New Higher History: The USA 1918-68Author :
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The only textbook to offer support for the CfE Higher History topic The USA 1918-1968
Exam Board: SQA Level: Higher Subject: History First Teaching: September 2014 First Exam: June 2015 The only textbook to offer support for the CfE Higher History topic The USA 1918-1968 The New Higher History series offers a full-colour, topic-based approach to the CfE Higher History syllabus. Covering all of the main issues within each topic area, this series includes investigative techniques, use of evidence and a variety of activities to enable students to develop the necessary skills to tackle both extended-response and source-based questions successfully. New Higher History: The USA 1918-1968 provides comprehensive coverage of this topic offered in Section 3 of the course. The core issues within the topic are fully explored, preparing students for the extended-response questions in the external examination. This book investigates the growing tensions in American society, looking at: - the changing nature of immigration, the effects of the First World War and their impact on attitudes in society - racial divisions in the 1920s and 1930s, the influence of the Ku Klux Klan and why it was so difficult for black Americans to gain civil rights - economic difficulties, Laissez Faire, capitalism and the Wall Street Crash - the growth of federal powers, the Great Depression and the New Deal - the growth of the Civil Rights Movement, its leaders and organisations, and the struggle towards the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
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