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SQA Higher History C837 76

126 points in 3 topics, with SQA's codes and titles.

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1 British

1.A Part A: Church, state and feudal society, 1066–1406
1.A.1 An evaluation of the nature of feudal society
1.A.2 An evaluation of the role of the church in medieval society
1.A.3 Growth of royal power under David I in Scotland
1.A.4 Why royal power grew under Henry II in England
1.A.5 King John’s attempts to increase royal authority
1.A.6 An evaluation of the reasons for the decline of feudal society
1.B Part B: The century of revolutions, 1603–1702
1.B.1 Problems facing James after the Union of the Crowns
1.B.2 Charles I’s policies in Scotland, to 1642
1.B.3 Causes of the English Civil War
1.B.4 Failure to find an alternative government, 1649–58
1.B.5 An evaluation of the reasons for the Revolution Settlement of 1688–89
1.B.6 Significance of the Revolution Settlement’s changes, 1688–1702
1.C Part C: The trade in enslaved African people
1.C.1 Why the trade in enslaved Africans developed
1.C.2 The slave trade’s importance to the British economy
1.C.3 Relations between enslaved Africans and their owners
1.C.4 An assessment of the implications of the trade for African societies
1.C.5 An evaluation of the obstacles to abolition
1.C.6 Why the abolitionist campaign succeeded in 1807
1.D Part D: Britain, 1851–1951
1.D.1 An evaluation of the reasons why Britain became more democratic, 1851–1928
1.D.2 An assessment of how democratic Britain became, 1867–1928
1.D.3 Why some women gained the vote in 1918
1.D.4 Why the Liberals introduced welfare reforms, 1906–14
1.D.5 An assessment of the effectiveness of the Liberal social welfare reforms
1.D.6 An assessment of the effectiveness of the Labour reforms, 1945–51
1.E Part E: Britain and Ireland, 1900–1985
1.E.1 Growing tension in Ireland, to 1914
1.E.2 An assessment of the impact of World War I on Ireland
1.E.3 Obstacles to peace up to the Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1918–21
1.E.4 Causes of the Irish Civil War
1.E.5 The developing crisis in Northern Ireland, by 1968
1.E.6 An evaluation of the obstacles to peace, 1968–85

2 European and world

2.A Part A: The Crusades, 1071–1204
2.A.1 An evaluation of the reasons for the calling of the First Crusade
2.A.2 Why Christians of different classes took the cross
2.A.3 An evaluation of the reasons for the success of the First Crusade
2.A.4 An evaluation of the reasons for the fall of Jerusalem in 1187
2.A.5 An evaluation of the reasons for the resolution of the Third Crusade
2.A.6 Decline of the crusading ideal, to the Fourth Crusade
2.B Part B: The American Revolution, 1763–1787
2.B.1 An evaluation of the reasons for colonial resentment towards Britain by 1763
2.B.2 An evaluation of the reasons for the colonists’ moves towards independence
2.B.3 An evaluation of British opinion towards the conflict in the colonies
2.B.4 An assessment of the global nature of the war
2.B.5 An evaluation of the reasons for the colonists’ victory
2.B.6 An assessment of the political impact of the American Revolution
2.C Part C: The French Revolution, to 1799
2.C.1 Threats to the Ancien Regime before 1789
2.C.2 An evaluation of the reasons for the French Revolution in 1789
2.C.3 Failure of constitutional monarchy, to 1792
2.C.4 An evaluation of the reasons for the Terror, 1792–95
2.C.5 An evaluation of the reasons for the establishment of the Consulate
2.C.6 An assessment of the impact of the Revolution
2.D Part D: Germany, 1815–1939
2.D.1 Growth of German nationalism, 1815–50
2.D.2 How far German nationalism grew, to 1850
2.D.3 An evaluation of the obstacles to German unification, 1815–50
2.D.4 Why Germany was unified by 1871
2.D.5 An evaluation of the reasons why the Nazis achieved power in 1933
2.D.6 How the Nazis stayed in power, 1933–39
2.E Part E: Italy, 1815–1939
2.E.1 Growth of Italian nationalism, 1815–50
2.E.2 How far Italian nationalism grew, to 1850
2.E.3 An evaluation of the obstacles to Italian unification, 1815–50
2.E.4 Why Italy was unified by 1870
2.E.5 How the Fascists came to power in Italy, 1919–25
2.E.6 How the Fascists stayed in power, 1922–39
2.F Part F: Russia, 1881–1921
2.F.1 An assessment of the security of the Tsarist State before 1905
2.F.2 An evaluation of the causes of the 1905 revolution
2.F.3 An assessment of the attempts to strengthen Tsarism, 1905–14
2.F.4 An evaluation of the reasons for the February Revolution, 1917
2.F.5 Why the October Revolution succeeded, 1917
2.F.6 Why the Reds won the Civil War
2.G Part G: USA, 1918–1968
2.G.1 Changing attitudes to immigration in the 1920s
2.G.2 Obstacles to civil rights for Black Americans, to 1941
2.G.3 An evaluation of the reasons for the economic crisis of 1929–33
2.G.4 An assessment of the effectiveness of the New Deal
2.G.5 Growth of the Civil Rights campaign after 1945
2.G.6 Effectiveness of the Civil Rights movement, to 1968
2.H Part H: Appeasement and the road to war, to 1939
2.H.1 Aggressive German and Italian foreign policy in the 1930s
2.H.2 German and Italian foreign policy methods from 1933
2.H.3 An evaluation of the reasons for the British policy of appeasement, 1936–38
2.H.4 British policy against Fascist aggression, 1935 to March 1938
2.H.5 An assessment of the Munich agreement
2.H.6 An evaluation of the reasons for the outbreak of war in 1939
2.I Part I: The Cold War, 1945–1989
2.I.1 Emergence of the Cold War, to 1955
2.I.2 Soviet control of Eastern Europe, to 1961
2.I.3 An evaluation of the reasons for the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962
2.I.4 Why the US lost the Vietnam War
2.I.5 Superpower attempts to manage the Cold War, 1962–79
2.I.6 An evaluation of the reasons for the end of the Cold War

3 Scottish

3.A Part A: The Wars of Independence, 1249–1328
3.A.1 Alexander III and the succession problem 1286–92
3.A.2 John Balliol and Edward I 1292–96
3.A.3 William Wallace and Scottish resistance
3.A.4 The rise and triumph of Robert Bruce
3.B Part B: The age of the Reformation, 1542–1603
3.B.1 The Reformation of 1560
3.B.2 The reign of Mary, 1561–67
3.B.3 James VI and the relationship between monarch and Kirk
3.B.4 The impact of the Reformation on Scotland, to 1603
3.C Part C: The Treaty of Union, 1689–1740
3.C.1 Worsening relations with England
3.C.2 Arguments for and against Union with England
3.C.3 Passing of the Act of Union
3.C.4 Effects of the Union, to 1740
3.D Part D: Migration and empire, 1830–1939
3.D.1 The migration of Scots
3.D.2 The experience of immigrants in Scotland
3.D.3 The impact of Scots emigrants on the empire
3.D.4 The effects of migration and empire on Scotland, to 1939
3.E Part E: The impact of the Great War, 1914–1928
3.E.1 Scots on the Western Front
3.E.2 Domestic impact of war: society and culture
3.E.3 Domestic impact of war: industry and economy
3.E.4 Domestic impact of war: politics