OCR GCSE History A · J410

The Roaring Twenties

What you need to know

Analyze the US economy in the 1920s, including Republican policies and ideology.
Identify which industries and social groups experienced prosperity and which did not.
Evaluate the status of women, including rights movements and the Sheppard-Towner Act.
Explain the causes, implementation, and failure of prohibition.
Assess prejudice and discrimination, including Jim Crow Laws, the KKK, and the Red Scare.
Discuss restrictions on immigration and attempts to combat prejudice (NAACP, UNIA).