History GCSE

Economic pressure

What Economic pressure means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

Definition of Economic pressure

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The strain placed on the bus company by the boycott, which mattered because the black community comprised 75% of bus riders.

Pearson Edexcel · Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 3 The Montgomery Bus Boycott and its impact, 1955–60 (study guide)

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Option 33: Key topic 1: The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60 - 3 The Montgomery Bus Boycott and its impact, 1955–60 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)

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