In this unit, you will explore the major economic, social and political changes that occurred for different groups in American Society. Beginning with the impact of the Great depression and its effect on society in the USA in the 1930’s, you will then see how America recovered through Roosevelt’s New Deal and the onset of WW2. After the war, America became a certified “superpower” and in the remainder of the unit you will explore how that status effected the lives of women and young people in particular. In the latter half of the twentieth century, we experience some significant presidencies and you will finish the unit by focussing closely on the impact of the Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan presidencies.