second World War, including America's economic recovery, Lend Lease, exports and...

  • African-Americans

    In Part two: Bust: Americans' experiences of the Depression and New Deal, African-Americans should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • McCarthyism

    McCarthyism is a History term for this objective because it helps explain post-war American society and economy, including consumerism, causes of prosperity, the American...

  • American Dream

    In Part three: Post-war America, American Dream should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Black Power

    Black Power is a History term for this objective because it helps explain racial tension and Civil Rights campaigns in the 1950s and 1960s, including segregation laws, Martin...

  • Civil Rights

    In Part three: Post-war America, Civil Rights should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

  • Great Society

    Great Society is a History term for this objective because it helps explain America and the Great Society, including Kennedy and Johnson's social policies on poverty, education...

  • Roe v Wade

    In Part three: Post-war America, Roe v Wade should be used with evidence and chronology, not as a vague label.

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