WEEKLY GRINDS
Weekly grinds occur every Tuesday and Thursday
TOPIC 5 - USA AND THE WORLD
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Week 1
Introduction to course and expectations.
Key Presidents
Plessy v. Ferguson and Jim Crow laws.
Founding of NAACP
Impact of WW2 on civil rights
Brown v. Board of Education
Emmet Till.
Week 2
Case Study Montgomery Bus Boycott 1956.
Exploration of early role of MLK in civil rights movement.
SCLC
Civil Rights becomes a wider movement.
Week 3
1964 Civil Rights Act
1965 Voting Rights Act
Growth of militant black nationalism, death of MLK
Impact on other minorities.
US Feminism
Week 4
Post WW2 US foreign policy
Marshall Plan
Communist containment
Berlin Blockade.
Week 5
Red Scare in America and Joe McCarthy,
Korean War
Impact on Truman.
Eisenhower Presidency
Week 6
Industrial Military Complex
JFK presidency
Cuba missile crisis
Short- and long-term results of Cuba.
Week 7
Who was LBJ?
The Great Society
Vietnam War, case study : LBJ and Vietnam 1963-68
Cause, course, and consequences of Vietnam on US life and politics.
Week 8
Anti-war protests in the US
Nixon's policy of Vietnamization,
US withdrawal
Early US economy: The Boom Years.
Week 9
Détente beginning to end
Presidencies of Nixon, Ford, and Carter,
USSR invasion of Afghanistan
US economy in crisis.
Week 10
Ronald Reagan becomes President
His domestic and foreign policy
Star Wars
The fall of the USSR
Week 11
Case study: Moon Landings 1969, background, and key events, Significance and impact of Moon landing Growth and impact of IT and military technology
Week 12
Key essays for US History
Picking the right question
What examiners are looking for.
Best exam technique for LC 2023 / 2024