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AQA AS-Level History 7042
1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204
Topic overviewThe Church, the Seljuk Turks and Byzantium before the CrusadesManzikert and the Call of the First CrusadeThe First Crusade: Motives and CampaignThe Kings of Jerusalem and the Early Crusader StatesThe Knights Templar and the HospitallersThe Crusader States, Byzantium and the Latin WestZengi and the Fall of EdessaThe Second Crusade
1B Spain in the Age of Discovery, 1469–1598
Topic overviewThe Kingdoms of Iberia in 1469Ferdinand, Isabella and the NobilityForeign Policy, Society and the Church under Ferdinand and IsabellaThe Inquisition, the Jews and the Fall of GranadaThe Alpujarras Revolt, the Economy and Overseas ExpansionThe Casa de Contratacion, Navarre and Spain by 1516The Inheritance of Charles VImperial Ideology and Conciliar GovernmentCharles V's Wars, Absences and Religious PolicyThe Conquest of the Americas and the Price RevolutionCharles V's Abdication and Spain by 1556
1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603
Topic overviewHenry VII's Claim to the ThroneHenry VII's Councils and GovernmentHenry VII's Finances, the Nobility and Foreign PolicyPretenders and Rebellions under Henry VIISociety and the Economy under Henry VIIReligion, Humanism and the Arts under Henry VIIHenry VIII: Character and AimsWolsey, Cromwell and the Break with RomeThe Dissolution, Foreign Policy and Henry VIII's WivesThe Ranks of Tudor SocietyThe Pilgrimage of Grace, Wales and the Henrician EconomyHumanism and Religious Change under Henry VIII
1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702
Topic overviewThe Political Nation, Divine Right and James ICourt, Crown Finance and Religious Division, 1603-1629Disputes between Crown and ParliamentArminianism, Puritanism and the Revenues of the Personal RuleThe Personal Rule, the Long Parliament and the Road to WarThe First Civil WarThe Second Civil War and the LevellersThe Army, Parliament and the Regicide
1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796
Topic overviewRussian Society and Government in 1682The Succession Crisis of 1682 and the StreltsyPeter's Western Interests, the Great Embassy and St PetersburgPeter I's Early Economic, Political and Military ReformsOpposition to Peter's Reforms and the Streltsy RevoltThe Azov Campaigns and the Battle of NarvaThe Poll Tax and State MonopoliesThe Holy Synod, the Senate and Church ReformThe Colleges, Provincial Government and the Table of RanksWesternisation, Opposition and Peter's Legacy by 1725The Great Northern War and Peter's Foreign PolicyThe Service State under Peter the Great
1F Industrialisation and the People: Britain, c1783–1885
Topic overviewThe British Political System in 1783Pitt the Younger and His MinistriesPitt's Financial and Trade ReformsEarly Industrialisation: Textiles, Iron and SteamEnclosure and Agricultural ChangeSocial Classes, Working Conditions and the Old Poor LawThe French Revolution and British RadicalismThe Irish Rebellion of 1798 and the Act of UnionThe Wars with France and the Home FrontLuddism and Britain by 1812Lord Liverpool, the Corn Laws and PeterlooCanning, Wellington and Catholic EmancipationTextiles, Iron, Coal and the Common LandsUrbanisation and Working-Class DiscontentRadicals, Abolitionists and the Rise of MethodismThe Great Reform Act of 1832
1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964
Topic overviewParliament and the Franchise before 1867The Second Reform Act, Gladstone and DisraeliThe Workshop of the World, Free Trade and Agricultural DepressionClass and Region in Victorian BritainThe Domestic Reforms of Gladstone and DisraeliIreland, the Great Famine and the Land QuestionGladstone's Home Rule Bill and Its OpponentsConservative Dominance before 1905Socialism and the Birth of the Labour PartyNew Liberalism, the People's Budget and the Parliament ActThe Great Depression, Industrial Decline and Tariff ReformNew Unionism, the Great Unrest and Women's SuffrageLiving Standards, Poverty and the Liberal Welfare ReformsThe Home Rule Movement and the Irish Party
1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964
Topic overviewAutocracy and Serfdom in 1855The Emancipation of the Serfs and Alexander II's ReformsReform, Reaction and the Death of Alexander IIPobedonostsev and RussificationLiberals, Populists and the Tsarist PoliceEconomy and Society after EmancipationNicholas II, Bloody Sunday and the Fundamental LawsThe Dumas, Stolypin and Witte's IndustrialisationWorkers, Peasants and the Grain TradeLiberals, Socialist Revolutionaries and MarxistsThe First World War and the February RevolutionLenin's Return and the October RevolutionLenin's Ideology, War Communism and KronstadtStalin's Rise and the Power Struggle
1J The British Empire, c1857–1967
Topic overviewThe Suez Canal and the Occupation of EgyptThe Indian Mutiny and the Government of India ActThe Scramble for Africa and the Chartered CompaniesMissionaries, the Civilising Mission and Party Attitudes to EmpireThe Boers, the Zulu War and Southern AfricaExpansion in Africa and the Government of IndiaLord Cromer and the Veiled Protectorate in EgyptIndirect Rule and the Entente CordialeChamberlain, Tariff Reform and Cecil RhodesThe Justifications for Empire and National EfficiencyExhibitions, Youth Movements and Popular ImperialismThe Boer War and the Union of South Africa
1K The Making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975
Topic overviewJohnson, Grant and Radical ReconstructionThe Redeemers and the Gilded Age PresidentsThe Post-Reconstruction South and Jim CrowThe Railroad Boom and Big Business in the Gilded AgeThe Closing of the Frontier and Gilded Age Foreign PolicyThe Populist Movement and the People's PartyProgressivism and Roosevelt's Square DealWilson's New Freedom and America's Economic RiseImmigration, Urban Growth and SegregationAmerican Imperialism and the War of 1898Neutrality and Entry into the First World WarAmerican Society and Industrial Power by 1920
1L The Quest for Political Stability: Germany, 1871–1991
Topic overviewThe States of the German Empire in 1871The Constitution of 1871: Bundesrat and ReichstagBismarck's Domestic PoliciesWilhelm II and WeltpolitikGerman Industrial Power before 1914The Burgertum and the Prestige of the EliteWorkers, Pressure Groups and Germany by 1914War, Revolution and the Weimar Constitution, 1914-1919Reparations, Putsches and the Crisis of 1923Stresemann, the Dawes Plan and Locarno
2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216
2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499
2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564
Topic overviewPapal Supremacy and the Church HierarchySalvation and the Seven SacramentsCorruption, Humanism and Demands for Reform before 1517The Holy Roman Empire and Its ElectorsThe Imperial Diet, the Young Luther and the 95 ThesesThe Disputations, Luther's Theology and the 1520 TreatisesLuther in Print, Excommunication and the Diet of WormsKarlstadt, the Zwickau Prophets and Luther's ReturnZwingli, the Eucharist and the Knights' RevoltThe German Peasants' WarThe Swiss Reformation, the Kappel Wars and MarburgThe Diets of Speyer, the Augsburg Confession and Melanchthon
2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570
Topic overviewThe English Church and Its Wealth in 1529Humanism and the Call for Church ReformHenry VIII's Great MatterThe Reformation Parliament and the Break with RomeReformist and Conservative Factions at CourtFaction, Diplomacy and the DissolutionThe Reasons for and Effects of the DissolutionThe Pilgrimage of GraceThe Ten Articles, the Six Articles and the King's BookReligion and War in Henry VIII's Last Years
2E The English Revolution, 1625–1660
Topic overviewJames I's Legacy and Charles I's KingshipCharles I, Buckingham and the Petition of RightThe Personal Rule and Its MinistersLaud's Reforms and Protestant FearsThe Scottish Prayer Book and Thorough in IrelandPuritan Emigration, the National Covenant and the First Bishops' WarThe Bishops' Wars and the Recall of ParliamentCharles I and the Parliamentary Opposition in 1640John Pym and the Long ParliamentDeadlock, the Fall of Strafford and the Irish RebellionThe Attempt on the Five MembersThe Militia Ordinance and the Drift to WarThe Nineteen Propositions and the Outbreak of War
2F The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715
Topic overviewRichelieu and the Regency of Anne of AustriaMazarin, the Parlement and the FrondesWestphalia and the Treaty of the PyreneesThe Start of Personal Rule and France in 1661Louis XIV's Conception of KingshipThe Royal Council, the Intendants and VersaillesColbert, Mercantilism and the Royal AcademiesThe Huguenots and the Edict of FontainebleauGloire, Foreign Policy Aims and Louvois's ArmyThe Decline of Spain and Louis XIV's Wars to 1684
2G The Birth of the USA, 1760–1801
Topic overviewMercantilism, Salutary Neglect and the Colonies in 1760The Thirteen Colonies and the Impact of the Seven Years WarFrom the Proclamation of 1763 to the Boston Tea PartyThe Intolerable Acts of 1774The First Continental CongressCommon Sense and the Organisation of ResistanceGeneral Gage and the Road to LexingtonThe Declaration of Independence
2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815
Topic overviewLouis XVI and French AbsolutismThe Three Estates and Seigneurial RightsTaxation and the Weaknesses of the Ancien RegimeThe Philosophes and the EnlightenmentThe Financial Crisis of the Ancien RegimeCalonne and the Assembly of NotablesThe Crisis of 1788 and the Estates-GeneralThe Cahiers and the Opening of the Estates-GeneralThe National Assembly and the Fall of the BastilleThe Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the Constitution of 1791The Political Clubs, Varennes and the Fall of the MonarchyThe Founding of the RepublicThe Execution of Louis XVI, the Vendee and the Federalist RevoltThe Levee en Masse and the Coming of the TerrorThe Fall of the Factions and the Great TerrorThermidor and the Dismantling of the TerrorVendemiaire and the Directory
2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877
Topic overviewFederalism and States' RightsThe Northern Economy by 1845Cotton, Plantations and the Southern EconomyThe Missouri Compromise and the Nullification CrisisManifest Destiny and the Compromise of 1850The Fugitive Slave Law, Abolitionism and Pro-Slavery ArgumentsThe Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding KansasThe Formation of the Republican PartyDred Scott, the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and Harper's FerryThe Election of 1860, Secession and Fort Sumter
2K International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890–1941
Topic overviewHow Britain and France Made Foreign PolicyThe Economic and Military Strength of the Great PowersThe Scramble for Africa and Great Power RivalryBalkan Nationalism and Austria-HungaryThe Naval Race, the Arms Race and War PlansThe Moroccan CrisesThe Entente Cordiale and the Triple EntenteThe Decline of the Ottoman EmpireThe Bosnian Crisis of 1908The Balkan WarsSarajevo and the Austrian UltimatumMobilisation and the Schlieffen PlanThe July CrisisItaly, the USA and the Widening War
2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945
Topic overviewA Young Kingdom: North, South and the RisorgimentoThe Italian Monarchy and the Narrow FranchiseGiolitti and the Gentiloni PactIndustrial Growth, Socialism and Labour UnrestNationalism, Futurism and the Triple AllianceIntervention in 1915 and Italy's War AimsThe Isonzo Front and CaporettoThe Home Front and the Peace SettlementFiume and the Mutilated VictoryPost-War Crisis and Political InstabilityThe Biennio Rosso and the Fascist ResponseThe March on Rome and Mussolini's AppointmentWhy the Elites Accepted MussoliniFascist Ideology, the Ras and the Cult of the DuceThe Grand Council, the Acerbo Law and the Matteotti CrisisBuilding the Dictatorship, 1925-1926Corfu, Fiume and the Consolidation of Power
2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957
Topic overviewThe Liberal Landslide of 1906 and New LiberalismThe Lib-Lab Pact, Tariff Reform and the Edwardian EconomyEdwardian Class, Poverty and the People's BudgetThe Liberal Welfare ReformsThe Parliament Act, Women's Suffrage and Home RuleThe Labour Unrest of 1910 to 1914The Wartime Coalitions and the Liberal SplitThe War Economy, DORA and Post-War IndustryWomen's War Work, the Vote and ConscriptionThe War Poets, the Easter Rising and Irish IndependenceLiberal Decline, the First Labour Government and BaldwinThe Return to Gold, the Coal Crisis and the General StrikeThe Divided Regions, Women and Culture in the 1920sThe Flapper Vote and the 1929 Election
2N Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953
Topic overviewTsarism and the Strain of War by 1917The February RevolutionThe Provisional Government and the April ThesesThe October RevolutionThe First Decrees, the Constituent Assembly and the Leaders of 1917The Cheka and the Rise of One-Party RuleBrest-Litovsk and the Causes of the Civil WarTrotsky and the Building of the Red ArmyWhy the Reds Won the Civil WarBolshevik Social Reform, War Communism and the Red TerrorTambov and KronstadtThe New Economic PolicyForeign Intervention, the Comintern and Soviet DiplomacyLenin's Death, His Testament and the Contenders for PowerPermanent Revolution and Socialism in One CountryThe Defeat of the Oppositions and the Great TurnThe Stalin Cult and Soviet Foreign Policy in the 1920s
2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945
Topic overviewThe Collapse of 1918 and the Kiel MutinyThe Weimar Constitution and the Terms of VersaillesThe Military Terms of Versailles and German ReactionsThe Ruhr Occupation and the Hyperinflation of 1923The Spartacist Uprising and the FreikorpsThe Ruhr Crisis, the Courts and the Munich PutschThe Munich Putsch and Weimar's CoalitionsStresemann and the Dawes PlanWeimar Culture: Bauhaus, Art and TheatreHindenburg's Election and the Golden YearsStresemann's Foreign Policy and LocarnoThe Wall Street Crash and the German BanksBruning's Deflation and the Nazi Electoral BreakthroughNazi Propaganda, the SA and Nazi AppealThe Divided Left, Hindenburg and PapenThe Prussian Coup and Hitler's Refusal of OfficeThe Reichstag Fire, the Enabling Act and the End of DemocracyGleichschaltung and the One-Party StateThe Night of the Long Knives
2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1997
Topic overviewJapanese Encroachment and the GuomindangThe Encirclement Campaigns, the Long March and Mao's IdeologyYan'an, the Xi'an Incident and the Second United FrontThe Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945The Race for Territory and the Marshall MissionThe Nationalist Position in 1946The Civil War and the Nationalist CollapseChina in 1949 and the Founding of the RepublicThe Mass Campaigns and the Grip on PowerThe Soviet Alliance and the Korean WarThe Hundred Flowers and the First Five Year PlanThe Great Leap Forward and the People's CommunesRectification, the Marriage Law and Social Change
2Q The American Dream: Reality and Illusion, 1945–1980
Topic overviewAmerican Power and Politics in 1945Truman and the Fair DealContainment, NATO and the Korean WarTaft-Hartley, the 1948 Election and McCarthyismCivil Rights in the Truman YearsEisenhower and Modern RepublicanismThe Fall of McCarthy and the Fifties EconomySuburbia, the Highways and the New LookHungary, Rollback and the Berlin CrisisEisenhower, South Vietnam and SEATOBrown, Montgomery and Little RockThe Election of 1960The New Frontier and the Berlin WallCivil Rights under Kennedy and America by 1963
2R The Cold War, c1945–1991
Topic overviewYalta, Potsdam and the Wartime AllianceThe Sovietisation of Eastern EuropeThe Marshall Plan and American Aid to EuropeThe Division of Germany, the Berlin Blockade and NATOJapan, China and NSC-68Korea in 1950 and the UN ResponseMcCarthyism and the Isolation of ChinaNATO, the Warsaw Pact and the First Indochina WarKhrushchev and the Crises of 1956 in Poland and HungaryThe Hungarian Uprising, Peaceful Coexistence and the Paris SummitThe U-2 Affair, the Missile Race and the Space RaceThe Berlin Crisis and the Berlin WallThe Division of Vietnam and the NLFCuba, the Bay of Pigs and the Missile Crisis
2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007
Topic overviewThe Conservative Prime Ministers, 1951 to 1964The Long Boom and Stop-GoWomen, Youth, Immigration and the Notting Hill RiotsForeign Policy, Suez and Decolonisation, 1951-1964Harold Wilson and the National PlanDevaluation and Labour's Economic Policy, 1965-1969In Place of Strife, Education and Northern IrelandThe Abolition of Hanging and Divorce ReformThe Media, the Permissive Society and Race in the 1960sVietnam, the EEC Veto and the Atlantic AllianceHeath, the 1970 Election and Selsdon ParkThe Industrial Relations Act and the 1972 StrikeThe Oil Crisis and the Second Miners' StrikeNorthern Ireland from Bloody Sunday to SunningdaleThe Social Contract, the IMF Crisis and the Winter of DiscontentFeminism, Equality Legislation and Immigration in the 1970sPunk and the New Politics of the 1970sBritain's Entry into the EEC and the 1975 ReferendumThe Special Relationship and Detente in the 1970s
2T The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000
Topic overviewStalin's Death and the System He LeftKhrushchev's Rise and the Anti-Party GroupThe Secret Speech and De-StalinisationThe Sovnarkhozy, Housing and the ThawThe Virgin Lands Scheme and Agricultural FailureThe Thaw, China and Khrushchev's Foreign PolicyThe Fall of KhrushchevBrezhnev and His Leading ColleaguesThe Kosygin Reforms and Economic StagnationDetente, Afghanistan and the Second Cold WarDissidents and Nationalist Unrest under BrezhnevAndropov, Chernenko and the Rise of GorbachevGorbachev's Aims and PerestroikaGlasnost, Afghanistan and the End of the Cold WarChernobyl, Economic Restructuring and DemocratisationThe Opposition to GorbachevThe August Coup and the End of the USSRYeltsin and Shock TherapyPutin's Rise and the Second Chechen War
1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964
- 14 subtopics
- 67 things to know
- Component 1
What 1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 covers
Option 1G is a breadth study of modern Britain, taken as one of the Component 1 choices. It covers the mid-Victorian settlement, the challenges of labour, women and Ireland before 1914, the impact of two world wars, and the post-war transformation.
Where it is assessed
Component 1
A breadth study, of which a student sits one.
Check the AQA specification ↗The 14 subtopics
Each one has its own page. AQA AS History students sit this topic in the first year.
- Parliament and the Franchise before 1867Recall questions on the two chambers and the powers of the Lords, and on how few men could vote and on what qualification.Open →
- The Second Reform Act, Gladstone and DisraeliRecall questions on the Second Reform Act of 1867 and Disraeli's reasons for it, the principles of Gladstonian Liberalism and Disraelian Conservatism, each party's support base and the Redistribution Act of 1885.Open →
- The Workshop of the World, Free Trade and Agricultural DepressionRecall questions on High Farming and the agricultural depression of the 1870s, the staple industries that made Britain the workshop of the world, free trade and laissez-faire, the Great Exhibition and the Great Depression of 1873 to 1896.Open →
- Class and Region in Victorian BritainRecall questions on who made up the upper, middle and working classes and on the economic differences between regions.Open →
- The Domestic Reforms of Gladstone and DisraeliRecall questions on the New Model Unions and the trade union laws of 1871 and 1875, the Education Acts of 1870 and 1880, Cardwell's army reforms and Northcote-Trevelyan, and Disraeli's health, housing and consumer legislation and its limits.Open →
- Ireland, the Great Famine and the Land QuestionRecall questions on the condition of Ireland at mid-century, the effects of the Famine and the grievances of the tenant farmers.Open →
- Gladstone's Home Rule Bill and Its OpponentsRecall questions on what Home Rule meant, the Home Government Association, Gladstone's first Home Rule Bill of 1886 and its defeat, the Liberal Unionist split, and the arguments of its opponents and of Ulster Protestants.Open →
- Conservative Dominance before 1905Recall questions on the Liberal split, imperial sentiment, Salisbury's party organisation and Conservative appeal to working men.Open →
- Socialism and the Birth of the Labour PartyRecall questions on socialism and the Fabian Society, the Independent Labour Party, the organisations that formed the Labour Representation Committee, the Lib-Lab pact and the election of 1906, and the Osborne Judgement and its reversal.Open →
- New Liberalism, the People's Budget and the Parliament ActRecall questions on New Liberalism and its thinkers' view of freedom, the land and income taxes of the People's Budget of 1909 and what they were to fund, and the constitutional crisis that produced the Parliament Act of 1911.Open →
- The Great Depression, Industrial Decline and Tariff ReformRecall questions on the late-Victorian Great Depression, outdated technology and poor investment, agricultural decline, the staple and new industries, German and American competition, invisible exports, and the tariff reform campaign against free trade.Open →
- New Unionism, the Great Unrest and Women's SuffrageRecall questions on new unionism, the Matchgirls' Strike and London Dock Strike, syndicalism and the Great Unrest, and the campaign for women's suffrage from the NUWSS suffragists to the WSPU and the Cat and Mouse Act.Open →
- Living Standards, Poverty and the Liberal Welfare ReformsRecall questions on urban growth, service work and rising living standards, Booth and Rowntree's surveys of poverty, the Liberal reforms from school meals to pensions, labour exchanges and National Insurance, and municipal housing, health and utilities.Open →
- The Home Rule Movement and the Irish PartyRecall questions on what Home Rule sought, who led the Irish Parliamentary Party and the fate of the first Home Rule Bill.Open →
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What were 'pocket boroughs'?
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How did the landed elite control local government in mid-19th century Britain?
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Why did Disraeli support the 1867 Reform Act?
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What two emphases shaped Disraeli's modern Conservatism?
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What was 'One Nation' social reform in Disraelian Conservatism?
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What was 'High Farming' in mid-19th century British agriculture?
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What is free trade as an economic ideology?
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What was the Great Exhibition of 1851 and what did it demonstrate?
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Who comprised the upper class in Victorian society?
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What regional economic divisions existed in Victorian Britain?
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Why did living standards improve for many workers during the mid-Victorian period?
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What restriction accompanied the Trade Union Act of 1871?
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What civil service reform was passed during Gladstone's first ministry?
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What housing legislation was passed during Disraeli's second ministry?
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What was the 'fair rent' grievance of Irish tenant farmers?
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What did Gladstone's first Irish Land Act of 1870 provide?
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What did Home Rule mean for Ireland?
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Why did imperialism and patriotism help maintain Conservative dominance up to 1905?
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What were the divisions between Whigs and Radicals within the Liberal Party?
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What is Fabianism?
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What was the purpose of the Independent Labour Party?
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What triggered the constitutional crisis of 1909–1911?
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What social purposes was the People's Budget intended to fund?
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How was the Osborne Judgement reversed?
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How did foreign competition affect agricultural prices in Britain?
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What are invisible exports?
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How did new unionism differ from older trade unionism?
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Which groups of workers were involved in strikes during the Great Unrest?
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What was the Cat and Mouse Act of 1913?
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Despite improvements, what remained a significant social problem?
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What were labour exchanges designed to do?
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What unemployment provision did the National Insurance Act 1911 create?
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What did the Home Rule movement seek for Ireland?
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How did the Irish Parliamentary Party campaign for Home Rule?
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When was the Ulster Volunteer Force formed and for what purpose?
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What type of government was formed during the Great War, and who were its two successive leaders?
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What factors enabled Conservative dominance of interwar British politics?
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What political position did Labour achieve by replacing the Liberals in the interwar period?
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What caused the abdication crisis of 1936?
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What was the peak membership of the Communist Party of Great Britain in the late 1930s?
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How did rationing demonstrate state intervention during the Great War?
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Which industries were classified as Britain's staple industries?
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Why did the General Strike fail?
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When did Britain abandon the Gold Standard, and what benefit did this bring?
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What types of work did women take on during the Great War?
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When was the BBC established, and when did it become a public corporation?
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What housing initiatives were undertaken in the 1930s?
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Why did Labour win the 1945 election despite Churchill's wartime popularity?
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What did Labour's 1945 ideology propose regarding healthcare?
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Which industries did Labour nationalise between 1945 and 1951?
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Why did Aneurin Bevan resign from the Cabinet in 1951?
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What scandal damaged Harold Macmillan's government in 1963 and contributed to perceptions of an out-of-touch establishment?
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How did Harold Wilson present Labour in the 1964 election campaign?
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How did wartime mobilisation affect industrial production?
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What caused balance of payments issues in post-war Britain?
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What happened during the contraction phase of stop-go policies?
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When was bread rationed in post-war Britain, and when did rationing finally end?
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What happened during the Notting Hill race riots of 1958?
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What benefits did the National Insurance Act 1946 create?
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What did the Osborne Judgement rule, how was it reversed, and what characterised the Great Depression of 1873–1896?
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How did the Second World War and the 1950s change British society?
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What work did women take on in the Great War, what happened to it afterwards, and what did the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 achieve?
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What grievances did Irish tenant farmers hold in the mid-19th century?
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How did the British execution of Easter Rising leaders affect Irish public opinion?
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What was the outcome of the 1918 general election in Ireland, and how did Sinn Féin respond?
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Who were the Black and Tans?
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Suffragists vs Suffragettes
Suffragists: campaigners favouring constitutional methods for female enfranchisement. Suffragettes: campaigners associated with militant direct action for female enfranchisement.
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What were the two chambers of Parliament in mid-19th century Britain?
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The House of Commons (elected) and the House of Lords (hereditary peers and bishops)
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What significant power did the House of Lords retain in mid-19th century Britain?
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The power to block or amend legislation
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What proportion of adult males could vote before 1867?
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Approximately one in five adult males
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What qualification was required to vote before 1867?
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Male property owners meeting specific property qualifications
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What were 'pocket boroughs'?
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Constituencies controlled by wealthy patrons
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How were constituencies unevenly distributed before reform?
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Rural areas were over-represented compared to growing industrial towns, and some boroughs were controlled by wealthy patrons
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1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 revision questions
- Is 1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 examined at AS in AQA History?
- Yes. It sits in Component 1, which you take in the first year, so it is on the AS paper as well as counting towards the full A level.
- What does 1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 cover in AQA AS-Level History?
- 14 subtopics: parliament and the franchise before 1867, the second reform act, gladstone and disraeli, the workshop of the world, free trade and agricultural depression, class and region in victorian britain, the domestic reforms of gladstone and disraeli, ireland, the great famine and the land question, gladstone's home rule bill and its opponents, conservative dominance before 1905, socialism and the birth of the labour party, new liberalism, the people's budget and the parliament act, the great depression, industrial decline and tariff reform, new unionism, the great unrest and women's suffrage, living standards, poverty and the liberal welfare reforms and the home rule movement and the irish party. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is 1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 organised?
- By the AQA 7042 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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