GCSE Modern World History


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GCSE: Understanding the Modern World Wider World Depth Studies Conflict & tension: the First World War, 1894–1918 BA i - Causes of WWI • Background • The Growing Crisis • Four Steps to War • Historiography • Causes of WWI Cascade • Self-test BA ii-iii - The First World War • World War One • The Schlieffen Plan fails • The Schlieffen Plan - Historiography • Stalemate - Trench Warfare • Search for a Solution - Gallipoli: A Second Front • Search for a Solution - Improvements • Verdun - the Start of the War of Attrition (maybe) • Verdun - Historiography • The Somme • The Western Front in 1917 • The War at Sea • America joins the War • End of the War • Haig and Foch - Historiography • WWI Cascade • Self-test Conflict & tension: the inter-war years, 1918–1939 BB i - Peacemaking - the Treaty of Versailles • The Conference • Aims • Terms • German reactions • Did the Big 3 achieve their aims? • Historiography • Other treaties • The treaties 1919-20: Achievements and Defects • ToV Cascade • Self-test BB ii - League of Nations • Formation and Covenant • Organisation, Membership and Powers • The League in the 1920s • Manchuria • Abyssinia • Why the League failed • Historiography • League of Nations Cascade • Self-test BB iii - Origins of WWII • Hitler's Aims • 8 Steps to War • Appeasement • Sudetenland - Appeasement in Action • After Munich - The End of Appeasement • Nazi-Soviet Pact • A wider perspective • Historiography • Causes WWII Cascade • Self-test Conflict & tension between East and West, 1945–1972 BC i - The Origins of the Cold War • Hot War/ Cold War • Causes • Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam • Hiroshima • Salami tactics • Fulton • Truman Doctrine/ Marshall Plan • Berlin Blockade • Historiography • Cold War Causes Cascade • Self-test 1945-1949 BC ii - Development of the Cold War • Growing tensions in Asia • Korean War • Peaceful Co-existence? • Poland/Hungary, 1956 • U-2 Crisis, 1960 • Historiography • Development of Cold War Cascade • Self-test 1953-1960 BC iii - Transformation of the Cold War • Berlin Wall • Berlin Wall - Historiography • Cuban Missiles Crisis • Cuban Missiles Crisis - Historiography • The Prague Spring • Détente, 1969-1972 • Transformation of Cold War Cascade • Self-test 1964-1972 Conflict & tension in Asia, 1945–1972 BD i - Conflict in Korea • Introduction • Causes of the Korean War – The Cold War • Causes of the Korean War Historiography • Life in Korea • Causes of the Korean War – Timeline • War Breaks Out • The USA Enters the War • China Enters the War • The End of the War • Ceasefire and aftermath BD ii-iii - The Vietnam Conflict • The End of French Colonial Rule • South Vietnam under Ngo Dinh Diem • The U.S. Goes to War in Vietnam • Life in North Vietnam under Ho Chi Minh • The Resistance War against America • The US response to Vietcong tactics • Tet Offensive – Khe Sanh, Hue, My Lai • Opposition and Support in America • Nixon's War • The End of the War • Why the US lost / the NVA-VC won • Historiography • Vietnam Cascade • Self-test Period Studies AA - America 1840-95 Expansion: opportunities and challenges • The Wild West? • The Geography of North America in 1840 • Manifest Destiny, Frontier & US Expansion • The Indigenous Nations • The Sioux - Govt & Warfare • The Sioux - Values & Beliefs • The Sioux - Lifestyle • Why did white Americans Hate the Indigenous Peoples? • Going West in the 1840s - Why? • Going West in the 1840s - The Journey • Going West in the 1840s - The 1849 Gold Rush Consolidation • The Mormons - The Mormons Move West • The Mormons - At Salt Lake • The Mormons - Historiography • Cattlemen and Cowboys • Homesteaders - Why they went West • Homesteaders - Problems & 'Solutions' • Homesteaders - Historiography • Law(lessness) and (lack of) Order Conflict • Conflict with the Indigenous Nations - Overview • Conflict with the Indigenous Nations - Causes • Conflict with the Indigenous Nations - Events • The Wild West - Historiography • The Wild West Cascade • Civil War - Causes • Civil War - Course • Civil War - Impact on Civilians • Civil War - Results • Civil War - Black Americans • Civil War - Cascade AB - Germany 1890-1945 Germany and the growth of democracy • Kaiser Wilhelm II • Difficulties of Ruling Wilhelmine Germany • Weltpolitik and the Navy Laws • Wilhelmine Germany - Historiography • Impact of the First World War Germany and the Depression • The Weimar Republic • Ending the War • Weimar problems 1919-23 • How far did the republic recover? • The Nazi Party 1919-29 • 1890-1928 Cascade The experiences of Germans under the Nazis • Hitler's Rise to Chancellor • Was Weimar Doomed? - Historiography • Consolidating Power • Control • How Nazi Rule affected Germans • The Nazi Economy • Interpreting Hitler - Historiography • Self-test, 1890-1939 • Germany in WWII • Life in Germany in WWII • 1929-1945 Cascade • Germany 1945-55 – Denazification • Life in Post-War Germany AC - Russia 1894-1945 The End of Tsardom • Tsar Nicholas II • Problems in Nicholas II's Russia • Late Imperial Russia - Historiography • The Revolution of 1905 • Why was there a Revolution in February 1917? • The February Revolution - Historiography Lenin's New Society • Provisional Government • October Revolution • Bolshevik State • Civil War • NEP • NEP - Historiography • 1894-1924 Cascade Stalin's USSR • Stalin Takes Power • Stalin's Dictatorship • Collectivisation • 5-Year Plans • Self-test, 1894-1939 • Impact of WW2 • Life in Russia 1914-45 • Stalin's Russia - Historiography • 1924-1945 Cascade AD - America 1919-1974 American People and the 'Boom' • America in 1916? • 'The Boom' of the 1920s • Inequalities of Wealth in the 1920s • Women in 1920s America • Entertainment, Prohibition and Crime • Immigration • The 'Red Scare' and the 'Monkey Trial' • Racism and the KKK Americans' experiences of the Depression and New Deal • Crash and Depression • Effects of the Depression • The 1932 Presidential Election • The New Deal - measures • The New Deal - evaluation • WWII - Economy & Society • WWII - African Americans and Women • WWII - Popular Culture • 1920-45 Cascade Post-war America • Economic Boom of the 1950s & '60s • '50s & '60s Popular Culture • McCarthyism • Civil Rights, 1945-65 • Civil Rights, 1965-73 • Civil Rights Movement - Historiography • Feminist Movements of the '60s &'70s • Kennedy's 'New Frontier' • Johnson's 'Great Society' • Native American, Chicano & Gay Protests • The Anti-Vietnam War Protests • Nixon • 1945-73 Cascade • Self-test	Key Stage 3 Portal Quick Links • The Middle Ages, 1066-1500 • A United Kingdom, 1500-1750 • The Age of Expansion, 1750-1914 • The Twentieth Century • How Wild was the Wild West? Ancient History Portal Quick Links • Alexander the Great • Hannibal • Agrippina Additional Topics The Aycliffe Angels • The Story of 'The Angels' • Where does all this information come from • Why were they called 'The Aycliffe Angels'? • What did the Factory manufacture? • Plans and Photos of the Factory (1940s) • TIMELINE of the Factory & Workers • Winston Churchill visits the Aycliffe Factory (1942) • Mrs Dillon - Senior ROF worker who received a medal • Honour at last, thanks to The Northern Echo • The Aycliffe Angels 2000-2020 • Extremely dangerous work... • Workers' Houses and Accommodation • 350 Houses on Secret Estate in Darlington • Photo Gallery 1 - (Admin Staff) • Photo Gallery 2 - (Production Staff) • Photo Gallery 3 - (Individual Angels) • Photo Gallery 4 - (ROF site in 1945) • Photo Gallery 5 - (ROF Fire Brigade) • Documents and Certificates etc... • What's left of Aycliffe ROF? • Surviving ROF buildings... • Links for History of The Aycliffe Angels Britain and World War II • The Day War Broke Out • The Phoney War The 'Home Front' • Evacuation • Censorship & Propaganda • Conscription • Internees & POWs • Blitz • Rationing • Women in the War Britain in World War II • Dunkirk • Battle of Britain • Battle of the Atlantic • D-Day Votes for Women! • Background • Failure • Victory • Hard-copy booklet China 1900-89 • China before World War II • The Communists during World War II • The Communists take power 1949 • Industry 1949-56 • The Great Leap 1958-62 • Agriculture 1950-62 • Impact of the Communist reforms • Political Oppression before 1966 • The Cultural Revolution • After Mao Zedong • China and the USSR • China and the USA • China's and its Neighbours	Dear User, New Unit As you will see, I am adding a new unit on the Korean War. 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GCSE: Understanding the Modern World

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