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AD America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality key terms
Use these key terms for AD America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality in AQA History 8145. The page is built from approved learning objectives for this topic and links back to the wider unit, topic hub, and related revision assets.
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AD America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality
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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.
