A2 Russia and its Rulers 1855–1964 Past Questions workbook How to use this booklet Your Russia and Cold War teachers will discuss what they want you to do in each Cold War lesson (now that your coursework is finished). This booklet has a page for each examination question that has been asked about our course since the change of course in 2010. For each question there is a section from the guidance given to examiners for marking it, and a section from the examiner’s report on each question
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HISTORY SUMMARY 1865-19901865-1900In the years following the Civil War the United States was transformed by the enormous growth of industry. Once, the United States was mainly a nation of small farms. By 1900, it was a nation of growing cities, of coal, steel, and of engines and fast communications. Though living standards generally rose, millions of industrial workers lived in crowded, unsanitary slums.In the north, industrial violence was common and occurred on numerous occasions. The most violent
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GCE History |Contents |Page | | | | |Unit A2 1: Option 1, Anglo–Spanish Relations 1509–1609 |5 | |Unit A2 1: Option 2, Crown and Parliament
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What led up to the assassination of a man and his impact after. Medgar Evers a man born on July 2, 1925 and died on June 12, 1963, was a civil rights activist in Mississippi. His full name was Medgar Wiley Evers and lived in Mississippi who grew up in a farming family in Decatur Mississippi. In 1943 Medgar Evers was drafted into the American Army to fight in World War II in France and Germany. In 1946 Medgar Evers received honorable discharge. Later on in his life he would become a Civil Rights Activist
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In the 16th century, Japan was going through a period of endemic civil war in what is now called the Muromachi period (up to mid 16th century) and the Azuchi-Momoyama period (later 16th century). In this time period, many daimyo (regional lords that served under the shogun) were beginning to fight one another in order to install the individual they supported as the new shogun. This infighting though, fractured the power structure of the shogun and had basically resulted in the shogun losing all control
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Poverty, Illiteracy and the Civil War in El Salvador: | EL Salvador | | BY: Yvette Rodriguez | | While El Salvador is the smallest nation in Latin America, it has been plagued with a myriad of issues that affect many third world countries. The social issues stem from a long history of violence and government mandated reforms. Civil unrest for decades led to a twelve year civil war, this being the most defining issue in El Salvador’s history. The affects of the war are still present today
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it involves breaking former beliefs and rules in a society. In pre-civil war America, slavery was part of the American culture and lifestyle. The reconstruction era was a period of rebuilding and reevaluating the foundation for the United States after the civil war. It was a buffer period that allowed for the fight for equal civil and political rights of African Americans to be introduced into a dominant white society. The events and values of Reconstruction did not dramatically transform African
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graphic scene where the ship “plummeted over the Niagara” even though the ship sank “short of the plunge” with only one fatality. The Caroline was significant because a strained relations with Britain and this depictions of the sinking was part of the “War of Words with Britain. The Creole was an american ship taken over by one hundred and thirty runaway slaves. Britain then gifted the runaway slaves an asylum that served as a “safe haven” in the bahamas. The creole was significant because it sparked
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Seeds of conflict What were the characteristics of Cold War? Ideologies : Communism v. capitalism Capitalism: production of goods and distribution is dependent on private capital with a view to making profit; capitalist economies run by individuals rather than by state Communism: hostile to capitalism, which exploits workers; ideally all property, businesses & industry should be state-owned, ‘each gives according to their ability to those according to their need’ Economics: Marshall Plan
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Paul Robeson grew up in special circumstances for an African American in the early 20th century. His father having been respected by many in the communities they lived in and Robeson’s sparkly clean reputation, led him to be invited into the homes of white students from his school quite often. He even acknowledged how his experiences were vastly different than other Black kids who grew up in other parts of the country during that time period. This early life of Robeson’s along with the opportunities
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