Paper 2

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Paper 2

• American 1929-1990

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Firstly.

• Do not do the CHANGE section of paper.
• You need to answer ALL questions on both the race
  relations and foreign policy.

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Types of Question
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Remember the types of questions ...
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Key point

• The 5th and last question is an OVERVIEW from the
  entire period 1929-1990.
• You need to mention AT LEAST 1 topic from each
  decade.
• Under the question it says you may wish to
  consider. mention these things they are
  trying to help you!!

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1929-1961 complete the boxes on your timeline
check you understand of these results events for
Black American life.
Civil Rights Movement 1957-60 Eisenhower 1964
Lyndon B Johnson 1965 Voting Rights Act 1967
Interracial marriage 1968 Fair Trading Housing
Act
Government response to depression New Deal
reforms
Education 1954 segregated schools-20
states 1954 Topeka v Brown 1957 Little
Rock 1962 James Meredith
By 1929
1929-1935/6
1940-1946
1967-1990
1954-1962
1955-1963
1957-1968
Slavery abolished KKK Jim Crow laws
Rosa Parks CRM 1955 Rosa Parks 1961 Freedom
Rides 1963 Birmingham Alabama 1963 Washington
march
WWII 1940 Selective Service Act 1941 Double V
campaign 1.5m US military in UK 4m Black
American factory workers in US NAACP membership
rose 9x Truman stops military segregation
Socio-economic 1967 Carl Stokes 1970s Black is
beautiful school bussing 1980s movies Jesse
James Colin Powell 1990s Will Smith rent/
education/ wage discrimination.
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Civil Rights

• For the
• What was.
• Describe the role of. ..
• Explain the contribution of
• Look at the revision guide key word sheet
• What do the key words mean
• What was the impact of the event/individual

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d) The TURNING POINT question

• Explain how an event/individual was an effective
  part of the Civil Rights Movement. Include
• at least 3 reasons examining or analysing its
  importance
• your own conclusion summarising its importance

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For example World War II played an important
part in the Civil Rights Movement. For example
it resulted in make a Point, give an Example,
and Explain how this relates to the question -
PEEIn addition World War II meant that
PEEFinally, a consequence of WWII was that
PEEIn conclusion I think that World War II had
a considerable impact upon the Civil Rights
Movement. It caused . . Therefore, WWII
resulted in
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Question 5 will require you to look at the lives
of Black Americans 1929-1990

• For example
• Did Black Americans achieve equality with White
  Americans between 1929 and 1990?
• How far did Black Americans lives change between
  1929 and 1990?
• REMEMBER checking out Race Relations Mark
  Scheme
• Cover every decade one per paragraph
• Consider positive and negative change
• Conclusion looks at overall progress including
  that for different groups of people (rich/poor,
  skilled/labourers)

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Model Answer on yellow sheet
POINT

• The Second World War saw a shift in expectations
  from Black Americans.
• After the selective service act in 1940
  there was no discrimination in training the
  forces so they fought against the racist Hitler
  abroad and saw how, in Europe segregation did not
  exist.
• Expectations grew and the membership of the
  NAACP rose to 450,000.

EXAMPLE
EXPLAIN relate to question
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1929-1961
Spy Plane 2 Days before meeting, US plane shot
down over Soviet Union- it carried hi tech
cameras. Khrushchev threatened not to attend
summit unless Eisenhower apologised, he wouldnt
World war II Pearl harbour War is Pacific War
in Europe Atomb bomb
Korean war 1953 Stalin dies
Berlin Blockade
1950-1953
1929-1941
1941-1945
1945-1947
1948
1949
1959
1960
1961
Are they Aren t they isolationist? Rising
threat of Japan
USA and 11 other western countries sign NATO
Rels sour Berlin wall is built a symbol of the
cold war.
Rels better Khrushchev visits USA and plans
summit meeting for May 1960
Start of Cold War Iron Curtain Truman and
domino Theory Marshall Aid
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1961-1990
Détenterelationships begin to thaw as the
countries start to make peace talks
The beginning of the end! Peace talks and
eventual death of USSR!
The Cuban Missile Crisis
1962
1965-1973
1971-1979
1979-1985
1985
Back to the cold war! USSR declare war on
Afghanistan US boycott olympic games in
Moscow Reagan becomes president- calls USSR
evil empire
The Vietnam war
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4th question

• Why/how did WW2/Cuban Missile Crisis/ Vietnam
  war/ Afghanistan war change US foreign policy?
  (8)
• To be able to answer this question you need to
  know
• -what happened in the event
• -how it changes US foreign policy how it is a
  turning point.

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Turning Points
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Turning Points
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5th Question

• How important was the US in World Affairs from
  1929-1990? How did America develop as a world
  power during the period 1929-1990? Was US
  influence in world affairs always one of powerful
  leadership through-out the period 1929-1990? (10)
• To get the higher marks you must mention at least
  1 event from each decade. Have an organised
  answer.

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5th Question
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5th Question