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AQA GCSE History 8145
America, 1840–1895: Expansion and ConsolidationPeriod study
Topic overviewThe geography of North AmericaWhy the early settlers went west and the challenges they facedDealing with a different cultureIncreasing conflict on the PlainsThe background to the American Civil WarComing to terms with the MormonsThe aftermath of the American Civil WarThe continued settlement of the westThe resolution of ‘the Indian problem’ after 1865
America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and InequalityPeriod study
Topic overviewThe ‘Boom’Social and cultural developmentsA divided society: prohibition, organised crime and racial tensionAmerican society during the DepressionThe effectiveness of the New Deal on different groups in societyThe impact of the Second World WarPost-war American society and economyRacial tension and developments in the Civil Rights campaigns in the 1950s and 1960sAmerica and the ‘Great Society'
Conflict and Tension Between East and West, 1945–1972Wider world depth
Topic overviewThe end of the Second World WarThe Iron Curtain and the evolution of East-West rivalryThe significance of events in Asia for superpower relationsMilitary rivalries: the arms race and the space raceThe ‘Thaw’The building of the Berlin WallTensions over CubaCzechoslovakia and the Prague SpringEasing of tension
Conflict and Tension in Asia, 1950–1975Wider world depth
Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990–2009Wider world depth
Conflict and Tension: The First World War, 1894–1918Wider world depth
Conflict and Tension: The Inter-War Years, 1918–1939Wider world depth
Elizabethan England, c1568–1603British depth
Topic overviewElizabeth I and her courtThe difficulties of a female rulerA ‘Golden Age’Poverty and the treatment of the poorEnglish sailors: Hawkins, Drake, Raleigh and circumnavigationReligious matters: Catholic plots and the threat to the settlementMary Queen of ScotsConflict with SpainThe historic environment of Elizabethan EnglandHistoric site: the Spanish Armada (2027)Historic site: Kenilworth Castle (2028)
Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and DictatorshipPeriod study
Topic overviewKaiser Wilhelm and the difficulties of ruling GermanyImpact of the First World WarWeimar democracyThe impact of the DepressionThe failure of Weimar democracyThe establishment of Hitler’s dictatorshipNazi economic changes and the impact of warNazi social policy: women, youth, education, churches and racial persecutionNazi control: propaganda, the police state, opposition and resistance
Health and the People in Britain, c1000 to the Present DayThematic study
Topic overviewThe factors that shape this studyMedieval medicineMedical progressPublic health in the Middle AgesThe impact of the Renaissance on BritainDealing with diseasePrevention of diseaseThe development of Germ Theory and its impact on the treatment of disease in BritainA revolution in surgeryImprovements in public healthModern treatment of diseaseThe impact of war and technology on surgeryModern public health
Medieval England: The Reign of Edward I, 1272–1307British depth
Topic overviewHenry III’s legacyDevelopment of government, rights and justiceTrade, towns and villagesEducation and learningThe development of the legal systemMedieval warfare, tactics and technologyThe invasion and colonisation of WalesRelations with ScotlandThe historic environment of Medieval EnglandHistoric site: the Battle of Stirling Bridge (2027)Historic site: Acton Burnell Castle (2028)
Migration, Empires and the People in Britain, c790 to the Present DayThematic study
Topic overviewThe factors that shape this studyInvasion: the Vikings, the Danelaw and the North Sea EmpireA Norman Kingdom and ‘Angevin’ EmpireThe birth of English identitySugar and the CaribbeanColonisation in North AmericaMigrants to and from BritainExpansion in IndiaExpansion in AfricaMigrants to, from and within BritainThe end of EmpireThe legacy of EmpireBritain’s relationship with Europe and its impact
Norman England, c1066–c1100British depth
Topic overviewCauses of Norman ConquestMilitary aspects: Stamford Bridge, Hastings and Norman tacticsEstablishing and maintaining controlFeudalism and governmentEconomic and social changes and their consequencesThe Norman Church and Archbishop LanfrancNorman monasticism, learning and educationThe historic environment of Norman EnglandHistoric site: the Battle of Hastings (2027)Historic site: the White Tower (2028)
Power and the People in Britain, c1170 to the Present DayThematic study
Topic overviewThe factors that shape this studyConstraints on kingshipThe origins of parliamentMedieval revolt and royal authorityPopular uprisings against the CrownDivine Right and parliamentary authorityRoyal authority and the right to representationThe extension of the franchiseProtest and changeWorkers’ movements and the growth of trade unionismWomen’s rightsWorkers’ rightsMinority rights
Restoration England, 1660–1685British depth
Topic overviewCrown and ParliamentThe Catholic questionCharles II’s courtCrisis: the Great Plague of 1665 and the Fire of LondonRestoration cultureLand: the East India Company and overseas possessionsTrade: mercantilism, the Navigation Acts and the slave tradeWar: sea power and conflict with the DutchThe historic environment of Restoration EnglandHistoric site: the Dutch Raid on the Medway (2027)Historic site: St Paul's Cathedral (2028)
Russia, 1894–1945: Tsardom and CommunismPeriod study
Topic overviewRussia’s economy and societyNicholas II’s autocracy and the courtThe First World War and the collapse of Tsarist governmentThe Provisional GovernmentThe impact of Lenin's dictatorshipWar Communism, the Kronstadt Rising and the New Economic PolicyStalin the dictatorStalin's modernisation of the USSRImpact of the Second World War
Conflict and Tension: The First World War, 1894–1918
- 9 subtopics
- 27 things to know
- Paper 1 section B
- Paper 1 section B, one wider world depth study of five
What Conflict and Tension: The First World War, 1894–1918 covers
Conflict and Tension: The First World War, 1894–1918 is examined in Paper 1, Understanding the modern world. It covers the Alliance System, Anglo-German rivalry, outbreak of war, the Schlieffen Plan, the Western Front, the wider war: other fronts, Gallipoli and the war at sea, changes in the Allied Forces, military developments in 1918 and their contribution to Germany’s defeat and Germany surrenders.
Where it is assessed
Paper 1 section B
Understanding the modern world: a wider world depth study, one of five.
Check the AQA specification ↗The 9 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- The Alliance SystemThe Triple Alliance of 1882, the Franco-Russian alliance, the Entente Cordiale and the Anglo-Russian Entente, how an entente differed from an alliance, and the Moroccan and Bosnian crises.Open →
- Anglo-German rivalrySplendid Isolation and why Britain gave it up, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, Weltpolitik and the Kruger Telegram, the Navy Laws and Tirpitz, HMS Dreadnought and the naval scare, and the growth of the continental armies.Open →
- Outbreak of warSlav nationalism and Serbia's growth, the Black Hand and Gavrilo Princip, the blank cheque, the Austrian ultimatum, Russian mobilisation, Germany's declarations of war, the march into Belgium and the Treaty of London.Open →
- The Schlieffen PlanWho drew up the plan and the problem it solved, the six-week timetable and the sweep through Belgium, Moltke's changes, Belgian resistance and Mons, the Battle of the Marne and the race to the sea.Open →
- The Western FrontThe layout of the trenches and the power of the machine gun, the creeping barrage and the first tanks, attrition as a strategy, Verdun and the Somme in 1916, and the cost of the Third Battle of Ypres at Passchendaele.Open →
- The wider war: other fronts, Gallipoli and the war at seaThe war of movement in the east and Tannenberg, Mesopotamia and Palestine, Churchill's case for Gallipoli, the failed naval attack and landings, the evacuation, Jutland, unrestricted submarine warfare and the convoys.Open →
- Changes in the Allied ForcesThe Bolshevik seizure of power, the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and what Russia gave up, the divisions Germany moved west, the Lusitania, the Zimmermann Telegram, unrestricted submarine warfare, and what American manpower and money brought.Open →
- Military developments in 1918 and their contribution to Germany’s defeatCombined attacks and surprise bombardments, stormtroopers, the improved tank and the jobs of aircraft, Ludendorff and his gamble, the Spring Offensive and why it failed, Amiens and the Hundred Days.Open →
- Germany surrendersThe British naval blockade and its effects on German civilians and war production, the Kiel mutiny and the German revolution, the Kaiser's abdication and Ebert's government, the armistice signed at Compiègne and its terms, and the parts played by Haig and Foch in the Allied victory.Open →
What you need to know
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How did the alliances and ententes of the years before 1914 divide Europe into two camps?
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How did Russia leave the Allied side and the United States join it in 1917 and 1918?
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What did Britain mean by its policy of Splendid Isolation?
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Why did Serbia’s growth after the Balkan Wars alarm Austria-Hungary?
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How was a typical trench system laid out?
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In which theatres outside Europe did British and imperial troops fight the Ottoman Turks?
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How had attacking methods changed by 1918 compared with 1916?
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What effect did the blockade have on German civilians?
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Which three countries formed the Triple Alliance, and in what year was it signed?
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What persuaded Britain to give up Splendid Isolation?
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Which secret society organised the killing of the Archduke?
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Who drew up Germany’s war plan, and when?
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Why did the machine gun give such an advantage to the defender?
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What went wrong with the naval attack on the Dardanelles in March 1915?
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Who seized power in Russia in November 1917, and what did they promise about the war?
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What were stormtroopers, and how did they fight?
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How did the blockade weaken Germany’s ability to keep fighting?
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What did the members of the Triple Alliance promise one another?
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Which agreement of 1902 first broke Britain’s isolation?
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Who shot Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and on what date?
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What problem was Germany’s war plan designed to solve?
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What was a creeping barrage?
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Why did the landings of April 1915 fail?
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Which treaty took Russia out of the war, and when was it signed?
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How had the tank improved by 1918?
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What set off the German revolution of November 1918?
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Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Entente Cordiale vs Triple Alliance
Entente Cordiale: friendly understanding of 1904 between Britain and France that settled their colonial quarrels. Triple Alliance: binding promise of 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy to give military support.
Agadir Crisis vs Bosnian Crisis
Agadir Crisis: German gunboat sent to Morocco in 1911 to protest at French troops entering Fez. Bosnian Crisis: Austria-Hungary's annexation of 1908 that enraged Serbia and forced Russia to back down.
Verdun vs Somme
Verdun: fortress city attacked by Falkenhayn in 1916 to bleed the French army white. Somme: mainly British offensive of July 1916 that took 57,000 casualties on its first day.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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Which three countries formed the Triple Alliance, and in what year was it signed?
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Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, in 1882.
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What did the members of the Triple Alliance promise one another?
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To give military support if one of them was attacked, which Germany intended above all as insurance against France.
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Why did France and Russia come together in an alliance by 1894?
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Each feared a powerful Germany, and together they could force Germany to fight on two fronts at once.
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What was the Entente Cordiale of 1904?
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A friendly understanding between Britain and France that settled their colonial quarrels, without either side promising to fight for the other.
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Which agreement of 1907 completed the Triple Entente?
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The Anglo-Russian Entente, which settled British and Russian rivalry in Persia, Afghanistan and Tibet.
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How did an entente differ from an alliance?
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An entente was only an understanding to cooperate, while an alliance was a binding promise to go to war for a partner.
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Conflict and Tension: The First World War, 1894–1918 revision questions
- What does Conflict and Tension: The First World War, 1894–1918 cover in AQA GCSE History?
- 9 subtopics: the alliance system, anglo-german rivalry, outbreak of war, the schlieffen plan, the western front, the wider war: other fronts, gallipoli and the war at sea, changes in the allied forces, military developments in 1918 and their contribution to germany’s defeat and germany surrenders. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Conflict and Tension: The First World War, 1894–1918 organised?
- By the AQA 8145 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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