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

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Ritualism: using the same socially approved means to achieve less elusive goals (more modest and humble). This situation puts great pressure on people to achieve material success by illegitimate means (acquisitive crime) to avoid being branded a failure.

Ultimately, the American Dream maintains a core set of beliefs: the right to certain freedoms that enable every individual to pursue a life of success and happiness. What success and happiness mean to one person is not necessarily what they mean to another. In the end, it is up to each American to decide what the Dream looks like to them, with the knowledge that America affords them the opportunity to pursue it freely. 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.Explain&Analysis-whyisitconvincing?giveyourownknowledgetosupportyourjudgement.Thenanalyseyourknowledgefurtherinreferencetothequestion. These ‘at a glance’ revision notes were specially written to give AQA A Level History students a comprehensive overview of the key knowledge from the specification for the depth study: The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945–1980 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. The American Dream is rooted in the U.S. Declaration of Independence. That document, created by America’s founding fathers, says two key things that are largely responsible for shaping what the classic American Dream is. The declaration says that “all men are created equal” and that each man/woman has the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Philip Bourgeois (1996) In search of respect shows us that some of the most despised criminals have actually internalised Merton’s success goals.

Carl Nightingale: On the Edge – Carl Nightingale developed Merton’s Strain Theory, applying it to inner city youths in the 1990s Eisenhower’sforeignpolicyinEuropedifferedsignificantlyfromhisforeignpolicyelsewhereintheworld.’Assessthevalidityofthisview.[25 marks] Explain&Analysis-repeatthis,giveyourownknowledgethatshowwhytheargumentisnotconvincingandexplain/analyseit.sorryyouknowwhatimeantaboutthemoon!Andprobablynotenoughcontent,ifounditsohardtoagreeorchallengewhatwassaidintheextractsontheresolutionandthereport. Analytical timeline of key events and themes (one timeline per president, a useful classroom resource or digestible revision activity). Contains analytical prompts to help students complete (see preview image for example).

Option 35: 1 Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 – 2 The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918democracy in a pluralist society, political protest and the power of the media. Part one: prosperity, inequality and Superpower status, 1945–1963 Truman and Post-war America, 1945–1952

Stability chart, that students can use to look at how politically stable each president’s administration was over time. Option 2F.1: India, c1914 -48: the road to independence; Option 2F.2: South Africa, 1948 -94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’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.