History A-Level
limits to success
What limits to success means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of limits to success
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Resistance, economic inequality and internal divisions that restricted the gains of minority campaigns by 1980, despite legal and cultural achievements.
Topics that use limits to success
- The quest for civil rights, 1917–80 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Black Power
- Civil rights legislation
- gay rights movement
- hispanic American campaigns
- Native American campaigns
- Northern migration (1917–32)
- Segregation and life in the South
- Southern-based campaigning
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