‘Eisenhower’s domestic policies failed to improve the lives of most Americans.

‘New technology was the main cause of industrial growth in the late nineteenth century.

Bill Clinton mostly owed his electoral success to his personal appeal.

To what extent were changes in the party-political system the cause of increased sectionalism in the period 1850–56?

Explain why new inventions were important to the rapid industrialisation of the late nineteenth century.

To what extent did opposition to the New Deal come from the conservative right?

To what extent were the actions taken during his First Hundred Days key to the success of Roosevelt’s presidency?

05 In what ways were the lives of people in the Southern states affected by the American Civil War?

‘The main cause of increasing sectional tensions in the years 1850–56 was the Kansas–Nebraska Act.

Evaluate the significance of the Cuban Missile crisis for US foreign policy.

‘The 1950s were a period of limited change for women.

Assess the reasons for increased social mobility in the 1940s and 1950s Explanations may centre on economic expansion during the war and in the post war period and the long-term movement away from mass production and agriculture to a more diversified economy with more opportunities in the service industry and consumer products.