OCR A Level History Civil Rights Revision Notes

Pack containing revision notes for the OCR A Level History Paper ‘Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992’ (Y319).

Resources included:

• Comprehensive notes on factors (such as the executive branch, SCOTUS, and key individuals), and their impact on the advancement of African-American, Native American, and Women’s civil rights. They are colour-coordinated, with green representing positive progression, amber representing a mix or conflict, and red representing regression. These notes are particularly helpful for the 25 mark Section B questions, where the ability to synthesise knowledge and ideas from across the period is of paramount importance.

• My suggestions for potential ‘turning point’ essays, for African American, Native American, and Women’s Rights. This style of question frequently appears in Section B, and these notes are to help in preparation.

• Spotlight notes for Native American rights and worker’s rights in the Gilded Age. These notes are helpful across the paper, but can be especially useful for the Section A interpretations question.

All notes included were created by me in the run up to my A Level History examinations, in which I achieved an A* grade. I am currently studying History at the University of Cambridge.