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High School Cambridge AICE United States History Since 1877 AS Level

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AICE United States History since 1877 AS Level is structured to develop your capacity for rigorous analysis. You will examine the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and the global impacts of World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. Additionally, you will analyze the geopolitical tensions of the Cold War, the socioeconomic transformations of the Sixties and Seventies, the milestone achievements of the Civil Rights Movement, and modern developments such as globalization and the War on Terror. By evaluating these eras through the core concepts of cause and consequence, change and continuity, significance, and similarity and difference, you will learn to critically assess diverse historical interpretations. Ultimately, you will be empowered to formulate well-substantiated independent arguments and develop the foundational skills necessary for advanced study.

Module One: The Gilded Age

-Introduction to AICE

-Society and lifestyle after the Civil War

-Industrialization and its socioeconomic impacts

-Paper 1 essay writing techniques and strategies


Module Two: The Progressive Era

-The progressive movement

-Corruption limits and government reform

-Women's activism and the suffrage crusade

-Presidents and executive leadership changes

-Race relations and social justice reforms


Module Three: American Imperialism, World War I, and the 1920s

-Manifest Destiny and overseas imperialism

-Paper 2 source analysis preparation

-World War I global military involvement

-Warfront dynamics and homefront impacts

-Economic booms and cultural roaring twenties


Module Four: Crises and Conflict

-Great Depression and FDR’s New Deal

-World War II military mobilization

-Cold War origins and containment

-Eisenhower era domestic and foreign policy

 

Module Five: The Post-World War II Era

-Postwar societal frameworks

-Economics and postwar American development

-Culture and Second Red Scare anxieties

-Legislation and civil rights movements


Module Six: The Sixties and Seventies

-Kennedy era policies

-The Vietnam War

-Detente and easing global tensions

-Politics and late twentieth-century evolution

-Rights initiatives for all marginalized citizens


Module Seven: The Modern Era

-Modern era dynamics

-Reagan and the end of the Cold War

-Globalization and post-Cold War developments

-Security conflicts and the War on Terror

-Change in modern social and race relations


Module Eight: AICE US History AS Level Exam Prep

-Review of the Gilded Age and progressivism

-Analysis of imperialism and global conflicts

-Overview of modern era developments

-Strategies for essay writing success