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Cambridge AS & A Level · 9489
1.1What were the causes and immediate consequences of the 1789 Revolution?
1.2How and why did France become a republic by 1792?
1.3How well was France governed in the period 1793–99?
1.4What caused the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte?
2.1What were the causes of the Revolutions of 1848?
2.2What happened during the 1848–49 revolutions and what were their consequences?
2.3Why was Bismarck appointed as Minister-President and what were his aims in the period up to 1866?
2.4How and why was German unification achieved by 1871?
3.1What challenges faced the Tsarist regime in the years 1881–94?
3.2What were the causes and outcomes of the 1905 Revolution up to 1914?
3.3How and why did the Bolsheviks seize power in October 1917?
3.4How were the Bolsheviks able to consolidate their power up to 1924?
4.1Why was there increasing tension between the North and the South before 1860?
4.2Why did the Civil War break out in April 1861?
4.3Why did the Civil War last four years?
4.4What were the aims of Reconstruction and how successful was it?
5.1Why was there rapid industrialisation after 1870?
5.2What were the consequences of the rapid economic growth after 1870?
5.3Why did the Progressive Movement develop and what were its aims and policies?
5.4How successful was the Progressive Movement from 1890 to 1920?
6.1What were the causes of the Great Crash and the Great Depression?
6.2What was the impact of the Great Crash and the Great Depression in the United States?
6.3How successful was Roosevelt’s first New Deal?
6.4Why was there a second New Deal and how successful was it?
7.1Why was imperialism a significant force in Africa from 1870?
7.2What was the impact of imperial expansion on international relations?
7.3Why did Japan emerge as a world power and what was the impact on international relations?
7.4Why did the USA emerge as a world power and what was the impact on international relations?
8.1Why was there such extensive dissatisfaction with the peace settlements of 1919–20?
8.2Why was the League of Nations created and what challenges did it face in the 1920s?
8.3How and why did international tensions remain high after the Versailles settlement?
8.4How and why did international relations improve, 1924–29?
9.1How did the rise of extremism affect international relations?
9.2Why did the League of Nations fail to keep the peace in the 1930s?
9.3Why, and with what effects, did Britain and France pursue a policy of appeasement?
9.4Why did war break out in 1939?