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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
2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007
- 19 subtopics
- 94 things to know
- Component 2
What 2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007 covers
Option 2S is a depth study of modern Britain, taken as one of the Component 2 choices. It runs from the affluent society of the 1950s through the end of the post-war consensus and Thatcherism to New Labour.
Where it is assessed
Component 2
A depth study, of which a student sits one.
Check the AQA specification ↗The 19 subtopics
Each one has its own page. AQA AS History students sit this topic in the first year.
- The Conservative Prime Ministers, 1951 to 1964Recall questions on Churchill's return, Eden's brief tenure, Macmillan's succession and the peer who renounced his title to take office.Open →
- The Long Boom and Stop-GoRecall questions on the prosperity of the 1950s, the pressure on sterling from the balance of payments and the damage done by stop-go.Open →
- Women, Youth, Immigration and the Notting Hill RiotsRecall questions on women's expectations and work in the 1950s, Commonwealth immigration and discrimination, the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962, the teenager and American youth culture, and the Notting Hill riots of 1958 and their aftermath.Open →
- Foreign Policy, Suez and Decolonisation, 1951-1964Recall questions on EFTA and the vetoed EEC application of 1963, the special relationship, Britain's atomic and hydrogen bombs, CND and the Nassau Agreement, the Korean War, the Suez Crisis and the Winds of Change and decolonisation.Open →
- Harold Wilson and the National PlanRecall questions on the ideas behind Wilson's modernisation, his leadership of the party, the £800 million deficit inherited in 1964 and the growth target, investment, wages and industry policy of the National Plan.Open →
- Devaluation and Labour's Economic Policy, 1965-1969Recall questions on why the National Plan failed, Wilson's resistance to devaluation, the new rate and the 'pound in your pocket' broadcast of 1967, and the Prices and Incomes Board, Selective Employment Tax and Industrial Reorganisation Corporation.Open →
- In Place of Strife, Education and Northern IrelandRecall questions on In Place of Strife and its abandonment, union power in the Labour Party, the Open University, Circular 10/65 and the polytechnics, Labour's divisions, and the Northern Ireland civil rights movement and the deployment of troops.Open →
- The Abolition of Hanging and Divorce ReformRecall questions on the bill that ended capital punishment for murder, the sentence that replaced it and the new grounds for divorce.Open →
- The Media, the Permissive Society and Race in the 1960sRecall questions on colour television and pirate radio, leisure, the pill, the Theatres Act and Lady Chatterley trial, women's liberation and the permissive society, Grosvenor Square, and the immigration act, Powell's speech and Race Relations Act of 1968.Open →
- Vietnam, the EEC Veto and the Atlantic AllianceRecall questions on Wilson's refusal to send troops and its consequences, and on why the 1967 application to join the EEC was blocked.Open →
- Heath, the 1970 Election and Selsdon ParkRecall questions on why Labour lost in 1970, Heath's election as leader, the Selsdon Park programme, his U-turn over Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, incomes policy and the Industry Act 1972, and the Industrial Relations Act 1971.Open →
- The Industrial Relations Act and the 1972 StrikeRecall questions on the changes the act made to collective agreements, the delay it imposed on strikes and the flying pickets of 1972.Open →
- The Oil Crisis and the Second Miners' StrikeRecall questions on how the oil shock strengthened the miners, the inflation that followed and the action taken from November 1973.Open →
- Northern Ireland from Bloody Sunday to SunningdaleRecall questions on the escalating Troubles, Bloody Sunday in 1972, the suspension of Stormont, the power-sharing executive and Council of Ireland at Sunningdale, and the Ulster Workers' Council strike that brought it down in 1974.Open →
- The Social Contract, the IMF Crisis and the Winter of DiscontentRecall questions on the elections of 1974, the Social Contract and its labour laws, inflation and the IMF loan of 1976, Callaghan and the Lib-Lab Pact, the strikes of the Winter of Discontent and Labour's Northern Ireland policy.Open →
- Feminism, Equality Legislation and Immigration in the 1970sRecall questions on the demands and consciousness-raising groups of second-wave feminism, the Equal Pay Act 1970, Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and Race Relations Act 1976, the Immigration Act 1971, the National Front and the Ugandan Asians.Open →
- Punk and the New Politics of the 1970sRecall questions on the emergence of punk, the band that came to stand for it, the values it rejected and the rise of environmental politics.Open →
- Britain's Entry into the EEC and the 1975 ReferendumRecall questions on the rejected applications of 1963 and 1967, the negotiations and entry of 1973, Wilson's renegotiation and the 1975 referendum, and the disputes over the budget, agricultural and fisheries policies.Open →
- The Special Relationship and Detente in the 1970sRecall questions on how Vietnam, Watergate and British decline strained the special relationship, Heath's stance in the Yom Kippur War, Britain's approach to détente and the USSR, and relations with China and Heath's visit to Beijing.Open →
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What issues divided the Bevanites and Gaitskellites within the Labour Party?
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What annual house-building target did Housing Minister Macmillan achieve by 1953?
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What were the key characteristics of the post-war economic boom through the 1950s?
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What consumer goods reflected rising living standards in the 1950s and early 1960s?
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What mechanisms transformed British society through consumerism during this period?
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What were the dominant societal expectations for women in the 1950s?
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Which countries were members of EFTA when it was established?
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What was the Nassau Agreement of 1962?
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What two elements combined in Harold Wilson's ideology for modernising Britain?
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What growth target did the National Plan of 1965 aim to achieve?
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What approach to wages did the National Plan rely upon?
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Why did the National Plan of 1965 fail?
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What was the purpose of the Prices and Incomes Board established in 1965?
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Why was the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation created in 1966?
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What did 'In Place of Strife' propose regarding strike ballots?
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To what age was the school leaving age raised in 1964?
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When and why were British troops deployed to Northern Ireland?
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What was the initial status of the 1965 abolition of capital punishment?
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Under the 1969 Divorce Reform Act, how could adultery be used as evidence?
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How long did a couple need to be separated with consent to prove irretrievable breakdown?
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What was Radio Caroline and when did it begin broadcasting?
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What did the Theatres Act 1968 abolish?
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What changes in moral attitudes occurred during the 1960s?
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What factors influenced Wilson's refusal to commit troops to Vietnam?
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What did 'withdrawal East of Suez' announced in 1968 mean?
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What was the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) and when was it issued?
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What was unexpected about the outcome of the 1970 general election?
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What was the free-market orientation of Heath's initial economic approach outlined at Selsdon Park in 1970?
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What was Heath's initial position on taxation as outlined at Selsdon Park?
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What mechanism did the Industrial Relations Act 1971 introduce to delay strike action?
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Who organised the flying pickets during the 1972 miners' strike?
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What action by OPEC triggered the 1973 oil crisis?
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What economic condition did the 1973 oil crisis contribute to in Britain?
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What was the outcome of the February 1974 election?
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What was the Council of Ireland proposed in the Sunningdale Agreement?
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What was the result of the October 1974 general election?
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What conditions did the IMF attach to its 1976 loan to Britain?
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Which workers' strike during the Winter of Discontent created particularly emotive media coverage?
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What reproductive rights did second-wave feminists campaign for in 1970s Britain?
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When was the Equal Pay Act 1970 actually implemented?
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What new form of discrimination did the Race Relations Act 1976 outlaw?
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Which band became the most notorious symbol of punk rock in Britain?
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When did Britain officially join the European Economic Community?
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How did Britain's relative decline affect the special relationship?
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When did Margaret Thatcher become leader of the Conservative Party, and when did she become Prime Minister?
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What distinguished 'wets' from 'dries' within the Conservative Party under Thatcher?
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Who led the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983, and what was the electoral outcome?
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What happened during the 1981 hunger strikes, and who was the most notable participant?
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What was the Medium Term Financial Strategy of 1980?
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Define privatisation as implemented under Thatcher.
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What was the North-South divide, and how did it develop during the 1980s?
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What triggered the miners' strike of 1984-85?
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How did the government coordinate police during the miners' strike?
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What was the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament's role in extra-parliamentary opposition during the 1980s?
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What happened in Toxteth in 1981?
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How large was the British naval task force sent to the Falklands, and how far did it travel?
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What does the term 'Falklands Factor' refer to?
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How was the special relationship with the USA strengthened under Thatcher?
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What was Britain's role in the 1986 US raid on Libya?
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What was negotiated at Fontainebleau in 1984, and what phrase did Thatcher use?
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What divisions emerged within the Conservative Party over Europe?
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Why did Michael Heseltine resign from Cabinet in 1986?
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What criticism did Geoffrey Howe make in his resignation speech that helped trigger Thatcher's downfall?
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What pattern of ministerial behaviour contributed to sleaze allegations under Major?
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What was the Downing Street Declaration and who issued it?
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What was the purpose of Kinnock's policy review?
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When did Tony Blair become Labour leader and what term did he use to rebrand the party?
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How did Conservative divisions over Europe contribute to Labour's 1997 victory?
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What role did Tony Blair's personal qualities play in Labour's 1997 victory?
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How many seats were the Conservatives reduced to in 1997?
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Who were the Young British Artists and name one prominent member?
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How many women MPs were elected in Labour's 1997 intake and what were they nicknamed?
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What barrier to trade was removed by the single market?
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What freedom regarding services did the single market establish?
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What opt-out did Britain secure regarding the single currency at Maastricht?
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What opt-out did Britain secure regarding social policy at Maastricht?
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What was Britain's military involvement in Bosnia during the 1990s?
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When did Tony Blair become Labour leader, and what event created the vacancy?
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What were the key characteristics of Blair's leadership style as Prime Minister?
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What was the Third Way?
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Why did House of Lords reform remain incomplete under New Labour?
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What was the purpose of tax credits under New Labour?
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What criticisms were made of the economy during the 1997-2007 period despite positive indicators?
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Name the four Conservative Party leaders between 1997 and 2005.
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What was the main source of Conservative divisions over Europe?
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What factors explain Conservative electoral failure in 2001?
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When did David Cameron become Conservative leader, and what did he promise?
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What did the 2001 census reveal about ethnic minorities in Britain?
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What was Blair's doctrine of liberal interventionism?
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What did punk rock reject, and what new concerns entered 1970s politics?
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When did Thatcher lead the Conservatives, and what marked her style?
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When did David Cameron become Conservative leader, and what marked trade unions and the labour market under New Labour?
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What brought about Thatcher's fall in 1990?
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Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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Who served as Conservative Prime Minister from 1951 to 1955, bringing the party back to power after six years in opposition?
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Winston Churchill
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Who succeeded Churchill as Prime Minister in 1955, having previously held the position of Foreign Secretary?
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Anthony Eden
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Who became Prime Minister in 1957 following Eden's resignation after the Suez Crisis?
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Harold Macmillan
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Which Prime Minister served from 1963 to 1964 after renouncing his peerage to take the position?
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Alec Douglas-Home
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How did the post-war economic boom contribute to Conservative political dominance between 1951 and 1964?
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Rising living standards and sustained economic growth allowed the Conservatives to claim credit for prosperity, making voters reluctant to change government
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What were the two main factions within the Labour Party whose conflicts weakened the opposition during the 1950s?
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The Bevanite left wing and the Gaitskellite right wing
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2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007 revision questions
- Is 2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007 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 2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007 cover in AQA AS-Level History?
- 19 subtopics: the conservative prime ministers, 1951 to 1964, the long boom and stop-go, women, youth, immigration and the notting hill riots, foreign policy, suez and decolonisation, 1951-1964, harold wilson and the national plan, devaluation and labour's economic policy, 1965-1969, in place of strife, education and northern ireland, the abolition of hanging and divorce reform, the media, the permissive society and race in the 1960s, vietnam, the eec veto and the atlantic alliance, heath, the 1970 election and selsdon park, the industrial relations act and the 1972 strike, the oil crisis and the second miners' strike, northern ireland from bloody sunday to sunningdale, the social contract, the imf crisis and the winter of discontent, feminism, equality legislation and immigration in the 1970s, punk and the new politics of the 1970s, britain's entry into the eec and the 1975 referendum and the special relationship and detente in the 1970s. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is 2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007 organised?
- By the AQA 7042 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
Every question in 2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007, on a schedule.
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