Edexcel A Level History

Option 39.1 – Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850-2009

The below is a frustratingly incomplete set of notes that I wrote to improve my understanding of the Edexcel A Level course. There are a few more sets of these to come, but I have to first find them on my hard drive. 

Past Paper Questions 

• A Level 39.1 – Past Paper Essay Questions

Notes

‘Free at Last’ (1865-77)

The Triumph of ‘Jim Crow’ (1883-c.1900)

• Jim Crow and disenfranchisement (PDF)
• Jim Crow and disenfranchisement (Word)
• Jim Crow and the Supreme Court (PDF)
• Jim Crow and the Supreme Court (Word)

The New Deal and race relations (1933-41)

‘I have a dream’ (1964-68)

Obama’s campaign for the presidency (2004-2009)

• Obama in 2004 (PDF)
• Obama notes 2004 (Word)
• Obama opposition in 2008 (PDF)
• Obama opposition 2008 (Word)
• Significance of Obama’s Election (PDF)
• Significance of Obama election (Word)

 

Model Answers

• Model Source Answer – Lincoln and Reconstruction