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Depth Studies (Unit 4)

3 dot points across 3 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

Why did the campaign for women's suffrage grow in Britain, and how far did the suffragettes' militancy help or hinder the cause?

Britain and the suffragettes: the campaign for women's suffrage, the suffragists and suffragettes, militancy and the government response, the impact of the First World War, and the winning of the vote.
A WJEC A-Level History depth study of Britain and the suffragettes, covering the women's suffrage campaign, the suffragists (NUWSS) and suffragettes (WSPU), militant tactics and the government response, the impact of the First World War, and the winning of the vote in 1918 and 1928.
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How did the Nazis turn the chancellorship of 1933 into a total dictatorship, and how did the regime control and persecute the German people?

Nazi Germany 1933 to 1945: the consolidation of dictatorship, the machinery of the police state, propaganda and society, persecution and the Holocaust, and Germany at war.
A WJEC A-Level History depth study of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, covering the consolidation of Hitler's dictatorship, the police state and the SS, propaganda and the control of society, the persecution of Jews and the Holocaust, and Germany at war.
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Why did the French monarchy collapse after 1789, and how did the Revolution descend into Terror by 1794?

The French Revolution 1774 to 1795: the crisis of the old regime, the events of 1789, the radicalisation of the Revolution, the Terror, and the Thermidorian reaction.
A WJEC A-Level History depth study of the French Revolution from 1774 to 1795, covering the crisis of the ancien regime, the causes and events of 1789, the radicalisation of the Revolution, the execution of Louis XVI, the Jacobin Terror, and the Thermidorian reaction.
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