Oxford AQA History for A Level: The American Dream: Reality and Illusion 1945-1980 (Oxford A Level History for AQA)

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Option 39: 1 Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 – 2 Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004 Option 2G.1: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911 -46; Option 2G.2: Spain, 1930 -78: republicanism, Francoism and the re-establishment of democracy Thank you for reading CFI’s guide to the American Dream. To keep learning and advancing your career, the following CFI resources will be helpful: Uhmmyteacherhastaughtmetodoconvincingandunconvincingforallextracts.Soiwrite3paragraphs,oneforeachextractandineachoftheseextractsiwritebothconvincingandunconvincing(intotal3xconvincingand3xunconvincing).BUTifyoustartoffwiththattheargumentisconvincing,yourcontrastarguingthatitisunconvincingdoesnothavetobelengthy. increased consumerism close consumerism The process and idea of people buying an increasing number of goods/services. - there were more things to buy and more money to buy them withRemember, some questions will be assessing your knowledge and understanding of key features and characteristics of a period studied, others will require you to explain and analyse historic events, others will require you to compare and contrast source material and contextualise it in the historic environment, while thematic studies will require you to demonstrate knowledge clearly over centuries while following a particular theme. All of these questions require you to substantiate your answers using facts.

Without getting into a lengthy discussion of politics, several political movements – such as the movement for the right of women to vote, as well as the civil rights movement that flourished in the 1960s – were all parts of what was shaped by and then further shaped, the American Dream. Practice questions and study tips provides support for essay writing and historical interpretationsIt’s time to start preparing for your exams and it’s never been easier with School History. We’ve got hundreds of past papers that are easy to use, come with mark schemes, and are specifically tailored to each specific examination board, so you can get the most from your revision time and enter your examination feeling confident and fully prepared. Explain&Analysis-repeatthis,giveyourownknowledgethatshowwhytheargumentisnotconvincingandexplain/analyseit. Eisenhower’sforeignpolicyinEuropedifferedsignificantlyfromhisforeignpolicyelsewhereintheworld.’Assessthevalidityofthisview.[25 marks] introduce a national health insurance scheme - this was rejected by Republicans close Republican Party One of the two major American political parties. Republicans tend to hold a more conservative viewpoint on politics and society. in Congress close Congress The legislative body of the US government, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives. and condemned by the American Medical Association as "socialised medicine"

Merton argued that when individuals are faced with a gap between their goals (usually finances/money related) and their current status, strain occurs. When faced with strain, people have five ways to adapt: Ritualism: using the same socially approved means to achieve less elusive goals (more modest and humble). Merton’s strain theory is an important contribution to the study of crime and deviance – in the 1940s it helped to explain why crime continued to exist in countries, such as America, which were experiencing increasing economic growth and wealth. Twenty other Breadth and Depth History titles are available in this series - visit www.oxfordsecondary.co.uk/aqahistory to find out more Merton’s Strain Theory is taught as part of consensus theory within the A-level sociology Crime and Deviance syllabus.

Throughout the history of the U.S. – both before and after it became an independent nation – the American Dream has changed, going through a variety of forms and meanings while maintaining as its essence the core beliefs of freedom and happiness in place. It is believed that many Americans can and should aspire to this standard. This sequence of events is so synonymous with American culture that people may feel like a failure if they fail to achieve elements of it. Therefore, in contemporary society this dream feels just that, simply a dream. In short, Merton argued that America was a highly unequal and divided society which promoted goals that only some of its population could realistically hope to achieve. Many young, working class men especially had internalised the desire to achieve material success (they wanted cars and nice clothes for example), but the only way they could meet these goals was through crime.