AMERICA IN THE 20´s

1-.Account for these terms used to refer to the period:

“The Jazz Age”

“The Age of Excess”
“The Roaring Twenties”

2- Give examples that show how the USA ´s economy was flourishing in the 20s. What
were the reasons for the boom?

3- Did everyone share in his period of prosperity? Explain your answer.

4- How did the lives of women change in the 20s? Give examples of the limitations of these
changes.

5- What was the real purpose of the quota system for immigration?

6-Was there complete freedom of expression? Give examples.

PROHIBITION. BLACK AMERICANS IN THE 20´s. NATIVE AMERICANS.

1- What arguments were put forward in favour of Prohibition?

2 – Describe some of the consequences of the “noble experiment” and why it was a failure

3- What’s the meaning of “segregation”? How is it different from discrimination”?

4- How did segregation lead to inequality?

5- Why did white Americans support segregation?

6- What were the main purposes of the Ku-Klux- Klan?

7- Why were they able to get away with crimes against people in some states?

8- Explain some of the reasons why the Federal Government failed to take action against
segregation and discrimination.

9- Can you give examples of some ways in which the lives of black Americans improved in
spite of all the difficulties they had to face? Mention some of the people or groups who
fought for the rights of Blacks in this period

10-Refer to:-how Native Americans suffered from discrimination

-how some government measures started to try and improve their lives
ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW DEAL

1- How was Roosevelt`s idea of government different from that of Hoover?

2- Name three alphabet laws and explain how each of them was designed to help

people in the USA?

3- How far was the action taken by Roosevelt similar to that taken by a) Hoover b) the

National government in Britain?

4- Make a list of objections to Roosevelt`s policies. Then discuss what, in your

opinion, would be its successes and failures

BRITAIN BETWEEN THE WARS

1-How did the situation of women change during and after WWI?

2- Who was Marie Stopes and how did she work to help women?

3- Refer to some of the criticisms she had to face.

4- How was the economic situation difficult in the 20s? Why?

5- Read about Britain in the 20s and 30s. ( Key Themes of the Twentieth Century).-Do the

activities on page 45, activities 1,2 and 3 from page 47 activity 2 from page 49 and the

activities on page 51.