Modern America: 1865 to the Present
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Modern America
This title is a comprehensive core text from the Schools History Project covering the history of the USA from the end of the Civil War in 1865 to 1990.
Major themes include:
- Civil Rights: tracing the story of the black population from emancipation through to the 1960s.
- Foreign policy: examining the reasons for and the results of the USA's transition from isolationism to worldwide involvement in many arenas.
- Industrial growth and change: investigating the USA's development as an economic superpower and the problems and opportunities this has created.
- : Section 1 The nation expands 1865-1919
- : 1 Were black Americans really made free and equal by the abolition of slavery, 1865-1915?
- : 2 How significant was the settlement of the West, 1865-1900?
- : 3 Was industrialisation a blessing or a blight for the USA 1880-1917?
- : 4 From jellyfish to eagle? Why did the USA change its foreign policy 1890-1919?
- : Section 2 Prosperity, collapse, destruction and victory, 1920-45
- : 5 Internationalism or isolationism - did the USA pursue an inconsistent foreign policy, 1920-39?
- : 6 The Twenties - Jazz Age or Depression Blues?
- : 7 America in the 1930s - did the New Deal end the Depression?
- : 8 From neutrality to the bomb - was this America's 'good war'?
- : Section 3 The most powerful nation, 1945-92
- : 9 Why did the Cold War begin, 1945-49?
- : 10 Fighting the Cold War - how successful was the USA, 1950-68?
- : 11 Did Americans live 'happily ever after' , 1945-60?
- : 12 'We shall overcome': how did the challenges of the sixties era change America?
- : 13 The triumphant superpower: were the 1970s and 1980s really a success for the USA?
Depend on SHP's comprehensive and best-selling core texts to enrich your understanding of A Level History.