Contents; How to use this series; How to use this Teacher's Resource; Getting started with Cambridge International AS Level US History; Chapter 1: The Gilded Age and Progressive Era; 1.1 What were the impacts of rapid economic growth in the US during the Gilded Age? ; 1.2 What were the main aims and policies of the Progressive Movement? ; 1.3 How successful was the Progressive Movement up to 1920? ; Chapter 2: American Imperialism, the First World War and the 1920s; 2.1 What were the causes and consequences of US territorial expansion in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries? ; 2.2 Why did the US enter the First World War and how did the war impact Americans? ; 2.3 What were the causes and impacts of economic and cultural changes in the 1920s? ; Chapter 3: The Great Depression, the Second World War and the Early Cold War; 3.1 What were the causes and impacts of the Great Depression and New Deal? ; 3.2 Why and how did US foreign policy evolve between 1935 and 1959? ; 3.3 Why and how far did US society change in the 1940s and 1950s? ; Chapter 4: The Development of the US in the 1960s and 1970s; 4.1 Why and how did US approaches to the Cold War change between 1961 and 1979? ; 4.2 Why and how did politics in the US evolve between 1960 and 1979? ; 4.3 Why and how far did the position of minorities improve in the US between 1960 and 1979? ; Chapter 5: The Modern US, 1980 to 2008; 5.1 Why and how did the global role of the US evolve between 1980 and 2008? ; 5.2 Why and how did US politics change between 1980 and 2008? ; 5.3 Why and how far did US society change between 1980 and 2008? ; Chapter 6: Preparing for assessment; 6.1 Overview of assessment and assessment objectives; 6.2 Understanding what a question is asking you to do; 6.3 Revision techniques; 6.4 Assessment preparation; 6.5 A final note; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Index.
