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The USA, c1920–55: Boom, Bust and Recovery

The New Deal, the war and ethnic minorities

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Recall questions on the Indian Reorganisation Act, the uneven treatment of black Americans, the Bracero programme, Japanese American internment, and minority war service.

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What was the Indian Reorganisation Act of 1934?

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What were the race riots of 1943?

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What was the 'Double V' campaign?

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  1. 1

    What was the Indian Reorganisation Act of 1934?

    Model answer

    A law restoring some tribal self-government and land rights to Native Americans.

  2. 2

    How did the New Deal treat black Americans?

    Model answer

    They benefited from relief programmes but continued to face discrimination within them.

  3. 3

    What were the race riots of 1943?

    Model answer

    Outbreaks of racial violence, notably in Detroit, amid wartime tensions.

  4. 4

    What was the 'Double V' campaign?

    Model answer

    A black American campaign for victory against fascism abroad and against racism at home.

  5. 5

    What was Mexican repatriation in the 1930s?

    Model answer

    The removal of hundreds of thousands of Mexicans and Mexican Americans, many of them US citizens, by deportation and pressure from local authorities during the Depression.

  6. 6

    How did New Deal agencies treat black Americans?

    Model answer

    Unevenly: CCC camps were segregated, agricultural policy displaced black tenant farmers, but relief reached many and Roosevelt appointed a black cabinet of advisers.

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