Unit Outline
This unit is a depth study from Paper 1 and it examines the evolution of Civil Rights in the USA. The unit starts with an examination of the Red Scare and how the early Cold War influenced domestic politics in the USA. The second part of the unit analyses the struggle for Black Civil Rights in the USA. We look at the main events and key actors who influenced the movement. Lastly, we finish the unit by looking at the growth in protest movements since the early 1960s and the political fall-out from the Watergate scandal.
