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Access to History for the IB Diploma: Political developments in the USA and Canada (1960-2020)
Access to History for the IB Diploma: Political developments in the USA and Canada (1960-2020)
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The renowned IB Diploma series, combining compelling narratives and academic rigor, has been revised and updated to align with the latest DP History course from the IB, for examination from 2028.

Written by subject specialists and IB experts, this series continues to provide authoritative and engaging content, while retaining its much-loved accessible approach. With an improved range of activities, new features to further develop skills and conceptual understanding, it provides high-quality content you can trust.

Access to History for the IB Diploma enables students to:

- Develop a nuanced understanding of each period with reliable, clear and in-depth narrative from topic experts, with a wide variety of sources

- Explore diverse perspectives and a broad range of lived experiences of people and societies in the past

- Develop critical thinking skills with dedicated Theory of Knowledge support

- Improve communication and research skills with new Approaches to Learning (ATL) activities

- Build a deep understanding of the four historical concepts - cause and consequence, continuity and change, perspectives, and significance - through a new Key Concepts feature

- Enhance historical skills including source analysis, asking questions, evaluating arguments and making connections with improved skills-based activities throughout

- Prepare for assessment with dedicated exam practice questions, full sample answers, revision summaries and study skills support

This series is currently under review by the IB

Language
English
ISBN
9781036015091
Cover
Title Page
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Contents
Dedication and Disclaimer
Introduction
1 What you will study
2 How you will be assessed
3 About this book
Chapter 1 Challenges and successes in domestic politics of the USA (1961–77)
1 Social policies, including New Frontier and Great Society
2 Watergate scandal and pardon of Nixon
3 Changes and internal conflicts within the Democratic and Republican parties in the 1960s and 1970s, and impact on elections
4 Roles of Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Gerald Ford
Examination advice and practice
Chapter 2 Challenges and successes in domestic politics of the USA (1977–2001)
1 Economic policies, including Reaganomics
2 Social policies, including the War on Drugs
3 Economic growth and transition in the 1990s
4 Roles of Carter, Reagan, George HW Bush and Bill Clinton
Examination advice and practice
Chapter 3 Challenges and successes in domestic politics of the USA (2001–20)
1 2001 terrorist attacks on the USA
2 2008 financial crisis
3 Growth of political polarization
4 Roles of George W Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump
Examination advice and practice
Chapter 4 Challenges and successes in domestic politics of Canada (1963–93)
1 Social policies
2 Economic policies
3 Mulroney’s policies and the collapse of the Progressive Conservative Party
4 Roles of Lester B Pearson, Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney
Examination advice and practice
Chapter 5 Causes and effects of the Quiet Revolution
1 Rise of Québec nationalism
2 Front de libération du Québec (FLQ)
3 October Crisis (1970)
4 Québec and separatism
Examination advice and practice
Chapter 6 Challenges and successes in domestic politics of Canada (1993–2020)
1 Emergence of the Conservative Party
2 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (from 2008)
3 2008 financial crisis
4 Roles of Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin, Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau
Examination advice and practice
Index

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