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6.4A |
THe usa since 1898 |
S6 4 period |
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Theme |
15 lessons
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1.
From 1898 to 1945: The Rise of a Superpower.
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The USA since 1945. |
· How
did American capitalism adapt to the challenges of the
first half of the 20th century?
· Why
was the USA reluctant to end the policy of isolationism?
· Why
was the Second World War a major turning point for the
globalisation of US power?
· From
1945 to the early 1960s: the golden age?
· From
the 1960s to the 1980s: was the USA redefined or in
decline?
· The
USA since the 1990s: what have been the major challenges
of the post-Cold War world?
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Key Words |
Taylorism, Fordism, Consumerism, The Depression, The New
Deal, Monroe Doctrine, Policy of the Big Stick,
Isolationism, Unilateralism/multilateralism, Neutrality,
Superpower, Liberal democracy, Presidential System,
Congress, McCarthyism, Welfare state, Capitalism,
American dream, Segregation, Counterculture, Civil
Rights Movement, Minorities, Neoliberalism,
Neo-conservatism, Multiculturalism.
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Possible Reference Points |
Spanish American War (1898), Intervention in the WWI
(1917), Wilson’s 14 Points (1918), The Wall Street Crash
(1929), Roosevelt (1932), Pearl Harbor (1941), Bretton
Woods (1944), Hiroshima (1945), Brown v. Board of
Education (1954), Freedom Marches (1963), Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution (1964), Watergate (1972-74), Reagan (1980),
9/11 (2001), Barack Obama (2008)
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Syllabus Links |
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6.4B •
6.4D •
6.4E • 7.4A |
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