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USA 1910-29 Depth Study
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Revision Booklet
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Introduction This booklet will seriously help you to prepare brilliantly for the summer exams! You should complete as many practice questions as you can using the following process: Revise a unit from this booklet (make sure to do this in an ACTIVE way e.g make revision cards/ spider diagrams/test yourself) Look carefully at the guidance on how to answer the exam questions at the back of this booklet Choose a question on the unit from the practice questions booklet and write your practice answer to it (in timed conditions without your revision notes) Remember to use the sample writing frames and sentence starters from the guidance at the end of this booklet if you are unsure how to structure it Mark it using the mark scheme and give it to your teacher to look at
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Unit 1: What were the main Political and Social challenges facing the American people during this period? Key topic questions:
What was the problem of immigration 1910-29? What was the problem created by communism? What were the racial problems 1910-29? What were the religious problems 1910-29?
- What was Prohibition, why was it introduced and why did it fail? - What was the ‘Era’ of the Gangsters? - What was the extent of Government Corruption?
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What was the problem of immigration 1910-1929?
What was the ‘Open Door Policy’?
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USA is a multicultural and multiracial society This is a result of a successive wave of immigrants who mainly came from Europe Over 40 million by 1919 A melting pot of different races, cultures, religions and languages Encouraged by the US government who wanted to populate the continent Entry into the country was made as easy as possible
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(A) Why did people want to emigrate to America?
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Space America had plenty of farm land and growing cities Economic Opportunity American Industry and business
Paper 1
Revision Booklet
Name................ Class.....................
1
Introduction This booklet will seriously help you to prepare brilliantly for the summer exams! You should complete as many practice questions as you can using the following process: Revise a unit from this booklet (make sure to do this in an ACTIVE way e.g make revision cards/ spider diagrams/test yourself) Look carefully at the guidance on how to answer the exam questions at the back of this booklet Choose a question on the unit from the practice questions booklet and write your practice answer to it (in timed conditions without your revision notes) Remember to use the sample writing frames and sentence starters from the guidance at the end of this booklet if you are unsure how to structure it Mark it using the mark scheme and give it to your teacher to look at
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Unit 1: What were the main Political and Social challenges facing the American people during this period? Key topic questions:
What was the problem of immigration 1910-29? What was the problem created by communism? What were the racial problems 1910-29? What were the religious problems 1910-29?
- What was Prohibition, why was it introduced and why did it fail? - What was the ‘Era’ of the Gangsters? - What was the extent of Government Corruption?
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What was the problem of immigration 1910-1929?
What was the ‘Open Door Policy’?
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USA is a multicultural and multiracial society This is a result of a successive wave of immigrants who mainly came from Europe Over 40 million by 1919 A melting pot of different races, cultures, religions and languages Encouraged by the US government who wanted to populate the continent Entry into the country was made as easy as possible
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(A) Why did people want to emigrate to America?
PULL FACTORS
PUSH FACTORS
PULL
Space America had plenty of farm land and growing cities Economic Opportunity American Industry and business