Access to History: The American Dream: Reality and Illusion, 1945–1980 for AQA, Second Edition
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Language
English
ISBN
9781510459281
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Dedication
Introduction: about this book
Chapter 1 Truman and post-war America 1945–52
1 Context: The United States in 1945 and the legacies of the Second World War
2 The USA as a superpower
3 Key debate: Which side was to blame for the Cold War?
4 Truman and post-war reconstruction
5 African-Americans in the North and the South
Question practice
Chapter 2 Eisenhower: tranquillity and crisis 1953–60
1 The growth of the American economy in the 1950s and the impact of the ‘consumer society’
2 Eisenhower’s presidency
3 The USA and the Cold War
4 African-Americans in the North and the South
Question practice
Chapter 3 Kennedy and the ‘New Frontier’ 1961–3
1 The New Frontier
2 Challenges to American power
3 African-Americans in the North and the South
4 The United States by 1963
5 Key debate: Was Kennedy a successful president?
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Chapter 4 The Johnson presidency 1963–9
1 Johnson as president
2 Maintaining American world power
3 African-Americans in the North and the South
4 Social divisions and protest movements
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Chapter 5 Republican reaction: the Nixon presidency 1968–74
1 The 1968 presidential election and the reasons for Nixon’s victory
2 The restoration of conservative social policies?
3 The limits of U.S. world power
4 The Watergate affair and its aftermath
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Chapter 6 The USA after Nixon 1974–80
1 Ford and Carter as presidents
2 The position of the USA as a world power
3 African-Americans in the North and the South
4 The USA by 1980
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Exam focus: AQA
Timeline
Glossary of terms
Further reading
Index
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