History GCSE
Economic Inequality
What Economic Inequality means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Economic Inequality
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Systemic economic deprivation, alongside white racism, which the Kerner Report blamed for the riots.
Topics that use Economic Inequality
- Option 33: Key topic 2: Protest, progress and radicalism, 1960–75 - 4 The civil rights movement, 1965–75 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- De Facto Segregation
- Government Response
- Legislative reform
- Urban Unrest
- De facto vs de jure segregation
- Political representation
- Socio-economic inequality
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