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Contents
- 1 History Key Stage 4
- 2 Understanding the Modern World
- 3 Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship
- 3.1 Germany and the Growth of Democracy
- 3.2 WWI
- 3.3 Weimar Democracy
- 3.4 Germany and the Depression
- 3.5 The Failure of Weimar Democracy
- 3.6 Establishing Hitler’s Dictatorship
- 3.7 The Experiences of Germans under the Nazis
- 3.8 The Impact of War on the German People
- 3.9 Social Policy under the Nazis
- 3.10 Opposition to the Nazis
- 4 Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and Communism
- 5 America,1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality
- 6 Conflict and Tension: the First World War, 1894-1918
- 7 Conflict and Tension: The Inter-War Years, 1918-1939
- 8 Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945-1971
- 9 Conflict and Tension in Asia,1950-1975
- 10 Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009
History Key Stage 4
Understanding the Modern World
America, 1840-1895: Expansion and Consolidation
Expansion: Opportunities and Challenges
North America
Going West
Plains Indians
- Culture and Way of Life
- Early Government Policy
- Permanent Indian Frontier
- Relationship with the Plains Indians
Conflict across America
Conflict on the Plains
American Civil War
- Differences between North and South
- Slavery
- Westwards Expansion
- Free States Abolitionism
- Missouri Compromise
- John Brown
- Abraham Lincoln
- Jefferson Davis
- Social impact of the Civil War
- Economic impact of the Civil War
Aftermath of the Civil War
- 13th Amendment
- Civil Rights Act
- Rebuilding the South
- 1866-1877
- Carpetbaggers
- Federal and State Powers
Settlement of the West
The Resolution of the ‘Indian Problem’
- The Small Reservations Policy
- Attitudes towards Native Americans
- Battle of the Little Big Horn
- The Dawes Act
- Battle of Wounded Knee
- The Closing of the Frontier
Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship
Germany and the Growth of Democracy
Ruling Germany
- Germany
- Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Difficulties in Ruling Germany
- Rise of Parliamentary Government
- Influence of Prussian Militarism
- Industrialisation in Germany
- Social Reform
- Navy Laws
WWI
- War Weariness
- Economic Problems caused by WWI
- Defeat in WWI
- The End of German Monarchy
- The Crisis of 1923
Weimar Democracy
- Political Change and Unrest in Germany, 1919-1923
- Economic Recovery and Developments under Stresemann
- Gustav Stresemann
- Weimar Culture
Germany and the Depression
- Great Depression
- Adolf Hitler
- National Socialism
- Rise of Extremism in Germany
- Hitler’s Appeal to the Masses
The Failure of Weimar Democracy
Establishing Hitler’s Dictatorship
- Reichstag Fire
- Enabling Act
- Elimination of Political Opposition
- Trade Unions in Germany
- Ernst Rohm
- Night of the Long Knives
- Führer
The Experiences of Germans under the Nazis
Economic Changes under the Nazis
- Economic Benefits
- Economic Drawbacks
- Employment under the Nazis
- Rearmament
- Self-Sufficiency
- Economy during the War
The Impact of War on the German People
Social Policy under the Nazis
- Joseph Goebbels
- Nazi Propaganda
- Censorship under the Nazis
- Nazi Culture
- Repression and the Police State
- Heinrich Himmler
- SS
- Gestapo
Opposition to the Nazis
Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and Communism
The End of Tsardom
Russian Economy and Society
Nicholas II
Revolutionary Tensions in Russia
- Revolution
- Growth of Revolutionary Tensions
- 1905 Russian Revolution
- October Manifesto
- Attempts to reform Russia
- Dumas
- Pyotr Stolypin
WWI
- Impact of WWI on Tsarist Government
- Social Effects of WWI in Russia
- Economic Effects of WWI in Russia
- Unpopularity of the Romanovs
- Abdication of Nicholas I
Lenin’s New Society
The Provisional Government
- Communism
- Bolshevism
- Failure to deal with Russia’s problems
- Leon Trotsky
- Vladimir Lenin
- Rise of the Bolsheviks
- October Revolution
Lenin’s Dictatorship
Social and Economic Developments under Bolshevism
Stalin’s USSR
Joseph Stalin
- Lenin’s Succession
- Communist Control of Government
- Red Terror
- The Purges
- Stalin’s Army
- Stalin’s Secret Police
- Labour Camps under Stalin
- Censorship under Stalin
- Stalin’s Cult of Personality
- Propaganda under Stalin
Stalin’s Modernisation of the USSR
Impact of WWII on USSR
America,1920-1973: Opportunity and Inequality
American People and ‘The Boom’
The ‘Boom’
- Stock Market
- Benefits of the ‘Boom’
- Advertising and Consumer Society in 1920s America
- Hire Purchase
- Mass Production
- Wealth Inequality
- Republican Government Policies, 1920s
- Stock Market Boom
Social and Cultural Developments in 1920s America
- Entertainment in 1920s America
- Women in 1920s American Society
- Organised Crime
- Prohibition
- Racism in 1920s America
- Immigrants in 1920s America
- Red Scare
Bust - American’s Experiences of the Depression and New Deal
American Society during the Great Depression
- Unemployment during the Great Depression
- Farming during the Great Depression
- Businessmen during the Great Depression
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- New Deal
- Republicans
- Roosevelt as President
- Pop Culture in Pre-War America
Impact of WWII
- WWII
- Impacts of WWII on America
- America’s Economic Recovery
- Lend Lease
- Exports in Post-War America
- Social Developments in Post-War America
Post-War America
Post-War American Society and Economy
- Consumerism
- Causes of Prosperity in Post-War America
- The American Dream
- McCarthyism
- Popular Culture in Post-War America
Civil Rights Movement
- Segregation Laws
- Martin Luther King
- Peaceful Protest
- Malcolm X
- Black Power Movement
- Civil Rights Act 1964
- Civil Rights Act 1968
America and the ‘Great Society’
Conflict and Tension: the First World War, 1894-1918
The Causes of the First World War
The Alliance System
- WWI
- The Triple Alliance
- Franco-Russian Alliance
- Relations between the ‘Entente’ powers
- Moroccan Crises (1905 and 1911)
- Crisis in the Balkans (1908-1909)
Anglo-German Rivalry
- Splendid Isolation
- Kaiser Wilhelm’s Foreign Policy
- Colonial Tensions between Britain and Germany
- European Rearmament pre-WWI
Outbreak of WWI
- Slav Nationalism
- Serbia
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- July Crisis
- Schlieffen Plan
- Why WWI broke out
- How WWI went from Tension to War
WWI: Stalemate
Schlieffen Plan
The Western Front
WWI on a Wider Scale
Ending WWI
Military Developments in 1918
- How Military Developments helped Defeat Germany in 1918
- Evolution of Military Tactics and Technology through WWI
- Ludendorff
- German Spring Offensive
- Allied Advance during The Hundred Days
Germany Surrenders
- Impact of the Blockade
- Abdication of the Kaiser
- Armistice
- Field Marshall Douglas Haig
- Ferdinand Foch
Conflict and Tension: The Inter-War Years, 1918-1939
Peacemaking
Armistice
- Aims of the Peacemakers
- Woodrow Wilson
- Georges Clemenceau
- David Lloyd George
- Success of the Peacemakers
Treaty of Versailles
The League of Nations
The Collapse of the League of Nations
Origins and Outbreak of the Second World War
Development of Tension pre-WWII
Escalation of Tension Pre-WWII
- Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
- Benito Mussolini
- Axis Forces
- Anti-Comintern Pact
- Anschluss
- Appeasement
- Sudetenland Crisis
- End of Appeasement
The Outbreak of World War II
- Occupation of Czechoslovakia
- Role of the USSR in WWII
- Invasion of Poland
- Outbreak of WWII
- September 1939
- Causes of WWII
Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945-1971
The Origins of the Cold War
End of WWII
- Cold War
- Superpower
- Yalta Conference
- Potsdam Conference
- Division of Germany
- Capitalism
- Communism
- USA
- USSR
- Joseph Stalin
- Winston Churchill
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Clement Attlee
- Harry Truman
- Nuclear Bombs
Iron Curtain
- Soviet Expansion in Eastern Europe
- US Policy against the Soviets
- Stalin's reaction to US Policy
- Cominform
- Comecon
- Yugoslavia
- Berlin Blockade
- Berlin Airlift
Development of the Cold War
Cold War Military Rivalries
The 'Thaw
Transformation of the Cold War
- Berlin Wall
- Cuba
- Fidel Castro
- Bay of Pigs Invasion
- Nikita Khrushchev
- John F. Kennedy
- Czechoslovakia
- Brezhnev Doctrine
Easing of Cold War Tension
Conflict and Tension in Asia,1950-1975
Conflict in Korea
Causes of the Korean War
- Korea
- Nationalism
- USA
- China
- Division of Korea
- Kim Il Sung
- Syngman Rhee
- Invasion of South Korea, 1950
- USSR absence from UN
Development of the Korean War
- UN
- UN Campaign in North Korea
- UN Campaign in South Korea
- Inchon Landings
- Recapture of South Korea
- UN Advance into North Korea
- Chinese Intervention in Korean War
- General MacArthur
End of Korean War
- 38th Parallel
- Armistice in Korea
- Impact of the Korean War in Korea
- UN and Sino-American Relations post-Korean War
Conflict in Vietnam
- Vietnam
- French Colonial Rule in Vietnam
- Dien Bien Phu
- Geneva Agreement, 1954
- Civil War in South Vietnam
- Vietcong
- Guerilla Warfare
- Ho Chi Minh
US Involvement in Vietnam
- Communism
- Capitalism
- Domino Theory
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- John F. Kennedy
- Intervention in Vietnam under Eisenhower and Kennedy
- Strategic Hamlets Programme
- Johnson's War
- Gulf of Tonkin
- US Response to Vietcong Tactics
- Mass Bombing Campaign in Vietnam
- Demands for Peace in Vietnam
- Student Protests Against Vietnam War in USA
- My Lai
- Search and Destroy Tactics
- Tet Offensive
Ending the Vietnam War
- Richard Nixon
- Vietnamisation
- Chemical Warfare
- Bombing Campaign 1970-72, Vietnam
- US Relations with China during Vietnam War
- Expansion of Vietnam War into Laos and Cambodia
Opposition to Vietnam War
- Kent State University
- Importance of Media and TV in influencing Public Opinion during Vietnam War
- Watergate Affair
End of the Vietnam War
- Paris Peace Talks
- Henry Kissinger
- Shuttle Diplomacy
- Role of Kissinger in ending Vietnam War
- US Withdrawal from Vietnam
- Fall of Saigon
- Problems in Vietnam in 1975
Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009
Tensions in the Gulf
- Persian Gulf
- Iran
- Iraq
- Iran-Iraq War
- USA
- Russia
- International Interests in Iran and Iraq
- Israel
- Palestine
- Contribution of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict to Tension in the Gulf
Gulf War, 1990
- Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
- George H.W. Bush
- Margaret Thatcher
- Role of Bush and Thatcher in First Gulf War
- UN Campaign against Saddam Hussein
- Consequences of the First Gulf War
- US Influence in the Gulf
War on Al-Qaeda
- Al-Qaeda
- Osama bin Laden
- 11 September Attacks
- Afghanistan
- Taliban
- Problems faced by Ethnic Groups in Afghanistan
War on Terror
- George W. Bush
- Tony Blair
- 2001 US/UK Operation in Afghanistan
- Overthrow and Collapse of the Taliban
- UN Peace Conference
- Hamid Karzai
Iraq War
- Saddam Hussein's Regime
- International Attitudes to Saddam Hussein
- Kurds
- Islam
- Iraq's links to Al-Qaeda
- Iraq's Reputation as a Rogue State
- Religious Divisions in Iraq
- Role of the UN in Iraq War
2003 Invasion of Iraq
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
- Military Campaign in Iraq
- Western Interests in Iraq
- Downfall of Saddam Hussein