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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
2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957
- 14 subtopics
- 93 things to know
- Component 2
What 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 covers
Option 2M is a depth study of Britain in transition, taken as one of the Component 2 choices. It runs from the Liberal welfare reforms through two world wars and the Depression to the post-war settlement and affluence.
Where it is assessed
Component 2
A depth 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.
- The Liberal Landslide of 1906 and New LiberalismRecall questions on the scale of the Liberal victory and on the thinkers who argued that the state should act to secure real freedom.Open →
- The Lib-Lab Pact, Tariff Reform and the Edwardian EconomyRecall questions on the Gladstone-MacDonald Pact, Joseph Chamberlain and tariff reform, the staple industries and foreign competition, the new industries, agriculture and the invisible earnings that offset Britain's trade deficit.Open →
- Edwardian Class, Poverty and the People's BudgetRecall questions on the class divisions of Edwardian society, the poverty surveys of Booth and Rowntree, Rowntree's poverty cycle and the new taxes and purposes of the People's Budget of 1909.Open →
- The Liberal Welfare ReformsRecall questions on school meals and medical inspection, the Old Age Pensions Act 1908, labour exchanges and trade boards, the National Insurance Act 1911 and the motives and limits of the Liberal reforms.Open →
- The Parliament Act, Women's Suffrage and Home RuleRecall questions on the two elections of 1910, the Parliament Act 1911, the suffragists, the suffragettes and Asquith's stance, and the Third Home Rule Bill, Ulster resistance and the Curragh Incident.Open →
- The Labour Unrest of 1910 to 1914Recall questions on the growth of strikes, the workers involved, the ideas of syndicalism and the alliance formed in 1914.Open →
- The Wartime Coalitions and the Liberal SplitRecall questions on the crisis that produced the coalition of 1915, Lloyd George's arrival and the lasting damage to the Liberal Party.Open →
- The War Economy, DORA and Post-War IndustryRecall questions on state control, the Ministry of Munitions and DORA, wartime housing and rationing, the unions and shop stewards, Black Friday in 1921 and the post-war struggles of the staple industries.Open →
- Women's War Work, the Vote and ConscriptionRecall questions on women's war work and the franchise acts of 1918, wartime culture and patriotism, the introduction of conscription and the treatment of conscientious objectors, and shell shock and the trenches.Open →
- The War Poets, the Easter Rising and Irish IndependenceRecall questions on Owen, Sassoon and Brooke, the Easter Rising and its aftermath, Sinn Féin's victory in 1918, the War of Independence and the Black and Tans, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.Open →
- Liberal Decline, the First Labour Government and BaldwinRecall questions on the Liberal split and decline, the 1923 election, MacDonald's first Labour government, the Campbell Case and the Zinoviev Letter, and Baldwin's government with Churchill and Chamberlain from 1924.Open →
- The Return to Gold, the Coal Crisis and the General StrikeRecall questions on post-war readjustment and the return to gold in 1925, the troubles of the coal industry, the Samuel Commission, the nine-day General Strike of 1926 and the Trade Disputes Act 1927.Open →
- The Divided Regions, Women and Culture in the 1920sRecall questions on where unemployment was concentrated, which regions prospered, women's work and freedoms, the popular press, the founding of the BBC, cinema and the remembrance of the war in the 1920s.Open →
- The Flapper Vote and the 1929 ElectionRecall questions on the enfranchisement of younger women, Labour's performance in 1929 and the Chancellor's economic orthodoxy.Open →
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What early Liberal reform was initiated under Campbell-Bannerman's leadership?
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Which two major pieces of legislation was Lloyd George the driving force behind?
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What was the Gladstone-MacDonald Pact?
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What were the staple industries?
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Name three new industries emerging in Britain during this period.
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What were the three main class divisions in Edwardian society?
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What did the Education (Administrative Provisions) Act 1907 introduce?
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What did Part I of the National Insurance Act 1911 introduce?
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What was the NUWSS and who led it?
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What militant tactics did the suffragettes adopt?
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What paramilitary organisation did Ulster Unionists form in 1913?
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Which groups of workers were involved in major strikes between 1910 and 1914?
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What was syndicalism?
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What was the Triple Alliance formed in 1914?
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What circumstances led to the formation of the 1915 coalition government under Asquith?
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How did the wartime political crisis affect the Liberal Party's long-term position?
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What was the 'coupon' in the 1918 election?
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Which industries and sectors came under state control during Britain's wartime economy?
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When was food rationing introduced in Britain during the First World War, and what items did it cover?
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Which staple industries faced severe difficulties after the war?
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How many women worked in munitions factories by 1918?
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What cultural changes occurred during the First World War?
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What outcomes could tribunals assign to conscientious objectors?
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Name two poems by Wilfred Owen and explain what themes they conveyed.
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Who led the Easter Rising, and what key location did the rebels seize?
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How did Sinn Féin perform in the 1918 election in Ireland, and what did its MPs do?
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What caused the split within the Liberal Party during the 1920s that contributed to its decline?
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On what issue did Stanley Baldwin call the 1923 general election?
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What significant diplomatic action did the first Labour government take regarding the Soviet Union?
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What challenges did the transition from wartime production create for the British economy after 1918?
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How did foreign competition affect the British coal industry?
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How did mine owners respond to the Samuel Commission's recommendations?
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In which industries was unemployment concentrated during the 1920s?
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What happened to many women's employment after the First World War ended?
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Which popular press titles reached mass audiences in the 1920s?
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What was significant about Labour's performance in the 1929 general election?
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Who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1929 Labour government, and what economic policies did he support?
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What economic inequality characterised Britain by 1929?
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What major economic event began shortly after the Labour government took office in 1929?
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What did the May Committee report of 1931 recommend regarding unemployment benefits?
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What issue divided the Labour Cabinet in August 1931?
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Did MacDonald consult the Labour Party before agreeing to lead the National Government?
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Which party dominated the National Government formed in 1931?
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What major constitutional crisis did Baldwin manage during his 1935-1937 premiership?
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What event triggered the beginning of the Great Depression?
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What condition was attached to international loans offered to Britain in 1931?
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What did Imperial Preference create?
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What was the peak level of unemployment in 1932?
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Which regions were designated as Special Areas under the 1934 Act?
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Which two works by George Orwell documented poverty and working-class conditions during the Depression?
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What did the Peace Ballot of 1935 demonstrate?
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What compromise did Baldwin refuse during the abdication crisis?
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What happened at the Battle of Cable Street in October 1936?
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What military failure in April 1940 led to the fall of Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister?
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How did the armed forces vote influence the 1945 election result?
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How did Labour plan to achieve redistribution of wealth?
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What system controlled construction after the war?
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Who negotiated the American Loan of 1946?
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How was Marshall Aid used in Britain?
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How were nationalised industries expected to operate?
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What narratives did government propaganda promote?
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What body was created to administer means-tested benefits under the 1948 Act?
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What planning principles influenced the new towns?
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Name two iconic structures at the Festival of Britain's South Bank site.
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What was unprecedented about bread rationing in 1946-48?
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What was the public mood regarding continued rationing after 1945?
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What international conflict increased defence spending and caused Labour divisions?
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Which Labour figures were involved in personal rivalries that contributed to party divisions?
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What key policy positions did the Conservatives accept after 1945?
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Who were the main authors of the Industrial Charter?
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What paradox occurred in the 1951 election regarding the popular vote?
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Who served as Conservative Prime Minister from 1951 to 1955, and what criticisms did he face during this period?
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When did Harold Macmillan become Prime Minister, and what image did he project?
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Did Conservative domestic policies between 1951 and 1957 reverse Labour's welfare state and nationalisation programme?
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What specific issues caused disputes between Labour's left and right wings in the 1950s?
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What evidence demonstrated rising living standards in 1950s Britain?
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What characterised women's employment patterns in 1950s Britain?
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How were nationalised industries run, what act introduced wartime conscription, and how were conscientious objectors dealt with?
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What brought down Neville Chamberlain in May 1940?
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How was labour allocated to essential industries during the war?
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Who were the 'Bevin Boys'?
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How did Bevin maintain industrial peace during the war despite controlling wages and banning strikes?
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How did the Second World War change women's work in Britain?
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What was Operation Pied Piper?
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What evidence contradicted the 'Blitz spirit' narrative?
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What class tensions existed regarding shelter provision during the Blitz?
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What was 'trekking' during the Blitz?
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Why were technical schools rarely built despite being part of the tripartite system?
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Why did the 11-plus examination favour middle-class children?
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What divided the Labour Party in the 1950s, and what marked the economic boom?
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What debts burdened Britain after 1945, and why did it launch an export drive and devalue sterling?
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How did Bevan overcome opposition from hospital consultants?
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National Insurance vs National Assistance
National Insurance: contributory protection against specified loss of income. National Assistance: means-tested support for people lacking sufficient resources.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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How many seats did the Liberal Party win in the 1906 general election?
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400 seats, achieving a landslide victory that ended a decade of Conservative dominance.
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What was New Liberalism?
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A shift from classical laissez-faire liberalism towards acceptance of state intervention to address social problems.
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Which thinkers influenced the development of New Liberalism?
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T.H. Green and L.T. Hobhouse.
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What argument did T.H. Green and L.T. Hobhouse make about the role of the state?
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They argued the state had a duty to create conditions for individual self-improvement.
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Who served as Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908?
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Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
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What early Liberal reform was initiated under Campbell-Bannerman's leadership?
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Free school meals.
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2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 revision questions
- Is 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 examined at AS in AQA History?
- Yes. It sits in Component 2, 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 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 cover in AQA AS-Level History?
- 14 subtopics: the liberal landslide of 1906 and new liberalism, the lib-lab pact, tariff reform and the edwardian economy, edwardian class, poverty and the people's budget, the liberal welfare reforms, the parliament act, women's suffrage and home rule, the labour unrest of 1910 to 1914, the wartime coalitions and the liberal split, the war economy, dora and post-war industry, women's war work, the vote and conscription, the war poets, the easter rising and irish independence, liberal decline, the first labour government and baldwin, the return to gold, the coal crisis and the general strike, the divided regions, women and culture in the 1920s and the flapper vote and the 1929 election. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 organised?
- By the AQA 7042 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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