Name: Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): America 1840-1895: Expansion and Consolidation eBook
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ISBN: 9781382044035

Oxford University Press

Aaron Wilkes, Nicole Ridley

Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1): America 1840-1895: Expansion and Consolidation eBook

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This eBook has been selected for AQA's official approval process for this specification.

America 1840-1895: Consolidation and Expansion is part of the popular Oxford AQA GCSE History (9-1) series. This successful series is trusted by teachers to deliver a reliable route through the specification that works in the classroom and helps students understand exactly what is required to succeed in their AQA exams.

This eBook is written by Nicole Ridley, a practising teacher with a specialist interest in the American West, and edited by Aaron Wilkes, head of history, PGCE History lead and best-selling author. Developed as part of our commitment to the inclusive presentation of diverse histories, this textbook helps enable students to recognise and challenge outdated narratives of 'how the West was won' by engaging with a wider range of accessible perspectives of this challenging, contested, rich and gripping period of history.

Carefully selected interpretations give students the opportunity to compare and evaluate in context. Practice Questions, Study Tips and How to... pages help students prepare for the AQA exam questions, with step-by-step explanations of how to put essential history skills into practice.

A print Teacher Handbook is available covering all 16 options, offering practical support: 9780198370185, and a Revision Guide for this topic is available from January 2024: 9781382044059.

Also available as a print textbook: 9781382044073.

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English

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9781382044035

Contents

Introduction to the Oxford AQA GCSE History series

Timeline

Part one: Expansion: Opportunities and challenges

Chapter 1: Indigenous North America

1.1 Indigenous North America

1.2A Life in the Plains environment

1.2B Life in the Plains environment

1.3 Dealing with a different culture

1.4 What was ‘Manifest Destiny’?

Chapter 4: Increasing conflict on the Plains

4.1 What was agreed by the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851?

4.2A The ‘Indian Wars’

4.2B The ‘Indian Wars’

Chapter 6: The aftermath of the American Civil War

6.1 The aftermath of the Civil War in the North and the South

6.2A How far did the South change after the Civil War?

6.2B How far did the South change after the Civil War?

Chapter 2: Who went west?

2.1 Why did migration to the West increase in the 1840s?

2.2 What were the challenges of ‘going west’?

2.3 Why did Mormons go west?

2.4 What challenges did Mormons face moving west?

2.5 What were the consequences of the California Gold Rush?

2.6 Why was there a massacre at Mountain Meadow?

Chapter 3: Indigenous rights and the US government

3.1A How did US government policy towards Indigenous nations change?

3.1B How did US government policy towards Indigenous nations change?

3.2 Changing relationships on the Plains: The Lakota

How to… tackle the interpretation question

Part two: Conflict across America

Chapter 5: The American Civil War

5.1A Why was there a civil war in America?

5.1B Why was there a civil war in America?

5.2A How did the Civil War affect people’s lives?

5.2B How did the Civil War affect people’s lives?

Part three: Consolidation: Forging the nation

Chapter 7: Continued settlement of the West

7.1A How did the government encourage settlement on the Plains?

7.1B How did the government encourage settlement on the Plains?

7.2A Farming the Plains: Problems and solutions

7.2B Farming the Plains: Problems and solutions

7.3 How did farming on the Plains affect people’s lives?

How to… tackle the bullet point question

Chapter 8: Indigenous resistance

8.1 President Grant’s Peace Policy

8.2 Attitudes to Indigenous peoples

8.3 The Battle of the Little Big Horn

8.4 How did the USA react to the Battle of the Little Big Horn?

8.5 The Dawes Act and assimilation policy

8.6 Assimilation through education

8.7A Reservations and resistance

8.7B Reservations and resistance

8.8A Indigenous peoples: What happened next?

8.8B Indigenous peoples: What happened next?

Practice Questions for Paper 1: America 1840–1895: Expansion and Consolidation

Glossary

Index

Acknowledgements

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