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This is the thread to post your essay questions on the USA national studies so that we can accumulate a useful database.

Unfortunately I can't find any previously posted questions, so the people studying USA will have to create this thread from scratch!

So post up any essay topics you have gotten for this elective.
 

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Question 4 (20 marks)
(a) Account for the development of racism in the USA between 1898 and 1941.
OR
(b) Explain how industrialisation affected America’s society and economy during
the 1920s and 1930s.

2002 HSC

Question 4 (20 marks)
(a) Assess the role of business magnates in the growth of the US economy between
1898 and 1929.
OR
(b) Explain the growing importance of Hollywood and the entertainment industry in
American culture from the 1920s to 1941.

2003 HSC

Question 4 (20 marks)
(a) Evaluate the impact of unionists on American society and politics in the period
up to the 1930s.
OR
(b) Discuss the effectiveness of New Deal policies in dealing with the problems
faced by American capitalism in the period 1929–1941.

if anyone has the catholic/independent trial questions that would be great...

i'll try and dig up a few more from school...
 

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Did some cleaning and found these:

(Taken from School Assessment)
"To what extent had the situation for Afro-Americans improved between 1898 and 1930?"

(Taken from 2002 CSSA Trial)
"Explain the impact of New Deal policies on individual rights and freedom in the 1930s"
"Account for the different social divisions in American society in the 1920s"
 

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Catholic Trial 2001

Assess the extent of change in American society from the end of World War One to the outbreak of depression

Evaluate the extent of economic recovery in the period 1933 to 1941

Abbotsleigh Trial HSC 2001

Assess the significance of social and economic change in America between 1898 and 1941

Assess the extent to which the federal government was successful in changing race relations in America in the period 1898- 1941.

Roseville College Trial HSC 2001

Assess the significance of social change in the period 1920 - 1929

Assess the extent that migration resulted in the change in race relations and the growth of racial tension in the USA from 1900 to 1929


Random questions...

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.

Discuss the changes to race relations during the Progressive Era (1898-1917) of American politics.

Discuss the development of isolationism in the period 1920-1930

Assess the role of growing conservatism and anti-communism in US Society during the 1920’s

Explain the growth of racial tensions and violence in the North and South from 1941 to 1931.

Assess the impact of prohibition on American society from 1920 to 1933.

thats all i got for now.
 

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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.
 
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analyse the impact govt policy had on the growth of racism in US society
 

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braindrainedAsh said:
This is the thread to post your essay questions on the USA national studies so that we can accumulate a useful database.

Unfortunately I can't find any previously posted questions, so the people studying USA will have to create this thread from scratch!

So post up any essay topics you have gotten for this elective.
explain why racial tension resulted from changes in American society in the perioid up to the end of the 1920s.
 

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from the 2006 HSC speciman paper (so these def wont be HSC questions but are good for trials!)

- assess the impact of industrialisation on American society in th 1920s and 1930s

- evaluate the view that Roosevelts New Deal successfully dealt with the problems created by the Great Depression in the period 1929-1941
 

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Just about to do those 2006 specimen questions for some "study". Apparently our history teacher left out 3 or so dot points we were supposed to learn, and only realised it in the last week of school...sry felt like venting some anguish. I'll post up some info on the answers to such questions when i get around to it. I'm not used to using holidays to study, crap.

-Jared
 

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What are likely questions this year, probably one on society? and possibly new deal from the Great Depression dot point - or something within the Politics of the 1920s and the Stock Market Collapse?
 

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i have been telling my students that Foreign Policy hasnt been asked for a while. I would suggest that Foreign Policy is a strong chance (but just a hunch !!)
 

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