Exam preparation for the best results.
The USA 1917-45 is the ideal book for students studying the USA during the period of 'boom and bust' and the attempts by Roosevelt to end the Depression.
- Separate sections for AS and A2 ensures your students have the information they need at the right depth.
- Exam preparation and advice at the end of each section help your students understand what examiners are looking for and what style questions your exam board will set.
- A more accessible AS format eases the transition from GCSE while the A2 section develops students' skills and helps them rise to the challenge of A Level exams.
Contents Listing
AS SECTION: NARRATIVE AND EXPLANATION
Boom and Bust: The USA 1917-32
- Woodrow Wilson and the First World War
- The Republican ascendancy 1921-33
- The American Boom 1921-9
- The 'roaring twenties'
- America in the 1920s - a society in conflict
- US foreign policy in the 1920s
- America goes bust
The United States of America: 1933-45
8. Franklin Roosevelt and the launch of the New Deal
9. A New Deal for the unemployed and industry
10. A New Deal for farmers and the land
11. The Second New Deal and the presidential election of 1936
12. Opposition to the New Deal
13. Foreign policy and the coming of war
AS Assessment: Boom and Bust 1917-32 and the United States of America 1933-45
A2 SECTION: ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
- What was the impact on America of the First World War?
- Why did the Americans reject Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles?
- The 1920s: the prosperous years?
- Prohibition: a 'noble experiment' that failed?
- The role of women in America 1919-41: continuity of change?
- What were the main features of US foreign policy 1921-41?
- Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal
A2 Assessment: Roosevelt and the New Deal
Redkite Order Code: T51
