My Revision Notes: Edexcel A-level History: Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA 1850-2009
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Language
English
ISBN
9781510417915
Cover
Title Page
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Introduction
Part 1 Aspects in depth: emancipation and moves towards greater equality
Key topic 1 ‘Free at last’, 1865–77
Reasons for, and importance of, the 13th Amendment (1865)
The importance of the 13th Amendment (1865)
Radical Reconstruction, 1867–77, part 1
Radical Reconstruction, 1867–77, part 2
The Backlash, part 1
The Backlash, part 2
Exam focus
Key topic 2 The triumph of ‘Jim Crow’, 1883–c1990
The impact of the Civil Rights Cases (1883) in the Supreme Court
The spread of Jim Crow laws
Excluding black voters
Three significant Supreme Court rulings
Exam focus
Key topic 3 The New Deal and race relations, 1933–41
The influence of white Southerners in the Democratic Party
The failure to address black grievances
Impact of the New Deal, part 1
The impact of the New Deal, part 2
The impact of the New Deal, part 3
The impact of the New Deal, part 4
Exam focus
Key topic 4 ‘I have a dream’, 1954–68
Civil rights activities, 1954–63
The work and impact of Martin Luther King, SCLC, SNCC and CORE, 1957–63
Civil rights legislation in the 1960s
The importance of the 1968 Civil Rights Act
Increasing divisions, part 1
Increasing divisions, part 2
Exam focus
Key topic 5 Obama’s campaign for the presidency, 2004–09
Barack Obama’s political career to 2006 and gaining the Democratic nomination for the presidency
The reasons and significance for victory in November 2008
Exam focus
Part 2 Aspects in breadth: changing perceptions of race relations, 1850–2009
Theme 1 The changing geography of civil rights issues
The changing geographical distribution of black Americans, 1850–2009
Migration
The changing pattern of settlement and segregation, 1850–2009
Riots, part 1
Riots, part 2
Exodus to the suburbs, segregation in Levitt estates and increasing desegregation in the old South
Exam focus
Theme 2 Changing portrayal of civil rights issues in fiction and film
The role of literature in shaping and reflecting changing perceptions of race relations, 1850–2009
Gone with the Wind (1936)
To Kill a Mockingbird, Beloved and The Help
The role of visual portrayals in influencing and reflecting changing perceptions of race, 1850–2009
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Roots
Mississippi Burning, Malcolm X and The Wire
Exam focus
Glossary
Key figures
Timeline
Mark scheme
Answers
Backcover
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