Cambridge International AS Level History of the USA 1840–1941 Coursebook

Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Origins of the Civil War 1846–61
• Sectional tensions in the United States
• The outcomes of the war with Mexico
• The Compromise of 1850 and its breakdown
• The 1860 presidential election
• The beginning of the Civil War in April 1861
• 2. The Civil War and Reconstruction 1861–77
• Four years of the Civil War
• Impact of the Civil War
• Aims and outcomes of Reconstruction
• How successful was Reconstruction?
• 3. Expansion of US power in the 19th and 20th centuries
• Expansion in North America 1840s–1890s
• Central America and the Caribbean 1840–1930
• Relationship with Europe 1840–1930
• US relations with China, Japan, the Philippines and the Pacific Islands
• 4. The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era 1870s–1920s
• Industrial expansion in the 1870s and 1880s
• Economic and social consequences of rapid industrialisation in the late 19th century
• Aims of the Progressive Movement 1890s–1900s
• The Progressive Movement – success or failure?
• The presidency of Woodrow Wilson 1913–21
• 5 The Great Crash, the Great Depression and the New Deal 1929–41
• Causes and impact of the Great Crash and the Great Depression
• Strategies for domestic problems by Hoover and Roosevelt in the 1930s
• Opposition to the New Deal
• Roosevelt – a great American president?
• 6. Examination skills
• Introduction
• What skills will be tested in examination?
• Analysis and evaluation questions
• Source-based questions
• Examination technique
• Index
• Acknowledgements.
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