American Dream: Reality and Illusion 1940 1980

Notes compiled from a range of resources that helped me to gain an A* in A Level History Includes The presidential election of 1960 and reasons for Kennedy’s victory; the policies and personalities of the Kennedy administration; the ideas behind the ‘New Frontier’ Challenges to American power: the legacy of crises over Berlin and relations with Khrushchev; the challenge of Castro’s Cuba; deepening involvement in Vietnam African-Americans in North and South: the rise of the Civil Righ...

Notes compiled from several resources that helped me to gain an A* in A Level History Included on Nixon: The Presidential election of 1968 and the reasons for Nixon’s victory: divisions within the Democratic Party; the personalities and policies of the Nixon administration The restoration of conservative social policies; the reaction to protest movements and forces of social change; economic change and the end of the post-war boom The limits of American world power: peace negotiations and ...

Notes compiled from several resources compiled during my A Levels- helped my to gain an A* Includes: The United States in 1945 and the legacies of the world war: the powers of the presidency; the main political parties; post-war prosperity; regional, ethnic and social divisions The USA as a Superpower: Truman’s character and policies; post-war peace making; the Cold War and ‘containment’ in Europe and Asia; the response to the rise of Communism in Asia Truman and post-war reconstructio...

Notes for A Level History Eisenhower compiled from several resources. Helped me to get an A*. Includes: The presidency: Eisenhower’s personality and the policies of ‘dynamic conservatism’; Nixon as Vice-President; the Republican Party; the end of McCarthyism The growth of the American economy in the 1950s and the impact of the ‘consumer society’ The USA and the Cold War: Superpower rivalry and conflict with the USSR; responses to developments in Western and Eastern Europe; reactio...