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Cambridge Cambridge International AS & A Level History 9489
95 points in 11 topics, with Cambridge's codes and titles.
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1 France, 1774–1814
2 Liberalism and nationalism in Germany, 1815–71
3 Russia from autocracy to revolution, 1881–1924
4 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820–77
5 The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1870–1920
6 The Great Crash, the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1920–41
7 Imperialism and the emergence of world powers, c.1870–1918
8 International relations 1919–29: conflict and cooperation
9 International history 1929–39: the rise of extremism and the road to war
P3 Paper 3
P4 Paper 4
- P4.1 Mussolini’s Italy, 1919–41
- P4.1.1 How did Mussolini gain control of Italy?
- P4.1.2 How effectively did Mussolini govern Italy?
- P4.1.3 How successful were Mussolini’s economic policies?
- P4.1.4 How far did Mussolini transform Italian society?
- P4.2 Stalin’s Russia, 1924–41
- P4.2.1 How did Stalin gain control of the Soviet Union?
- P4.2.2 How effectively did Stalin govern the Soviet Union?
- P4.2.3 How successful were Stalin’s economic policies?
- P4.2.4 How far did Stalin transform soviet society?
- P4.3 Hitler’s Germany, 1929–41
- P4.3.1 How did Hitler gain control of Germany?
- P4.3.2 How effectively did the Nazis govern Germany?
- P4.3.3 How successful were Nazi economic policies?
- P4.3.4 How far did the Nazis transform German society?
- P4.4 Truman, Eisenhower and post-war USA, 1945–61
- P4.4.1 How well did Truman deal with the internal issues facing post-war US?
- P4.4.2 How effective was Eisenhower as President?
- P4.4.3 How far were the years 1945–61 ones of economic and social change?
- P4.4.4 How different were the foreign policies of Truman and Eisenhower?
- P4.5 A time of challenges: the USA, 1961–74
- P4.5.1 Presidencies of Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon
- P4.5.2 How well did US governments deal with Cuba and Vietnam?
- P4.5.3 How much progress was made in achieving civil rights for African Americans?
- P4.5.4 Why were there challenges to authority?
- P4.6 The USA, 1974–93
- P4.6.1 How significant were the problems facing the US in the late 1970s?
- P4.6.2 How great was the impact of the New Conservatism, 1981–92?
- P4.6.3 How effective were Carter’s foreign policies, 1977–81?
- P4.6.4 Why did relations between the US and the USSR change?
- P4.7 The Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, 1953–91
- P4.7.1 Soviet relations with satellite states to 1968
- P4.7.2 Why did the period 1964–85 become characterised by political and economic stagnation?
- P4.7.3 Gorbachev's response to Soviet crisis
- P4.7.4 How and why did Soviet control of Eastern Europe collapse in 1991?
- P4.8 End of minority rule in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1948–94
- P4.8.1 Establishing apartheid, 1948–1959
- P4.8.2 Resistance and repression in South Africa, 1960–77
- P4.8.3 End of apartheid, 1978–94
- P4.8.4 End of white minority rule in Zimbabwe
- P4.9 The route to independence: Malaysia and Indonesia, c.1909–67
- P4.9.1 Nationalism in Malaya to 1945
- P4.9.2 What factors led to the formation of Malaysia?
- P4.9.3 Indonesian nationalism to 1945
- P4.9.4 Formation of Indonesia and its challenges