OCR A-Level History Unit 3 thematic study and interpretations overview quiz quiz

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15 per cent

20 per cent

40 per cent

25 per cent

They are based on close reading of contemporary primary sources

They are marked internally by your own school rather than the board

They require no overall judgement, only description

They are synoptic across the whole period

African American, Native American, women's, and trade union rights

Political rights, economic rights, social rights and religious freedom

The rights of the North, the South, the East and the West of the country

Federal authority, state powers, local government and the judicial branch

That the doctrine of 'separate but equal' was fully lawful and could continue

That segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

That slavery was abolished throughout the United States

That women across the country were granted the right to vote

Whether the impact of war or the strength of the economy mattered more to reform

Whether Martin Luther King or Abraham Lincoln was the more important single figure

Top-down (federal and leaders) versus bottom-up (grassroots) drivers of change

Whether the Northern states or the Southern states were more to blame for delay

Summarise what each passage says in turn and then simply pick a personal favourite

Assess each historian's reliability and decide which one can be trusted more

Ignore your own contextual knowledge and rely only on the two passages

Evaluate each argument against context and judge which is more convincing

The Pilgrimage of Grace

Kett's Rebellion over enclosure

The Cornish Rebellion over taxes

Essex's revolt against the Queen

Because the rebels were backed by large, well-equipped foreign armies that intervened directly

Because the nobility stayed loyal, the Crown had resources, and rebels often had limited aims

Because there were in fact no rebellions of any significance during the whole Tudor period

Because the monarch always chose to abdicate the throne rather than confront the rebel forces

Writing too much about the views of named historians

Reaching a clear overall judgement at the end

Narrowing the answer to one decade or one group

Using precise and accurate dates in the answer