members of the Ku Klux Klan were known as Klansmen

supremacy refers to a situation where one thing is considered better than another

minorities are small groups of people within a country who differ from the main population in race, religion, culture or language; in the USA this included African Americans and recent immigrants

Racial tension in early 20th century America

History

This contextualises a study of the Great Depression

Pupils know that the USA was founded by European settlers

USA boom years: how did the 'boom' affect the American people?

Discriminatory behaviour or images, whether on the grounds of race, gender, disability, religion or belief or sexual orientation, or otherwise.

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

poor area of a city where people of a particular race or religion live

small groups of people who differ from the main population 

to separate groups of people based on things like their race

situation where one thing is considered better than another

Match each of the keywords with the correct definitions.

Which of the following groups were seen as 'pure Americans' by the KKK?

Write the missing word. A race {{}} occurred in Chicago in 1919.

How many members did the KKK have by 1925?

Police forces and courts in the South treated African Americans severly.

Racial tension led to increasing lawlessness in the South.

White violence against African Americans often went unpunished.

59 African Americans were lynched in 1921 and 68 people were whipped by the Dallas KKK in 1922. Which conclusion in most valid based on these statistics?

African Americans were usually paid lower wages than white workers.

Prejudiced views of African americans and immigrants were widespread.

Some public spaces were unofficially for 'white's only'.

Which example best demonstrates that segregation effectively existed in the North?

Write the missing word. A {{}} is a person who who believes in sharing wealth equally.

Which groups were targeted during the Palmer Raids in 1919 and 1920?

Write the missing word. The {{}} Scare was a period in America lasting into the early 1920s when there was intense fear and paranoia of anarchist and communist threats.

Which of the following groups were often suspected of being anarchists and communists in 1920s America?

Communists take power in Russia following revolution

Mayor of Seattle claims strikers wanted a revolution

Trade union membership in the USA declines

Starting with the earliest, sort the following events into chronological order.

Which example best demonstrates that the Red Scare led to increased racial intolerance in the USA?

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Depiction or discussion of serious crime

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Adult supervision required

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Racial tension in early 20th century America

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.