This memory aid covers Memory Aid: The CRICK Framework within Intolerance and Prejudice for GCSE History. Revise Intolerance and Prejudice in America 1920-1973 for GCSE History with 12 exam-style questions and 16 flashcards. This topic shows up very often in GCSE exams, so students should be able to explain it clearly, not just recognise the term. It is section 11 of 14 in this topic. Use it for quick recall, then test yourself straight afterwards so the memory aid becomes usable in an answer.
🧠 Memory Aid: The CRICK Framework
Remember the targets of 1920s intolerance with CRICK:
- C — Communists (Red Scare, Palmer Raids, 1919-20)
- R — Radicals and anarchists (Sacco and Vanzetti, 1920-27)
- I — Immigrants (National Origins Act, 1924; Italian immigration 200,000 → 4,000/year)
- C — Catholics and Jews (KKK targeting "foreign" religions)
- K — KKK victims — Black Americans, anyone "un-American"
Key statistics to memorise:
- 4-6 million KKK members at peak (1925)
- 6,000+ arrested in Palmer Raids (1919-20)
- 200,000 → 4,000 Italian immigrants per year after 1924 Act
- 1927 — Sacco and Vanzetti executed; 1977 — exonerated
Why did the KKK decline? Remember SHAME — David Stephenson's crime (rape and murder conviction, 1925) revealed Hypocrisy, ended Appeal, crushed Membership, Exposed the Klan's true character.
Practice questions for Intolerance and Prejudice
Who led the government raids on suspected communists and radicals in 1919-1920 that resulted in over 6,000 arrests?
By 1925, approximately how many members did the Ku Klux Klan have at its peak?