Specification points

Cambridge Cambridge International AS Level US History since 1877 8102

20 points in 5 topics, with Cambridge's codes and titles.

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1 The Gilded Age and Progressive Era

1.1 Economic growth in 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?

2 American Imperialism, the First World War, and the 1920s

2.1 US territorial expansion around 1900
2.2 The US and the First World War
2.3 Economic and cultural change in the 1920s

3 The Great Depression, the Second World War, and the Early Cold War

3.1 The Great Depression and the New Deal
3.2 Why and how did US foreign policy evolve between 1935 and 1959?
3.3 US society in the 1940s and 1950s

4 The Development of the US in the 1960s and 1970s

4.1 US Cold War approaches, 1961–1979
4.2 US politics, 1960–1979
4.3 Position of minorities, 1960–1979

5 The Modern US, 1980–2008

5.1 The global role of the US, 1980–2008
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?