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AQA GCSE History: Paper 1 Option AA — America, 1840-1895: expansion and consolidation

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What this course covers

  • Part one — Expansion: opportunities and challenges

    • 1.1 – The geography of North America
    • 1.2 – Why the early settlers went west and the challenges they faced
    • 1.3 – Dealing with a different culture

  • Part two — Conflict across America

    • 2.1 – Increasing conflict on the Plains
    • 2.2 – The background to the American Civil War
    • 2.3 – Coming to terms with the Mormons

  • Part three — Consolidation: forging the nation

    • 3.1 – The aftermath of the American Civil War
    • 3.2 – The continued settlement of the west
    • 3.3 – The resolution of ‘the Indian problem’ after 1865

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