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The development of the civil rights movement, 1954-60The position of black Americans in the early 1950sSegregation, discrimination and voting rights in the Southern states.
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The work of civil rights organisations, including the NAACP and CORE.
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Progress in educationThe key features of the Brown v. Topeka case (1954).
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The immediate and long term significance of the case.
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The significance of the events at Little Rock High School, 1957.
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott and its impact, 1955-60Causes and events of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The significance of Rosa Parks.
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Reasons for the success and importance of the boycott. The Supreme Court ruling.
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The Civil Rights Act 1957.
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The significance of the leadership of Martin Luther King.
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The setting up of the SCLC.
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Opposition to the civil rights movementThe Ku Klux Klan and violence, including the murder of Emmett Till in 1955.
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Opposition to desegregation in the South. The setting up of White Citizens' Councils.
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Congress and the 'Dixiecrats'.
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Protest, progress and radicalism, 1960-75Progress, 1960-62The significance of Greensboro and the sit-in movement.
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The Freedom Riders. Ku Klux Klan violence and the Anniston bomb.
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The James Meredith case, 1962.
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Peaceful protests and their impact, 1963-65King and the peace marches of 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama, and Washington.
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Freedom summer and the Mississippi murders.
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The roles of President Kennedy and Johnson and the passage of the Civil Rights Act 1964.
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Selma and the Voting Rights Act 1965.
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Malcolm X and Black Power, 1963-70Malcolm X, his beliefs, methods and involvement with the Black Muslims. His later change of attitude and assassination.
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Reasons for the emergence of Black Power
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The significance of Stokely Carmichael and the 1968 Mexico Olympics.
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The methods and achievements of the Black Panther movement.
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The civil rights movement, 1965-75The riots of 1965-67 and the Kerner Report, 1968.
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King's campaign in the North.
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 The assassination of Martin Luther King and its impact.
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The extend of progress in civil rights by 1975.
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US involvement in the Vietnam War, 1954-75Reasons for US involvement in the conflict in Vietnam, 1954-63The battle of Dien Bien Phu and the end of the French rule in Vietnam.
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Reasons for greater US involvement under Eisenhower, including the domino theory and weaknesses of the Diem government.
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Greater involvement under Kennedy, including the overthrow of Diem and the Strategic Hamlet Program.
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Escalation of the conflict under JohnsonThe increasing threat of the Vietcong.
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The Gulf of Tonkin incident, 1964, and the increased US involvement in Vietnam.
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The nature of the conflict in Vietnam, 1964-68The guerilla tactics used by the Vietcong.
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The methods used by the USA, including Search and Destroy, Operation Rolling Thunder and chemical weapons.
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The key features and signiicance of the Tet Offensive, 1968.
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Changes under Nixon, 1969-73The key features of Vietnamisation. Reasons for its failure.
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The Nixon Doctrine and the withdrawal of US troops.
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Attacks on Cambodia, 1970, and Laos, 1971, and the bombing of North Vietnam, 1972.
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Reactions to, and the end of, US Involvement in Vietnam, 1964-75Opposition to the warReasons for the growth of opposition, including the student movement, TV and media coverage of the war and the draft system.
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Public reaction to the My Lai Massacre, 1968. The trial of Lt. Calley.
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The Kent State University shootings, 1970.
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Support for the warReasons for support for the war, including the fear of communism.
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The 'hard hats' and the 'silent majority'.C48:C51
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The peace process and end of the warReasons for, and features of, the peace negotiations, 1972-73.
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The significance of the Paris Peace Agreement 1973.
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The economic and human costs of the war for the USA.
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Reasons for the failure of the USA in VietnamThe strengths of North Vietnam, including the significance of Russian and Chinese support, Vietcong tactics and the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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The weaknesses of the US armed forces. The faillure of US tactics.
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The impact of opposition to the war in the USA.
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