History+ for Edexcel A Level: Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century

Nick Shepley is a teacher, writer and the creator of the Explaining History series of ebooks and website. He worked as a history head of department and now divides his time between history writing and work for the Holocaust Education Trust. Vivienne Sanders has written extensively and successfully on American history in the Access to History series. She taught A Level History for over 30 years, mostly in independent schools, and is now retired. Peter Clement is a retired Head of Humanities with an M Phil in Educational Research and MAs in American Studies and Education. He is an experienced examiner at 'A' level and GCSE. He has written titles in the Access to History, History + for Edexcel A Level and My Revision Notes series. Robin Bunce is a historian of political thought based at Cambridge University. He is currently Director of Studies for Politics at Homerton College, and a Fellow in History at St Edmund's College. His most recent work focuses on Black Power as an ideology and a movement in Britain.

• 0: IntroductionPaper 1: Britain transformed, 1918–97Theme 1: A changing political and economic environment, 1918–791a: A changing political landscape1b: Responding to economic challenges1c: Change and challenge in the workplaceTheme 2: Creating a welfare state, 1918–792a: Providing social welfare2b: Public health2c: Education and widening opportunitiesTheme 3: Society in transition, 1918–793a: Class and social values3b: The changing role and status of women3c: Race and immigrationTheme 4: The changing quality of life4a: Changing living standards4b: The changing role and status of women4c: Race and immigrationHistorical interpretations: What impact did Thatcher’s governments have on Britain 1979–97?Paper 2: The USA, 1920–55: boom, bust and recoveryKey topic 1: Boom and crash, 1920–38Section 1: The economic boom of the 1920sSection 2: Causes of the Wall Street CrashSection 3: Changes in societySection 4: Cultural changes in the 1920sKey topic 2: Depression and the New Deal 1929–38Section 1: The spread of the Depression 1929–32Section 2: Hoover’s response to the Depression 1929–32Section 3: Roosevelt and the First New Deal 1933–35Section 4: The Second New Deal 1935–38Key topic 3: Impact of the New Deal and the Second World War on the USA to 1945Section 1: The New Deal and the economySection 2: The impact of the New Deal and the war on ethnic minoritiesSection 3: Social and cultural changesSection 4: The war and the economy 1941–45Key topic 4: The transformation of the USA, 1945–54Section 1: Economic transformationSection 2: The end of post-war euphoriaSection 3: Cultural changeSection 4: The changing status of minoritiesPaper 2: The USA, 1955–92: conformity and challengeKey topic 1: Affluence and conformity, 1955–63Section 1: Urbanisation and affluenceSection 2: Cultural conformity and challengeSection 3: The civil rights movementSection 4: Kennedy’s New FrontierKey topic 2: Protest and reaction, 1963–72Section 1: Civil rightsSection 2: Johnson’s Great SocietySection 3: Protest and personal freedomSection 4: Reactions to the counter-culture, 1968–72Key topic 3: Social and political change, 1973–80Section 1: The crisis of political leadershipSection 2: The impact of economic change on societySection 3: Changing popular cultureSection 4: The extent of progress in individual and civil rightsKey topic 4: Republican dominance and its opponents 1981–92Section 1: New directions in economic policySection 2: The Religious Right and its criticsSection 3: Cultural challengeSection 4: Social change