Edexcel AS History Pursuing Life and Liberty

Unlock your full potential with this revision guide which focuses on the key content and skills you need to know for Edexcel AS History: Pursuing Life and Liberty: Equality in the USA, 1945-68. Written by experienced teachers, this series closely combines the content of Edexcel AS History: Pursuing Life and Liberty: Equality in the USA, 1945-68 with revision activities and advice on exam technique. Each section has a model answer with exam tips for you to analyse and better understand what is required in the exam. - Makes revision manageable by condensing topics into easy-to-revise chunks- Encourages active revision by closely combining content with a variety of different activities- Helps improve exam technique through tailor-made activities and plenty of guidance on how to answer questions- Includes access to quick quizzes at www.hodderplus.co.uk/myrevisionnotes CONTENTS: Introduction Section 1: Signs of change, 1945-1955 President Truman and Civil Rights The NAACP and education The extent of change by 1955 Exam focus Section 2: The Civil Rights Movement, 1955-1968 Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Little Rock campaign Sit-ins and freedom rides From Albany to Birmingham March on Washington and the Civil Rights Act (1964) Voting rights: 1957-1965 Martin Luther King's northern campaigns Opposition to civil rights Key players: King, Kennedy and Johnson Achievements of peaceful protest Exam focus Section 3: Black Nationalism and Black Power Malcolm X Black Panthers Exam focus Section 4: Protest culture and the 1960s Mass culture Feminism Exam focus Glossary Timeline Answers