GCSE Modern World History3 exams

All exams are 1 hr 15 mins

Friday 16th May AMHistory A Unit 1: Peace And War: International Relations1 hr 15

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Section 4: How did the Cold War develop? 1945-56The widening gulf between the allies: the development of the Iron curtain and the Soviet control of

Eastern Europe and the allied response. The Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam ConferencesThe attitudes of Stalin and TrumanThe ideological differences between the superpowersThe development of the Cold War, 1948-1949 following the Berlin AirliftThe establishment and control of the Soviet satellite states; Cominform and ComeconThe growing involvement of the USA in Europe, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, Bizonia, the Berlin Blockade/airlift and the formation of NATO.Military developments and the beginning of the arms race.Hungary: the tightening of controlThe impact of the Soviet rule of controlRakosiDe-Stalinisation and optimismNagy and his demandsSoviet reaction and uprisingThe death of NagyThe re-establishment of Soviet controlInternational reaction.

Section 5: Three Cold War crises: Berlin, Cuba and Czechoslovakia C1957-1969

Berlin: a divided cityThe refugee problemKrushchev’s challenge to the USASummit conference and EisenhowerChallenge to KennedyConstruction of the Berlin Wall and its impactKennedy’s visit to Berlin, 1963

Cuba: the world on the brink of warThe arms race to 1961Cuba’s drift from the USABay of pigsCastro’s friendship with the Soviet UnionEconomic tiesMissile basesThe 13 daysImmediate and long term resultsHotline, Test Ban Treaty and the move to détente.

Czechoslovakia: the Prague SpringOpposition to Soviet controlDubcek as party secretaryThe Prague Spring ReformsThe re-establishment of Soviet control and International reaction.

Section 6: Why did the Cold War end? The invasion of Afghanistan to the collapse of the Soviet Union

The collapse of détente – the effects of the Soviet i8nvasion of AfghanistanThe impact of the Soviet invasion of AfghanistanDétente in the 70’s and its collapse – Helsinki, SALT I and SALT IIThe Second Cold War

Reagan and the US reactionUS and Reagan’s approachOlympic GamesSDI

Gorbachev and Eastern Europe, the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union.The changes after 1985Reagan and Gorbachev’s changing attitudesSummit conferencesINFThe loosening Soviet grip on Eastern EuropeThe Berlin WallThe end of the Cold WarThe collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Warsaw pact.

Remember that we only answer sections 4, 5 and 6 on the exam paper.Do not do sections 1, 2 and 3

Remember the 4 c’sContext,Causes,Content, And consequences

There are 3 questions in each section so you will answer a total of 9 questions. The following writing frames will help.

Friday 23 May AMHistory A Unit 2A: Germany 1918 –19391 hr 15

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The Weimar Republic 1918–29• The origins and early problems of the Weimar Republic 1918–23.• The economic problems of the Republic and the recovery underStresemann 1923–29.• The return of Germany to the international community.

The setting up of the RepublicThe signing and effects of the Treaty of Versailles Opposition, weaknesses in the Constitution, the Free Corps (Freikorps), attacks from the Left (the Spartacist uprising) and the Right (the Kapp Putsch). The threat posed by the Munich Putsch.The French occupation of the Ruhr and the impact of hyperinflation. The economic work of Stresemann, the Rentenmark, the Dawes and YoungPlans and US loans.Stresemann’s successes abroad, especially better relations with the USA,the Locarno Pact, joining the League of Nations and the Kellogg-BriandPact

Hitler and the rise of the Nazi Party 1919–33• The founding and early growth of the Nazi Party 1919–23.• The lean years 1923–29.• The impact of the Great Depression 1929–33.

Hitler’s career from 1919. The setting up and early features of the Nazi Party 1919–23 and its aimsThe role of the SA.The impact of the Munich Putsch of 1923 on the Nazi PartyReasons for decline in support for the Nazis in the years 1924–28Party reorganisation and Mein Kampf.The growth in Nazi support in the years 1929–32, The effects of unemployment and the failure of successive Weimar governments to deal with this between 1929 and January 1933. The appeal of Hitler and the Nazis, Goebbels and propaganda and the work of the SA. The role of von Papen, von Schleicher and von Hindenburg in the years 1932–33.

The Nazi dictatorship 1933–39• The removal of opposition 1933–34.• The police state.• Controlling and influencing attitudes.

The significance of the Reichstag Fire.The Enabling Act, the banning of other parties and trade unions.The threat from Rőhm and the SA, the Night of the Long Knives and the death of von Hindenburg.The role of the Gestapo, SS and concentration camps and the persecution of both the Catholic and Protestant Churches, the Concordat, the Reich Church and Pastor Niemőller.Goebbels and the Ministry of Propaganda, Nazi use of the radio, cinema,posters, newspapers, rallies, censorship, sport, culture and the arts.

Nazi domestic policies 1933–39• Nazi policies towards women and the young.• Employment and the standard of living.• The persecution of minorities

Nazi aims and policies towards the young, education, the youth movements.Nazi aims and changes in the role of women in the family and employment.Nazi policies to reduce unemployment, including the labour service, autobahns, rearmament and invisible unemployment. Changes in the standard of living, especially of German workers — the LabourFront, Strength Through Joy, Beauty of Labour, wages, prices and theVolkswagen.Nazi racial beliefs and policies, the persecution of minorities, particularlywith reference to the Jews, Slavs, ‘gypsies’, homosexuals and those withdisabilities. The Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht.

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Monday 2 June AMHistory A Unit 3C: A divided union? The USA 1945 –19701 hr 15

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McCarthyism and the Red Scare• The impact of the Cold War.• The development of the Red Scare.• The impact of McCarthyism.

The impact of the Cold War s in the USA including Soviet expansion in eastern Europe, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan, the Berlin Crisis (1948–9),NATO, the Soviet Union and the atom bomb and the Korean War. The development of the Red Scare including the FBI, HUAC, the Hollywood Ten and the Hiss and Rosenberg court cases.The impact of McCarthyism involves McCarthy’s emergence, the methodshe used and their impact, the reasons for the decline of McCarthyism andits overall impact on the USA.

The civil rights movement 1945–62• Progress, especially in education and problems in

implementation.• Montgomery Bus Boycott.• Martin Luther King and further progress and problems 1958–62.

The impact of Second World War, the work of the NACCP, CORE, SNCCThe Supreme Court and key developments in education includingBrown v Topeka, Little Rock and the Meredith CaseProblems faced by students and levels of support for segregation. The Montgomery Bus Boycott, its causes, the events and results; the actions of Rosa Parkes, the organisation of the boycott, the involvement of Martin Luther King,reasons for its success and its importance. The methods and leadership of Martin Luther King, sit-ins and the freedom riders, opposition, KKK violence and the Anniston bomb.

Changes in the civil rights movement 1963–70• Peace marches in 1963: Washington and Alabama.• Martin Luther King and civil rights legislation.• Malcolm X and Black Power.

Violent reactions to the peace march in Birmingham, Alabama, the peace march in Washington and the ‘dream’ speech. The influence of Martin Luther King over John F Kennedy and the civil rights movement.‘Freedom Summer’ of 1964, the murder of SNCC workers in Mississippi.Selma and the Voting Rights ActThe importance of the civil rights Act, 1964. The impact of the assassination of Martin Luther King.Malcolm X and his initial beliefs, methods, influence and involvement with the Black Muslims and his later change in attitude. Black Power and the leadership of Stokely Carmichael and the meaning of BlackPower, the Black Panther movement, inner city riots and civil rights at the end of the 1960s.

Other protest movements in the 1960s• The reasons for student protest.• Key features of the student movement.• The women’s movement.

The influence of the ‘swinging’ 60s, protest singers, the death ofKennedy, worldwide protest and the war in Vietnam. The key features of the student movement refers to the SDS, opposition to the war in Vietnam, student radicalism, the ‘hippy’ movement and the overallimportance of the student movement. The women’s movement involves the position of women in the early 1960s, the influence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Betty Frieden, the achievements and importance of the women’s movement including NOW and women’s liberation, andopposition to the women’s movement.

Remember to use the writing frames.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that you don’t have to revise for this paper because it is source based.

3 out of the 5 questions specifically ask you for your own knowledge.

Bitesize history- GCSE Modern World for revision on Germany and the Cold War

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/

John D Clare- Useful for Germany and the Cold War

http://www.johndclare.net/

Spartacus educational- Useful sources on the Divided Union exam and a good history encyclopedia

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USA.htm

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