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The USA 1945–1974
This depth study focuses on the relationship between the people and the state in the USA
from 1945–1974. Learners will need to be familiar with the key issues specified in the introduction to the non-British depth studies on page 14 of the specification. These issues will be assessed.
Post-war challenges in the USA 1945–1954
- Concerns of US government about the influence of Communism in the USA and responses to these concerns, including media campaigns highlighting American values and institutions;
- The Red Scare of the late 1940s, including the role of Herbert Hoover and the Rosenberg case;
- Reaction to the Red Scare;
- The nature of, support for and opposition to McCarthyism;
- The position of African Americans in US society, including the Jim Crow Laws, access to education, voting rights and lack of equality in employment.
Civil Rights in the USA 1954–1964
- The development and achievements of the civil rights movement, including Brown vs. Board of Education 1954;
- Montgomery Bus Boycott 1956; leadership of Martin Luther King in civil rights campaigns;
- Roles of the SNCC, SCLC, NAACP in civil rights campaigns;
- Opposition to the civil rights movement, including illegal organisations and the police and state authorities;
- The contribution of government and official institutions in improving civil rights, including the roles of the Supreme Court in civil rights campaigns;
- The roles of Kennedy and Johnson in civil rights campaigns;
- Reasons for, and impact of, the Civil Rights Act 1964.
Government and dissent c.1964–1974
- Development and impact of African American radical movements and leaders, including Malcolm X and Black Power;
- Impact of civil rights campaigns for Native Americans and Chicanos;
- Development of feminist movements, including Betty Friedan and National Organisation for Women;
- The impact of feminism, including Status Commission 1963, Equal Pay Act, use of Civil Rights Act, the 1972 Supreme Court ruling on equal rights;
- Stonewall riots 1969;
- Political, economic and social divisions in the USA: anti-Vietnam War protests, campaigns to improve welfare of the poor, Johnson’s ‘Great Society’, Nixon’s pledges on welfare.
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This module download also includes the following teaching resources:
- Module 1 Kkk Chart (pdf)
- Module 2 Kkk Information Sheet (pdf)
- Module 2 Kkk Chart (pdf)
- Module 2 Kkk Information Sheet (doc)
- Module 3 Info Hunt (pptx)
- Module 2 Kkk Chart (pptx)
- Module 3 King S Campaign Information (pptx)
- Module 3 Info Hunt (pdf)
- Module 2 Freedom Summer Info (docx)
- Module 2 Civil Rights Information Gathering (pdf)
- Module 3 King S Campaign Information (pdf)
- Module 1 Kkk Information Sheet (pdf)
- Module 2 Freedom Summer Info (pdf)
- Module 3 Mlk Blank Diagram Campaign In The North (pdf)
- Module 2 Source Chart For Students (pptx)
- Module 2 Freedom Riders Inference Source Question (pdf)
- Module 2 What Happened At Selma Task Sheet (pdf)
- Module 2 Freedom Rides Sources (pdf)
- Module 2 Brown V Topeka Source Homework Task (pptx)
- Module 2 What Happened At Selma Task Sheet (docx)
- Module 3 Malcom X Info Hunt (pdf)
- Module 1 Kkk Chart (pptx)
- Module 2 Wcc Sources (pptx)
- Module 3 Student Information Sheet (pdf)
- Module 2 Civil Rights Information For Paired Work (pdf)
- Module 2 Enquiry Question Birmingham Alabama (pdf)
- Module 2 Freedom Riders Source Question With Prompts (pdf)
- Module 3 New Us Laws (pdf)
- Module 3 Civil Rights Chart (pdf)
- Module 2 Freedom Rides Map Handouts (pdf)
- Module 2 Wcc Sources (pdf)
- Module 2 Greensboro Sit Ins (pptx)
- Module 2 Civil Rights Information Gathering (pptx)
- Module 2 Freedom Rides Room Gathering Information (pdf)
- Module 2 James Meredith Source Question (pdf)
- Module 2 White Citizen Council Sources (pdf)
- Module 2 Mlk Chart (pptx)
- Module 2 James Meredith Fact Finding Worksheet (pdf)
- Module 3 Anti-Vietnam Reasons (pdf)
- Module 3 Malcolm X Timeline (pdf)
- Module 3 Anti-Vietnam Reasons (pptx)
- Module 2 Freedom Riders (pptx)
- Module 1 Naacp And Civil Rights Activists (pdf)
- Module 2 Birmingham Alabama Inference Exam Question (pdf)
- Module 3 Malcolm X Sources (pdf)
- Module 1 Kkk Information Sheet (doc)
- Module 2 Kennedy And Johnson (docx)
- Module 2 Brown V Topeka Source Homework Task (pdf)
- Module 2 Civil Rights Organisations (pptx)
- Module 3 Civil Rights Chart (pptx)
- Module 3 Student Information Sheet (pptx)
- Module 1 Jim Crow Source Task (pdf)
- Module 2 Mlk Chart (pdf)
- Module 2 Source Question On Birmingham Alabama (pdf)
- Module 3 Malcolm X Source Sheet (pdf)
- Module 3 New Us Laws (docx)
- Module 2 Greensboro Worksheet (pdf)
- Module 2 Kennedy And Johnson (pdf)
- Module 2 Little Rock Nine Information Sheet (pdf)
- Module 2 Little Rock Sources (pdf)
- Module 2 Little Rock Nine Starter Activity (pdf)
- Module 1 Naacp And Civil Rights Activists (doc)
- Module 3 Malcolm X Source Activity (pdf)
- Module 3 Table (png)
- Module 2 Source Chart For Students (pdf)
- Module 1 Jim Crow Must Go Source Task (pdf)
- Module 1 Mccarthyism (docx)
- Module 2 Civil Rights Source Sheets (pdf)
- Module 3 Usa 1945-1968 (pdf)
- Module 1 Mccarthyism (pdf)
- Module 3 Usa 1945-1968 (docx)
- Module 1 Jim Crow Laws Diamond 9 Information (pdf)
- OCR GCSE History Exam Booklets (zip)