Dixiecrats

Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in The USA 1945–1974.

Definition

Southern Democrats who opposed civil rights legislation and used tactics like the filibuster to block the 1964 Act.

Exam Context

Dixiecrats appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for Non-British Depth Studies, especially The USA 1945–1974 and Civil Rights in the USA 1954–1964.

Non-British Depth Studies The USA 1945–1974 Civil Rights in the USA 1954–1964

Found in Revision Notes

Non-British Depth Studies

Federal Government Involvement and the Civil Rights Act 1964

The USA 1945–1974 • Civil Rights in the USA 1954–1964

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