USA 1919–1941
MOD-USA is worth about 25 marks out of 100 in recent HSC Modern History papers. Practise 15 exam-style questions (multiple choice, short answer) with instant marking and a worked solution for every question.
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The post-war USA and the 1920s, the Great Depression and the New Deal, US society 1919–1941 and its tensions, and US foreign policy from isolationism to war, with how to write the 25-mark National Studies essay.
- 1What you need to know
- 2After World War I
- 3The 1920s: Republican government and the consumer economy
- 4Social tensions of the 1920s
- 5The Great Depression
- 6Roosevelt and the New Deal
- 7Mobilisation and war production, 1939–1941
- 8Foreign policy, 1919–1941
- 9Planning a 25-mark essay
- 10Common mistakes
- 11Exam tips
- 12Links to other topics
Example questions
Example 1 · 1 mark · multiple choice
The Palmer Raids of 1919–1920 were directed mainly against
- AKu Klux Klan members accused of lynchings
- Bsuspected radicals, especially recent immigrants
- Ccorrupt officials in President Harding's administration
- Dbootleggers who broke the new Prohibition laws
Example 2 · 1 mark · multiple choice
What was the main purpose of the Immigration Act of 1924?
- ATo encourage skilled workers from all countries to settle in the USA
- BTo end immigration from Mexico and Latin America
- CTo allow refugees fleeing the Russian Civil War to enter without limits
- DTo restrict southern and eastern Europeans and exclude Asians
Example 3 · 1 mark · multiple choice
Why did Franklin Roosevelt propose in 1937 to add up to six new justices to the Supreme Court?
- AThe Court had struck down key New Deal laws
- BHe wanted the Court to represent every region of the country
- CRepublicans in Congress had refused to confirm any of his appointments
- DThe Court had ruled that he could not run for a third term
Answers and worked solutions appear when you practise these questions.
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