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Compulsory

GCSE History · key term

Compulsory

Definition

Required by law rather than left entirely to individual choice.

Used by AQA

How each exam board covers it

AQA GCSE History · 8145

Paper 2

The Anti-Compulsory Vaccination League organised resistance to this requirement.
Revise: Prevention of Disease

AQA History past papers

Exam tips

1
Explain why people opposed vaccination rather than simply listing opponents. Separate doubts about safety and scientific explanation from opposition to compulsory vaccination.
2
Use 1796 for Jenner’s experiment, 1798 for publication and 1853 for compulsory infant vaccination in England.

Related key terms

Cowpox
Immunity
Inoculation
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Vaccination

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