Name: Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): America 1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality Revision Guide
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ISBN: 9780198432838

Oxford University Press

Aaron Wilkes

Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): America 1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality Revision Guide

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This America 19201973: Opportunity and Inequality Revision Guide Kindle edition is part of the popular Oxford AQA GCSE History series. Written by our original author team to match the new AQA specification, this guide covers exactly what your students require to succeed in the Paper 1 American Period Study exams.
- Recap key events with clear visual diagrams and brief points
- Apply knowledge with targeted revision activities that tests basic comprehension, then apply understanding towards exam-style questions
- Review and track revision with progress checklists, suggested activity answers and Exam Practice sections
- Step-by-step exam guidance based on the popular 'How to' student book feature
- Examiner Tip features most up-to-date expert advice and identifies common exam mistakes
- Boost student confidence on all AQA GCSE America question types with revision activities such as Interpretation Analysis and Bullet Points
- Perfect for use alongside the Student Book and Kerboodle, or as a stand-alone resource for independent revision.
This revision guide helps your students Recap, Apply, and Review their way towards exam success.

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English

ISBN

9780198432838

Contents

Introduction to this Revision Guide

Top revision tips

Master your exam skills

How to master the ‘interpretation’ questions

How to master the ‘describe’ question

How to master the ‘in what ways’ question

How to master the ‘bullet points’ question

AQA GCSE mark schemes

America 1920–1973 Timeline

Part one: American people and the ‘Boom’

1 The ‘Boom’

American politics and society

The economic ‘boom’

Henry Ford and the motor industry, Stock market boom

The inequalities of wealth in the 1920s

4 American society during the Depression

The Wall Street Crash

The impact of the Great Depression on people’s lives

The 1932 presidential election

7 Post-war American society and economy

The ‘American Dream’, Truman’s ‘Fair Deal’

The Rock and Roll generation

The growing fear of communism, McCarthyism

2 Social and cultural developments in 1920s America

The Roaring Twenties

The position of women in society

3 Divided society

Prohibition, Organised crime

Immigration, The impact of immigration, The immigrant experience

Racial tension

Rising fear of immigrants, The ‘Palmer Raids’ and the ‘Red Scare’, The case of Sacco and Vanzetti

Part two: Bust – Americans’ experiences of the Depression and the New Deal

5 The effectiveness of the New Deal

The New Deal

The effectiveness of the New Deal

The end of the New Deal, Popular culture in 1930s America

6 The impact of the Second World War

From isolationism to world war

Part three: Post-war America

8 Racial tension and developments in the civil rights campaigns

The Civil Rights Movement

A new Civil Rights law, Developments in the Civil Rights Movement

Malcom X and the Black Power Movement

9 America and the ‘Great Society’

President Kennedy’s ‘New Frontier’

President Johnson’s ‘Great Society’

The fight for equality, Feminist groups

Exam practice: GCSE sample answers

Activity answers guidance

Glossary

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