History A-Level
Suburbanisation and uneven de-segregation
What Suburbanisation and uneven de-segregation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The white exodus to the suburbs post-1945 in the north left poorer, mainly black inner cities, while the old south saw increasing de-segregation after 1970.
Topics that use Suburbanisation and uneven de-segregation
- Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 1 The changing geography of civil rights issues (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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