Skip to content

Course home

x
Sign up
x

What was being challenged?

What was being challenged?

Timeline of major turning points from 1963 to 1980, including Great Society reform, Vietnam, Watergate, Camp David and Reagan's election

The American Dream was the idea that the USA offered freedom, prosperity and social mobility to people who worked hard. By 1963, that ideal looked convincing for many white, suburban, middle-class Americans, but it had never been equally available to all.

Challenges to the American Dream, 1963–1980 (A-level only) Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /Challenges to the American Dream, 1963–1980 (A-level only)

Step-by-step lessons on AQA A Level History Challenges to the American Dream, 1963–1980 (A-level only). Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

Lessons