• Syllabus

15: Political developments in the United States (1945–1980) and Canada (1945–1982)

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Sub sections and their related questions

Truman and the Fair Deal; division within Democratic Party; congressional opposition; domestic policies of Eisenhower

• 18N.3op2.HL.TZ0.29: Evaluate the impact of Truman’s Fair Deal.
• 20N.3op2.HL.TZ0.29: Evaluate the impact of the domestic policies of Eisenhower.
• 22M.3op2.HL.TZ0.29: “President Truman failed in his attempt to establish the Fair Deal.” To what extent do you agree...

Kennedy and the New Frontier; Johnson and the Great Society

• 17M.3op2.HL.TZ0.29:

  To what extent were the social programmes of Kennedy’s New Frontier successful?

• 17N.3op2.HL.TZ0.29: To what extent was Johnson’s Great Society successfully implemented?
• 19N.3op2.HL.TZ0.29: “Kennedy failed to implement his New Frontier programme.” To what extent do you agree with this...

Nixon’s domestic policies; Watergate and possible impeachment; Ford’s domestic policies and pardon of Nixon; Carter’s domestic policies; changing composition and internal conflicts within the Democratic and Republican parties in the 1960s and 1970s, and the impact on elections

• 18M.3op2.HL.TZ0.29: Discuss the impact of Watergate on Nixon’s domestic policy programme.
• 19M.3op2.HL.TZ0.29:

  Compare and contrast the domestic policies of Nixon and Ford.

• 19N.3op2.HL.TZ0.30: Evaluate the impact of Nixon’s domestic policies.
• 21M.3op2.HL.TZ0.29:

  Compare and contrast the domestic policies of Ford and Carter.

• 21N.3op2.HL.TZ0.29:

  Evaluate the domestic policies of Nixon and Ford.

Domestic policies of Canadian prime ministers: St Laurent, Diefenbaker; political stability and nationalism; social and political change under Pearson and Trudeau

• 17N.3op2.HL.TZ0.30: Evaluate the impact on Canadian society of the governments of Pearson and Trudeau.
• 18M.3op2.HL.TZ0.30:

  To what extent were the domestic policies of St Laurent successful? 

• 18N.3op2.HL.TZ0.30: Compare and contrast the domestic policies of St Laurent and Diefenbaker.
• 20N.3op2.HL.TZ0.30:

  To what extent was there social and political change under Pearson and Trudeau?

• 21M.3op2.HL.TZ0.30: “Diefenbaker’s domestic policies were successful in solving Canada’s problems.” To what extent do...
• 22M.3op2.HL.TZ0.30: “The domestic policies of Pearson and Trudeau resulted in limited change.” Discuss.

Causes and effects of the Quiet Revolution; rise of Quebec nationalism, the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) and the October Crisis of 1970

• 17M.3op2.HL.TZ0.30: To what extent was the power of the provincial government in Quebec increased as a result of the...
• 19M.3op2.HL.TZ0.30: Discuss the reasons for the rise of nationalism in Quebec.
• 21N.3op2.HL.TZ0.30: Discuss the causes and effects of the Quiet Revolution.