Exam Skills: America 1920-1973 (AQA GCSE History: The Period Study (Paper 1: Section A)): Exam Questions

Which of the following was the more important reason why the American economy improved after the Depression:

• New Deal policies

• the Second World War?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.

Which of the following brought more change to American society after 1950:

• campaigns for civil rights and equality

• the actions of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.

Which of the following had more impact on the effects of the Depression in America:

• the actions of President Hoover

• the actions of President Roosevelt?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.

Which of the following had more impact on American society in the 1920s:

• prohibition

• immigration?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.

Which of the following had more impact on America in the 1920s:

• economic changes

• social and cultural changes?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.

Which of the following had more impact on the Civil Rights Movement:

• Martin Luther King

• Civil Rights Legislation?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.

Which of the following was more important in changing attitudes towards African Americans between 1945 and 1973:

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Second World War?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.

Which of the following was more important in encouraging anti-immigration attitudes in the 1920s:

• The Red Scare

• The growth of the Ku Klux Klan?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.

Which of the following was the most important reason why there was prosperity in America in the 1950s:

• economic reasons

• war?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.

Which of the following was the most important change to women in the 1920s:

• the flapper lifestyle

• access to employment?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.

Which of the following was the most important reason for changes to lives of young Americans after 1945?

• economic reasons

• cultural reasons?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.