My Revision Notes: AQA AS/A-level History: The making of a Superpower: USA 1865-1975
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English
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9781510417892
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Introduction
Part 1 From Civil War to World War, 1865–1920
1 The era of Reconstruction and the gilded age, 1865–90
The weaknesses of federal government: Johnson, Grant and the failure of Radical Reconstruction
The politics of the Gilded Age, the era of weak presidents, and political corruption
Social, regional and ethnic divisions
Economic growth and the rise of corporations
Developments in agriculture and the growth of urbanisation
Laissez-faire dominance and its consequences
The impact of the ending of the frontier
The limits of foreign engagement and continuation of isolationism
Territorial consolidation and tensions over Canada
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2 Populism, progressivism and imperialism, 1890–1920
Political tensions and divisions
Populism and progressivism
Progressivism and Wilson’s New Freedom
Economic change and developments
Social developments
The position of African-Americans
Foreign affairs
The USA and the First World War
The USA by 1920
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Part 2 Crises and the rise to world power, 1920–75
3 Crisis of identity, 1920–45
Domestic politics in the 1920s
Hoover and the Depression
F.D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1933–35
Roosevelt’s later New Deals, 1935–39
Conflict of ideas over the role of federal government
The economy
Social and cultural developments
Social impact of the Depression and the Second World War
Social, regional and ethnic divisions
The USA and international relations
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4 The superpower, 1945–75
Domestic politics, 1945–60
Domestic politics 1961–74: Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon
Economic change and developments
Ideological, social, regional and ethnic divisions
Youth culture, and protest and the mass media
The USA and international relations
The Vietnam War
The USA by 1975
New cultural developments
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Glossary
Key figures
Timeline
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