History A-Level
Regional Differences
What Regional Differences means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Regional Differences
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Reference: AQA
In the North, African-Americans faced different challenges from the South, including deindustrialisation, white flight and systemic poverty.
Topics that use Regional Differences
- 2Q The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945–1980 – The USA after Nixon, 1974–1980 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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