The USA, 1918-68 - John Kerr

Exam Board: SQA
Level: Higher
Subject: History
First Teaching: September 2014
First Exam: June 2015

The only textbook to offer support for the CfE Higher History topic The USA 1918-1968

The New Higher History series offers a full-colour, topic-based approach to the CfE Higher History syllabus. Covering all of the main issues within each topic area, this series includes investigative techniques, use of evidence and a variety of activities to enable students to develop the necessary skills to tackle both extended-response and source-based questions successfully.

New Higher History: The USA 1918-1968 provides comprehensive coverage of this topic offered in Section 3 of the course. The core issues within the topic are fully explored, preparing students for the extended-response questions in the external examination. This book investigates the growing tensions in American society, looking at:

- the changing nature of immigration, the effects of the First World War and their impact on attitudes in society
- racial divisions in the 1920s and 1930s, the influence of the Ku Klux Klan and why it was so difficult for black Americans to gain civil rights
- economic difficulties, Laissez Faire, capitalism and the Wall Street Crash
- the growth of federal powers, the Great Depression and the New Deal
- the growth of the Civil Rights Movement, its leaders and organisations, and the struggle towards the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.