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AQA GCSE History
Period Studies

AQA GCSE History · 8145 · Section A

Period Studies

Paper 1 · 38 notes

Understand the narrative of substantial developments and issues over a medium time span of at least 50 years.

AA America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895)

Geography of North America
Early Settlers and Challenges
Cultural Encounters
Conflict on the Plains
Background to the Civil War 3 notes
The Mormons
Aftermath of the Civil War
Settlement of the West
Resolution of 'The Indian Problem'

AB Germany: Democracy and Dictatorship (1890–1945)

Kaiser Wilhelm and Governance
Impact of the First World War
Weimar Democracy
Impact of the Depression
Failure of Weimar Democracy
Establishment of Dictatorship
Economic Changes
Social Policy and Practice
Control and Opposition

AC Russia: Tsardom and Communism (1894–1945)

Economy and Society
Nicholas II and the Court
The First World War
The Provisional Government
Impact of Lenin's Dictatorship
Social and Economic Developments
Stalin the Dictator
Modernisation of the USSR
Impact of the Second World War

AD America: Opportunity and Inequality (1920–1973)

The ‘Boom’
Social and Cultural Developments
Divided Society
Society during the Depression
Effectiveness of the New Deal
Impact of the Second World War
Post-war Society and Economy
Civil Rights Campaigns
America and the ‘Great Society'

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