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| 1 What you will study |
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| 2 Structure of the syllabus |
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| 3 About this book |
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Chapter 1 The origins of the Civil War, 1820-61 |
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1 How was the issue of slavery addressed between 1820 and 1850? |
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2 How and why did sectional divisions widen between 1850 and 1856? |
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3 Why did the Republicans win the 1860 presidential election? |
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4 Why did the Civil War begin in April 1861? |
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Chapter 2 Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-77 |
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1 Why did the Civil War last four years? |
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2 How great was the immediate impact of the Civil War? |
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3 What were the aims and outcomes of Reconstruction? |
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4 How successful was Reconstruction? |
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Chapter 3 The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870s to 1920 |
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1 Why was the late nineteenth century an age of rapid industrialization? |
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2 How great were the consequences of rapid economic growth in the late nineteenth century? |
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3 What were the main aims and policies of the Progressive Movement and how popular were they? |
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4 How successful was the Progressive Movement up to 1920? |
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Chapter 4 The Great Crash, the Depression and the New Deal policies, 1920-41 |
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1 What were the causes of the Great Crash? |
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2 What were the causes and impacts of the Depression? |
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3 How effective were Roosevelt's strategies to deal with the domestic problems facing the USA in the 1930s?' |
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4 Why was there opposition to the New Deal laws and policies and what impact did it have? |
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| Glossary |
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| Further Reading |
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| Index |
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Alan Farmer is a widely published academic on modern American, European and British history. He taught history to students of all ages for all his working life. He was Head of History at the University of Cumbria until his retirement in 2006. He has extensively written for A Level History in the Access to History series.
