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Edexcel International AS and A level History XHI01/YHI01
88 points in 4 topics, with Edexcel's codes and titles.
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U1 Depth Study with Interpretations
- U1.1A France in Revolution, 1774–99
- U1.1A.1 The origins and onset of revolution, 1774–89
- U1.1A.2 Revolution and the failure of constitutional monarchy, 1789–93
- U1.1A.3 The National Convention, the Jacobins and The Terror, 1793–94
- U1.1A.4 From the Directory to Brumaire, 1795–99
- U1.1B Russia in Revolution, 1881–1917
- U1.1B.1 Political reaction and economic change – Alexander III and Nicholas II, 1881–1903
- U1.1B.2 The First Revolution and its impact, 1903–14
- U1.1B.3 The end of Romanov rule, 1914–17
- U1.1B.4 The Bolshevik seizure of power October 1917
- U1.1C Germany, 1918–45
- U1.1C.1 The democratic experiment 1918–29
- U1.1C.2 The rise of the Nazis, 1919–33
- U1.1C.3 Nazi Germany, 1933–39
- U1.1C.4 Germany at war, 1939–45
- U1.1D Britain, 1964–90
- U1.1D.1 Labour in power 1964–70: ’white hot heat’?
- U1.1D.2 States of emergency, 1970–79
- U1.1D.3 ‘There is no alternative’: the Thatcher response, 1979–90
- U1.1D.4 A changing society, 1964–90
U2 Breadth Study with Source Evaluation
- U2.1A India, 1857–1948: The Raj to Partition
- U2.1A.1 The British Raj: the government of India, 1857–1948
- U2.1A.2 The economics of empire, 1857–1948
- U2.1A.3 Resistance to British rule, 1857–1948
- U2.1A.4 Military power and its limits, 1857–1948
- U2.1B China, 1900–76
- U2.1B.1 Order and disorder, 1900–76
- U2.1B.2 The impact of the world on China, 1900–76
- U2.1B.3 Economic changes, 1900–76
- U2.1B.4 Social and cultural changes, 1900–76
- U2.1C Russia, 1917–91: From Lenin to Yeltsin
- U2.1C.1 Communist government in the USSR, 1917–91
- U2.1C.2 Industrial and agricultural change, 1917–91
- U2.1C.3 Control of the people, 1917–91
- U2.1C.4 Social developments, 1917–91
- U2.1D South Africa, 1948–2014
- U2.1D.1 Governing South Africa, c1948–2014
- U2.1D.2 Opposing the government of South Africa, c1948–2014
- U2.1D.3 Economy and society, c1948–2014
- U2.1D.4 Relations with the outside world, c1948–2014
U3 Thematic Study with Source Evaluation
- U3.1A The USA, Independence to Civil War, 1763–1865
- U3.1A.1 ‘A New Nation’, 1763–83
- U3.1A.2 ‘A More Perfect Union’, 1786–91
- U3.1A.3 ‘Jacksonian Democracy’, 1828–37
- U3.1A.4 ‘A House Divided’, 1850–61
- U3.1A.5 War and the end of slavery, 1863–65
- U3.1B The British Experience of Warfare, 1803–1945
- U3.1B.1 Britain and the Napoleonic Wars, 1803–15
- U3.1B.2 The Crimean War, 1854–56
- U3.1B.3 The second Boer War, 1899–1902
- U3.1B.4 Trench warfare on the Western Front, 1914–18
- U3.1B.5 Britain and the struggle with Nazi Germany, 1939–45
- U3.1C Germany: United, Divided and Reunited, 1870–1990
- U3.1C.1 The birth and early years of the Second Reich, 1870–79
- U3.1C.2 The birth and early years of democratic Germany, 1917–24
- U3.1C.3 The birth and development of the Third Reich, 1930–39
- U3.1C.4 Establishing and ruling the new Federal Republic, 1949–60
- U3.1C.5 The last years of the German Democratic Republic and reunification, 1985–90
- U3.1D Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA, 1865–2009
- U3.1D.1 ‘Free at last’, 1865–77
- U3.1D.2 The triumph of ‘Jim Crow’, 1883– c1900
- U3.1D.3 Roosevelt and race relations, 1933–45
- U3.1D.4 ‘I have a dream’, 1954–68
- U3.1D.5 Race relations and Obama’s campaign for the presidency, c2000–09
U4 International Study with Historical Interpretations
- U4.1A The Making of Modern Europe, 1805–71
- U4.1A.1 Historical interpretations: What explains the downfall of the Napoleonic Empire, c1805–14?
- U4.1A.2 The Treaty of Vienna and its aftermath, 1815–48
- U4.1A.3 The rise of Piedmont and the unification of Italy, 1848–70
- U4.1A.4 Prussia and the creation of the Second Reich, 1848–71
- U4.1B The World in Crisis, 1879–1945
- U4.1B.1 Interpretations: the outbreak of war in August 1914
- U4.1B.2 Achieving victory, making peace and keeping it, 1914–c33
- U4.1B.3 The drift to renewed conflict, 1933–41
- U4.1B.4 The world in flames, 1941–45
- U4.1C The World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1943–90
- U4.1C.1 Interpretations: the Cold War, 1943–53
- U4.1C.2 Conciliation and confrontation, 1953–64
- U4.1C.3 Stalemate and Détente, 1964–79
- U4.1C.4 Renewed confrontation and resolution, 1979–90
- U4.1D The Cold War and Hot War in Asia, 1945–90
- U4.1D.1 Interpretations: the Korean War, 1950–53
- U4.1D.2 The emergence of the Cold War in South East Asia, 1945–60
- U4.1D.3 War in Indo-China, 1960–73
- U4.1D.4 South-East Asia without the West: the fading of the Cold War, 1973–90