Category:Edexcel A level History
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Unit 1
Securing the Tudor Dynasty: the Reign of Henry VII
Threats to the dynasty after 1485,
Henry’s administrative reforms and economic policies,
Henry’s use of foreign policy,
Recommended Reading for 'Securing the Tudor Dynasty: the Reign of Henry VII'
The World Turned Upside Down: Monarchy and Republic in England, 1642-53
The first and second Civil Wars ,
Parliament and the New Model Army from 1645,
The search for settled government 1646-53,
The role and significance of Oliver Cromwell, 1645-53,
Recommended Reading for 'The World Turned Upside Down: Monarchy and Republic in England, 1642-53'
Poverty and the British State: c.1815-50
The Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834,
Support for, and opposition to, the New Poor Law (up to 1850),
Recommended Reading for 'Poverty and the British State: c.1815-50'
Votes for Women, c.1880-1918
Early women.s suffrage movements, c.1880-1903,
Reactions to the suffrage campaigns up to 1914,
The impact of the First World War and the Representation of the People Act, 1918,
Recommended Reading for 'Votes for Women, c.1880-1918'
Russia in Revolution, 1905-17
The impact of the First World War on the economy, government and the peoples,
The Provisional Governments and their problems,
Recommended Reading for 'Russia in Revolution, 1905-17'
The Seeds of Evil: the Rise of National Socialism in Germany to 1933
The Nazi party from its formation to the Beer Hall Putsch,
Nazi beliefs about, and policies towards, Weimar politics and society,
Economic, social and political reasons for support of, and opposition to, the Nazis to 1933,
Hitler and German politics, 1929.33,
Recommended Reading for 'The Seeds of Evil: the Rise of National Socialism in Germany to 1933'
Boom and Bust: Economy and Society in the USA, 1917-33
Boom: the impact of the First World War, Henry Ford and mass production, consumerism,
Prohibition and organised crime,
Political and social tensions,
Bust: the economic and social causes, and the social and political consequences,
Recommended Reading for 'Boom and Bust: Economy and Society in the USA, 1917-33'
Unit 2
The King.s Faithful Servant? The Age of Wolsey, 1509-29
The career of Wolsey in Church and state,
Luther and the Reformation in Germany, 1517-55
The causes of the German Reformation,
The political context of the German Reformation,
Personal Rule and the Crisis of Monarchy in Britain, 1629-42
The roles of Strafford and Laud,
Religious divisions and their political consequences in England and Scotland to 1640,
The recall of parliament and the road to war, 1640-42,
The Sun King in Splendour: France under Louis XIV, 1661-88
The structure of French absolutism under Louis XIV,
Louis XIV and religion: the Huguenots and the Gallicans to 1688,
Foreign policy: relations with the Dutch; the League of Augsburg,
France in Revolution, 1776-94
The financial and political problems of Louis XVI and the collapse of absolute monarchy,
The constitutional experiment, 1789-92,
The origins of the war and its impact on the course of the revolution, 1792-3,
The Younger Pitt: National Revival and the Impact of Revolution, 1783-1801
Pitt’s peacetime domestic reforms: finance and administration,
Radicalism and support for parliamentary reform in the 1790s,
Pitt and the government response to radicalism,
The Road to Unification, Italy c.1848-70
The roles of Cavour, Garibaldi and Mazzini,
Foreign intervention: the roles of France and Austria,
The unification process, 1861-70,
The Age of the Railway, 1830-1914
The establishment of a railway network, 1830-70,
Government attitudes and policies towards the railways,
The economic impact of railways,
The social impact of railways,
Welfare and the Constitution: the Liberal Governments, 1905.15
Liberal welfare and social reforms, 1906-11,
Liberals and the House of Lords,
Liberals and the Irish question,
The Triumph of Bolshevism? Russia, 1918.29
The Civil Wars: Allied intervention and Bolshevik victory, 1918.21,
The consolidation of Bolshevik power and the internal power struggle after Lenin.s death,
Italy: the Rise of Fascism, 1918-25
Weaknesses of the Liberal state, 1918-22,
Mussolini, the message and appeal of Fascism, its changing focus 1919 to 1922,
Support for, opposition to, Fascism,
The consolidation of Fascist power, 1922-25,
The Democratic Experiment: Weimar Germany, 1918-29
Threats from the extremes of left and right, 1918-23,
The establishment of democracy,
Stability, 1924-29 and Stresemann,
Pursuing .Life and Liberty.: Civil Rights in the USA, 1945-68
The social and economic position of black citizens,
Martin Luther King and peaceful protest,
Black Power and the use of violence,
The extent to which civil rights had been achieved by 1968,
Unit 3
A Very English Reformation: the Church and Henry VIII, 1529-47
Conflict with the Church and the break with Rome, 1529-34,
Continuity and change in religion, doctrine and belief,
The dissolution of the monasteries,
Support for, and opposition to, religious change,
Meeting the Challenge? The Catholic Reformation to 1563
Catholic Reform movements prior to 1545,
Ignatius Loyola and the Society of Jesus,
Council of Trent: its role and importance,
Catholicism and the attack on heresy,
Crown, Parliament and Conflict in Early Stuart England, 1603-29
The political and religious problems of James I to 1614,
James. financial difficulties,
Charles I and relations with Parliament to 1629,
The Sun King in Eclipse: the Later Years of Louis XIV, 1688.1715
France and the Spanish Succession,
The impact of the war on France, 1690.1715,
War and the French Revolutionary State, 1792.1815
The French Revolutionary armies and their achievements, 1792.1802,
Napoleon.s rise to power, 1799.1804,
Napoleon.s domestic reforms in France,
Reasons for initial successes and eventual defeat in the Napoleonic Wars,
Parliamentary Reform, 1815.50
Pressure for reform among different political and social groups, 1815.30,
The crisis of the Tory Party, 1827.30,
The Whig Government and the reform crisis, 1830.32,
The Health of the People: Public Health and Social Policy, 1832.75
Opposition to increased public health provision in the 1850s and 1860s,
Bismarck and the Unification of Germany, c.1848.71
The importance of the 1848 revolutions,
Economic factors favouring unification,
The rise of Bismarck and its political significance to 1871,
Responding to Reform: Party and Policy in the Age of Gladstone and Disraeli, 1867.85
Parliamentary reform, 1867.85,
Gladstones governments of 1868.74 and 1880.85,
Disraelis government of 1874.80: political and social issues,
The political rivalry of Gladstone and Disraeli,
Conflict, Depression and Opportunity: British Society between the Wars, 1919.39
Economic Depression and unemployment,
Government responses to the problem of unemployment,
Life in Hitler.s Germany, 1933.39
The social impact of Nazism on social classes,
Racism, citizenship and the treatment of minorities,
Life in the Soviet Union, 1928.41
The collectivisation of agriculture and its economic and social impact,
Industrialisation and its economic and social impact,
The culture of a totalitarian regime and the role of the arts,
Promise and Performance: FDR and the New Deal in the United States of America, 1933.45
The agenda for change: the nature of the New Deal,
Policies to deal with agriculture, industry, unemployment and welfare,
Opposition in the USA to the New Deal,
The extent of recovery and success of the New Deal to 1945,
Unit 4
Settlement and Security: Elizabethan England, 1558.88
The Elizabethan Church Settlement (1559.66),
The .puritan. challenge to the Church Settlement,
Elizabeth and the Catholics; the rising of the Northern Earls; Mary Stuart in England,
Foreign policy: relations with Scotland, France and Spain,
Calvin and Calvinism to 1572
Government, authority and society in Calvinist Geneva,
Opposition to Calvinism in France and the Netherlands to 1572,
Rebellion and Nationhood: the Revolt of the Netherlands
Spanish reaction to the Revolt,
Outcome: separation of the North and Spanish retention of the South,
Reason and Authority: Enlightened Despotism in Austria and Prussia
The impact of the Enlightenment for ideas and government,
Domestic policies of Frederick II,
Domestic policies of Maria Theresa and Joseph II,
Reactions to enlightened politics within Austria and Prussia,
Restoration England, 1660.85
Reasons for the restoration of monarchy,
The Restoration Settlement in Church and State, 1660.67,
Charles II, his ministers and relations with parliament, 1667.78,
Tory Men and Tory Measures: the Age of Lord Liverpool, 1815.27
Castlereagh, the Vienna settlement and congress diplomacy, 1815.25,
The Bourbons Restored: France, 1815.30
The crisis of 1829.30 and the July Revolution,
The Age of Peel, 1832.46
From Toryism to Conservatism to 1841,
The economic, financial, social and religious policies of the Peel government, 1841.5,
The importance of the Anti-Corn Law League,
The Corn Law crisis and the fall of the Peel government, 1845.6,
Securing the State: Bismarck and Germany, 1871.90
Support for, and opposition to, Bismarck,
Conservative Supremacy: Policies and Parties in Britain, 1886.1906
The impact of Labour, 1880.1903,
Liberal revival and the decline of the Conservatives after 1900.06,
The Road to War: British Foreign Policy, 1890.1914
Splendid isolation? The political and economic aims of British foreign policy in the 1890s,
Britain.s relations with France and Russia,
Britain.s reasons for going to war in 1914,
The Quest for Greatness: Fascist Italy, 1924.39
Mussolini and the Fascist party,
Fascism and the economy; corporatism; industrial policy; agricultural policy,
Fascism and the Roman Catholic Church,
Italian foreign policy in the 1930s,
From Peace to Appeasement: British Foreign Policy between the Wars
Britain and the Versailles peace settlement,
Chamberlain and the Munich crisis,
From Munich to the outbreak of War,
Expansion and Aggression: German Foreign Policy, 1933.39
Nazi-Fascist diplomacy: the Axis with Italy, 1933.39,
The challenge to the Versailles settlement, 1933.36; reasons for its success,
[[German expansion, 1936.39, and the extent of German responsibility for the outbreak of the Second World War (A level History)|German expansion, 1936.39 and the extent of German responsibility for the outbreak of the Second World War]],
Europe at War, 1939.45
German military and economic objectives, 1939.41; the Allied response,
Germany and the USSR at war on the Eastern Front; the social and economic impact of war,
The turn of the tide in Western Europe, 1942.44,
The impact of US intervention and the end game, 1944.45,
Stalin and Destalinisation, 1945.64
The last days of Stalin and his reputation in Russia on his death,
The origins of the Destalinisation movement,
Khrushchev.s agrarian and industrial policies,
The impact of Khrushchev.s policies within the USSR and the reasons for his fall,
Containing Communism? The USA in Asia, 1950.73
[[The implications of French retreat from South East Asia for political stability and the conflict between capitalism and communism (A level History)|The implications of French retreat from South East Asia for political stability and the conflict between capitalism and communism]],
[[The Vietnam War: increased US participation, from military advisors to military engagement (A level History)|The Vietnam War: increased US participation, from military advisors to military engagement]],
[[Reaction to the Vietnam War among different political and social groups within the USA; its implications for the war and its outcome. (A level History)|Reaction to the Vietnam War among different political and social groups within the USA;its implications for the war and its outcome.]],
Unit 5
The Tudor State, 1485.1603
In what ways did the strength of the monarchy in Tudor England change?,
By how much did the role and influence of Parliament in Tudor England change?,
The Ascendancy of France, 1589.1715
How did the power of the monarchy in France increase?,
By how much did the power of France in Europe change?,
Medicine in Britain in the Twentieth Century, c.1890.c.1990
How did war influence the development in medicine and surgery in this period?,
In what ways did state involvement in medical provision change in this period?,
Britain and Decolonization, c.1870.1980
In what ways did Britain maintain its control over its colonies?,
In what ways did movements for independence in British colonies develop in the twentieth century?,
Representation and Democracy in Britain, 1830.1931
In what ways did the size and composition of the electorate change in the period?,
How did electoral changes affect political parties?,
The State and the Poor in Britain, c.1830.1939,
How did attitudes to the poor change in this period?,
In what ways did state provision for the poor change in this period?,
Unit 6
The Crisis of the Tudor State, 1547.58
To what extent was the monarchy in crisis in the reigns of Edward VI and Mary I?,
The abilities of the rulers: Somerset, Northumberland and Mary,
[[The legacy of Henry VIII and impact of faction and court rivalry on political stability in England (A level History)|The legacy of Henry VIII and impact of faction and court rivalry on political stability in England]],
How serious were social and religious divisions in mid-Tudor England?,
The causes and impact of social and religious unrest: the Western Rising, Ket and Wyatt,
The Quest for Settlement: Cromwell and the Protectorate, 1653.58
How far were Cromwell.s objectives during the Protectorate fulfilled?,
To what extent was the Protectorate a military dictatorship?,
Attempts at a constitutional settlement,
The rule of the Major-Generals.,
Radicalism and the British State: the Chartist Experience, 1838.50
Was Chartism primarily an economic or a political movement?,
Economic factors; political origins: the radical legacy from 1815,
Aims of, and support among different groups for, the Chartists, 1838.50,
Why were the Chartists not more successful?,
Strategy, tactics and leadership: the roles and effectiveness of Lovett and O.Connor,
Opposition to Chartism and the role of the state.,
Decline of the Liberal Party, c.1900.29
To what extent was the First World War responsible for the longer-term Liberal decline?,
Support for the Liberal and Labour Parties among different social groups, c.1900.,
[[c.1918 and political, religious and social reasons for changes in levels of support for the parties (A level History)|c.1918 and political, religious and social reasons for changes in levels of support for the parties]],
The nature and impact of the Labour challenge, 1918.29.,
In what ways, and how deeply, was the Liberal party divided, 1914.29?,
Divisions over the first World War: Asquith and Lloyd George,
Peacetime revisions and reunion, 1918.29.,
Hitler and the Nazi State: Power and Control, 1933.39
How popular was Nazi rule in Germany 1933.39?,
[[The legacy of the Weimar government in explaining initial support for Nazi regime: acceptance of, and support for, Nazi rule among different social, economic and religious groups (A level History)|The legacy of the Weimar government in explaining initial support for Nazi regime: acceptance of, and support for, Nazi rule among different social, economic and religious groups]],
Nazi propaganda and the use of terror; the nature and extent of resistance to Nazi rule.,
Hitler: .weak dictator. or .master in the Third Reich.?,
Structure of the Nazi state and the personal role of Hitler,
Power of Hitler.s lieutenants: Goebbels, Goering and Himmler.,
The Soviet Union after Lenin, 1924.41
Did Stalin preserve or destroy Lenin.s legacy?,
Stalin and his struggle for power: the .left. and .right. opposition groupings,
Stalin and political control: his use of the party machine and terror.,
How popular was Stalin.s rule?,
Propaganda and the cult of personality.,
Cold War to Détente, 1945.90
Who was responsible for the Cold War?,
The Soviet .takeover. of Eastern Europe: NATO and the Warsaw Pact.,
Was the Cold War more about containment or supremacy?,
The nature, ideology and propaganda of the .cold war.: Berlin, Hungary, Cuba,
Détente: from Cuba to Afghanistan: the end game; Reagan and Gorbachev.,
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