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

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By practicing with past papers you’ll have access to mark schemes, which examiners use to evaluate your responses and you’ll quickly learn how to achieve the most marks while striking the right balance with time management. Thesuccessofthecivilrightsmovementintheyears1947to1957wasdependentontheNAACP[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]. This situation puts great pressure on people to achieve material success by illegitimate means (acquisitive crime) to avoid being branded a failure.

The ‘American Dream’ encouraged individuals to pursue a goal of success which was largely measured in terms of the acquisition of wealth and material possessions. The American dream close American dream The idea that everyone in the USA has the chance to be successful and happy if they work hard.These notes will certainly help reduce the time it takes them to catch up with their peers, and also students like to use these as a checklist of topics to go into in further detail. Alsotalkedbrieflyabouthisambitionto'putmanonthemoon'bytheendofthe60swhich,asweallknow,didhappenandthesmallestparagraphaboutwomen'srights(equalpayact,presidentialcommitteeonwomen'srights)butIwrotewaytoomuchforthisquestionanditwillpaywhentheexaminerreadsmysourceevaluationcauseitwasn'tasgoodasitcould'vebeen.

BUTifyoustartoffwiththattheargumentisconvincing,yourcontrastarguingthatitisunconvincingdoesnothavetobelengthy. FortheTudoressayquestionyouneedtoremembertofocusonhowconvincingitisandnotthemistakeofmentioningitsvalueaswedoforAmericanDream. Ispokeaboutwelfareandlinkedittothesilentmajority(fap,negativeincometaxetc),isaidhispopularitywasbecauseofthesecretplanandhisaimsofendingthewarandlastlysaidhispopularitywasingeneralverylow,givingexamplesofantiwarprotestsduringthedrawdownandthewatergateaffair(icountereditsayingwatergatehappenedlateinhispresidencyblahblah). g.federalisingthenationalguardtoforceGeorgeWallacetostepaside/toletJamesMeredithgetintoMississippi). The 1849 discovery in California drew in hundreds of thousands of men believing that they, too, could pan a fortune overnight.I'mprobablymoreconfidentintheAmericanDreamasmyteacherhasbeenmorehelp,whereasTudormyteachersrarelyturnedupsoIhavetaughtmyselfmostofthecontent,soI'munsureifI'veevenlearntitinenoughdetail!

Uhmthathewantedabettereconomythatreachedallpartsofsociety(hecriticisednixonintheelectioncampaignforit)andlastlyiwaffledsomuch-ispokeabouttechnologicalstrengthorsomething;puttingamanonearthby1960sbutisaiditwasafailuresincehewasntresponsibleforitandabouthowhecouldntstrengthenthemilitary(linkedittonewlookandgavecubanmissilecrisis,removalofthemissileetc.AsforAmericanDream,likeyourteacherihaveastrongfeelingthattheextractessaymaybeonWatergate,theessayquestionsonTrumandomesticpolicy/problems,Kennedyforeignpolicyandmaybepossiblyoneonthemovements(youth,feminism). Thus, it is not so much the individual’s flaws that lead them to crime, but rather ‘anomie’ in society – the combination of the pressure to be materially successful and the lack of legitimate opportunities to achieve that success.