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

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Practice questions and study tips provides support for essay writing and historical interpretations With proper preparation, it’s possible to walk into and out of your exam feeling confident. Confidence is key to performing well as doubt and anxiety can cloud your judgment and affect your ability to think clearly and make the proper decisions. Past papers are the most effective way to familiarise yourself with important terminology, vocabulary, and styles of questions so that you have a solid understanding of what is expected of you to excel in each and every style of question. Remember, some questions will be assessing your knowledge and understanding of key features and characteristics of a period studied, others will require you to explain and analyse historic events, others will require you to compare and contrast source material and contextualise it in the historic environment, while thematic studies will require you to demonstrate knowledge clearly over centuries while following a particular theme. All of these questions require you to substantiate your answers using facts. Thathashelpedalot,thankyou.Withthestructureofsayingitisconvincing(withevidence)thensayingitisnot,howmanytimesperextract/paragraphwouldyoudothis?2xconvincing,2xunconvincingor...?

Merton argued that when individuals are faced with a gap between their goals (usually finances/money related) and their current status, strain occurs. When faced with strain, people have five ways to adapt: Retreatism: to reject both the cultural goals and the means to obtain it, then find a way to escape it.Collection of 5 A* detailed President Johnson essay plans for the A Level AQA History The American Dream; Reality and Illusion exam.Clear structured essay plans with key evidence and evaluation, covers domestic policy foreign policy etc.• Ritualism: using the same socially approved means to achieve less elusive goals (more modest and humble).

Twenty other Breadth and Depth History titles are available in this series - visit www.oxfordsecondary.co.uk/aqahistory to find out more Proper time management can quite literally mean the difference between passing and failing an exam, even if you know everything that’s required to pass. Your revision time and using past papers is an excellent way to start practicing how to properly manage the time in the exam setting. You’ll be given different styles of questions with different mark allocations, so it’s important to know what’s expected of you and how much time to dedicate to each question, whether its a multiple-choice question, short answer or an essay. Test Bank for American Government Roots and Reform by Karen O’CONNOR, Larry J.SABATO, Alixandra B.YANUS - 2014 Elections and Updates Edition American writer and historian James Truslow Adams best captured the definition of the American Dream: “Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement,” with neither social class nor the circumstances surrounding their birth being a barrier to success. Option 2H.1: The USA, c1920 -1955: boom, bust and the recovery; Option 2H.2: The USA 1955 -92: conformity and challengeOption 2F.1: India, c1914 -48: the road to independence; Option 2F.2: South Africa, 1948 -94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ 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. People were expected to pursue this goal through legitimate means such as education and work. The dominant cultural message was if you are ambitious, talented and work hard, then income and wealth should be your rewards. Thesuccessofthecivilrightsmovementintheyears1947to1957wasdependentontheNAACP[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People].’Assessthevalidityofthisview.[25 marks] The American Dream was also significantly shaped and perpetuated by the discovery of gold in the 19 th century. The 1849 discovery in California drew in hundreds of thousands of men believing that they, too, could pan a fortune overnight. While most did not, and in fact, many men spent their families’ entire savings to find nothing, several men did become rich in a matter of days. While it has changed through many years and different political and economic circumstances within the country, the belief that personal success is possible for anyone to attain is a dream that still motivates Americans today.