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A1. Truman: US in 1945
the powers of the presidency; the main political parties; post-war prosperity; regional, ethnic and social divisions
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A2. Truman: 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
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A3. Truman and post-war reconstruction
the economy; political divisions and domestic problems; the rise of McCarthyism
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A4. Truman and civil rights
the impact of the Second World War; campaigns for Civil Rights; the responses of the federal and state authorities
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B1. Ike's presidency
Eisenhower’s personality and the policies of ‘dynamic conservatism’; Nixon as Vice-President; the Republican Party; the end of McCarthyism
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B2. Ike's economy
The growth of the American economy in the 1950s and the impact of the ‘consumer society’
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B3. Ike's USA and the cold war
Superpower rivalry and conflict with the USSR; responses to developments in Western and Eastern Europe; reactions to the rise of Communism in Asia; responses to crises in the Middle East
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B4. Ike and civil rights
the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement; the policies and attitudes of the main political parties; the responses of the state and federal authorities
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C1. JFK's presidency
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’
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C2. JFK's foreign policy
the legacy of crises over Berlin and relations with Khrushchev; the challenge of Castro’s Cuba; deepening involvement in Vietnam
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C3. JFK and civil rights
the rise of the Civil Rights Movement; the opponents of Civil Rights, including within the Democratic Party; Kennedy’s policies in response to the pressures for change
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C4. JFK: The United States by 1963
its position as a world power; economic prosperity; the growing pressures for social change from women and youth
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