Questions for Each Key Feature
NATIONAL STUDIES – OPTION A – UNITED STATES
CONCEPTS AND KEY FEATURES.
2. Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of the USA 1898–1941
• racism
2001 HSC
Question 4 (20 marks)
(a) Account for the development of racism in the USA between 1898 and 1941.
2. Concepts to be studied in relation to the key features of the USA 1898–1941
• industrialisation
2001 HSC
(b) Explain how industrialisation affected America’s society and economy during
the 1920s and 1930s.
3. Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of the USA 1898–1941
• business magnates
2002 HSC
(a) Assess the role of business magnates in the growth of the US economy between 1898 and 1929.
3. Groups to be studied in relation to the key features of the USA 1898–1941
• unionists
2003 HSC
(a) Evaluate the impact of unionists on American society and politics in the period up to the 1930s.
• survey of migration and American westward expansion, ‘manifest destiny’ and the end of the era of the American frontier
-Concepts also for study – democracy, capitalism, nationalism
Unlikely to be examined, therefore, no question
• impact of the American-Spanish war and Theodore Roosevelt’s ‘gunboat’ diplomacy on American expansion
-Concepts also for study – democracy, capitalism, nationalism
Assess the impact of the American-Spanish war and Roosevelts foreign policy on American expansion.
• role of industrial growth, consumerism and migration in the development of
American society and the economy
-Concepts also for study – industrialisation, capitalism
-Groups – business magnates
Evaluate the role of insdustrial groth, consumerism and migration in the development of American society and economy.
• reasons for class divisions in American society and their social and political
implications up to the 1920s
Concepts for study – democracy, nationalism, racism
Groups – Afro-Americans, business magnates, unionists
Account for the reasons of class division in American society up to 1920 with specific reference to the social and political implications of this division.
• changes to race relations during the progressive era of American politics
-Concept for study – racism
-group – Afro Americans, Klu Klux Klan
Discuss the changes to race relations during the Progressive Era (1898-1917) of American politics.
• reasons for the development of isolationism in foreign policy in the 1920s and its domestic implications
- Concept for study – nationalism, democracy
Discuss the development of isolationism in the period 1920-1930.
• growth of social conservatism, anti-communism and changes to welfare policies
during the 1920s and 1930s
-Concept for Study – nationalism, democracy
Assess the role of growing conservatism and anti-communism in US Society during the 1920’s.
• growth of racial tension and violence and its impact on the North and South of the USA
Concept for study- racism
Group – Afro-Americans, Klu Klux Klan
Explain the growth of racial tensions and violence in the North and South from 1941 to 1931.
• implications of the Jazz Age for women and men
-Concept- industrialisation, capitalism
Group – artists and entertainers, Afro Americans, business magnates
Evaluate the impact of the Jazz Age on American Society.
• the prohibition era and its impact on American society, especially in relation to
the growing influence of gangsters
-Concept for study – industrialisation, democracy, capitalism
groups – everyone?!
Assess the impact of prohibition on American society from 1920 to 1933.
• the role and importance of Hollywood and the Americanisation of global culture
-Concept for study – nationalism, industrialisation
-group – artists and entertainers
2002 HSC
(b) Explain the growing importance of Hollywood and the entertainment industry in American culture from the 1920s to 1941.
• the aims and application of the first and second New Deals
-concepts – industrialisation, capitalism, democracy
- groups – business magnates, unionists.
Catholic Trial 2001
Evaluate the extent of economic recovery in the period 1933 to 1941.
• the effectiveness of the New Deal policies and opposition to them up to 1941
-concepts – industrialisation, capitalism, democracy
- groups – business magnates, unionists.
2003 HSC
(b) Discuss the effectiveness of New Deal policies in dealing with the problems
faced by American capitalism in the period 1929–1941.
