WJEC Eduqas GCSE History: The Development of the USA, 1929-2000

Endorsed by WJEC Eduqas Bring out the best in every student, enabling them to develop in-depth subject knowledge and historical skills with the market-leading series for WJEC Eduqas, fully updated for 2016 to help you navigate the new content and assessment requirements with ease. - Maps the content against the key questions in the 2016 specification, with thorough and reliable course coverage written by a team of experienced authors, teachers and examiners - Motivates students to increase their subject knowledge by following a clear, detailed narrative that leads learners topic by topic through the important issues, events and concepts - Progressively builds historical understanding and skills as students work through a range of engaging classroom activities with structured support at every stage - Boosts students' confidence approaching assessment, providing numerous opportunities to practise different types of exam-style questions - Captures learners' interest by offering a rich variety of source material that brings historical periods to life, enhancing understanding and enjoyment throughout the course Contents 5 Introduction 6 1 Economic Downturn and Recovery 8 The impact of the Wall Street Crash and life during the Great Depression 8 Republican Attempts to Deal with the Crisis 12 Roosevelt and the New Deal 14 2 The Economic impact of WW2 and post-war developments 22 Industrial output 22 Post-war affluence, consumerism and suburbanisation 25 Poverty in the midst of plenty 27 3 Civil Rights 1941-70 28 The contribution of black Americans to the war effort 28 The issue of education 33 The Montgomery bus boycott 37 Sit-ins and the fight for equality 40 The freedom riders 41 The role of Martin Luther King 42 The role of Malcolm X 46 Civil rights legislation 48 Race riots in the 1960s 51 The Black Power movement 52 The Black Panther movement 54 4 Political Change 1960-2000 56 The domestic policies of Kennedy 56 The domestic policies of Johnson 58 Nixon and Watergate 60 The Reagan Years 63 Changes under Bush Sr. and Clinton 65 5 Social Change 1950-2000 68 Changes in music, entertainment, media and literature 68 Changes in youth culture 74 The changing role of women 78 6 Cold War rivalry 82 Reasons for US involvement in the Cold War 82 The Truman Doctrine and containment of Communism 84 The Berlin Crisis 1948-9 86 The Cuban Missile Crisis 89 US involvement in Vietnam 91 7 The search for world peace since 1970 96 Detente and attempts to limit arms 96 Changing relations with China 98 Changing relations with the USSR 99 Change under Reagan and Gorbachev 102 The fall of Communism and the end of the Cold War 104 US involvement in Iran, Iraq and the Gulf War 106 Examination Guidance 110 Glossary 117 Index 120 Bring out the best in every student, enabling them to develop in-depth subject knowledge and historical skills with the market-leading series for Eduqas, fully updated to help you navigate the content and assessment requirements for the 9-1 GCSE.