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AS History7041

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1.0 Introduction
2.0 Specification at a glance
3.0 Subject content
Introduction
1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1149
1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1547
1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1649
1F Industrialisation and the People: Britain, c1783–1832
1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1914
1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1917
1J The British Empire, c1857–1914
1K The Making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1920
1L The Quest for Political Stability: Germany, 1871–1929
2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1189
2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1471
2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1547
2E The English Revolution, 1625–1642
2G The Birth of the USA, 1760–1776
2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1861
2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1926
2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1929
2N Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–1929
2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1933
2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1962
2Q The American Dream: Reality and Illusion, 1945–1963
2R The Cold War, c1945–1963
2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–1979
4.0 Scheme of assessment
5.0 General administration
History AS Specification

History AS Specification

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2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1929

This option provides for the study of a transformative period of British history, during which democratically elected government faced a series of challenges, both internally and externally and British society underwent fundamental change. It develops concepts such as reform and retrenchment, patriotism and pacifism, social status and cultural values. It also encourages students to reflect on the process of economic and social change and the impact of that change for both governments and the people.

Society in Crisis, 1906–1929

The Liberal crisis, 1906–1914

  • The Liberal governments: the 1906 election; New Liberalism; the influence of Campbell-Bannerman, Asquith, Lloyd George and Churchill; the position of Labour and the Conservatives
  • The state of the economy: staples; 'new' industries; agriculture; trade and invisible earnings; economic concerns and external competition
  • Social issues: class division; poverty; changes in taxation; the 'People's Budget'; Liberal social and welfare reforms; reasons for legislation and its effect
  • Challenges and crises: the constitutional crisis; the issue of female emancipation; Irish Home Rule; industrial unrest

The impact of war, 1914–1922

  • Politics in wartime: the 1915 coalition; Lloyd George and Bonar Law; Liberal division; the influence of the Labour Party and the 1918 constitution; the 1918 election and the Lloyd George coalition; policies, problems and Lloyd George's fall
  • Economic issues: Britain's wartime economy; housing and austerity; trade unions; post-war industrial problems; the position of the staple industries and trade
  • Social and cultural impact of war: role of women; reform of the franchise; unions and Labour; cultural change; issues of patriotism; conscientious objection; effect of trenches on soldiers; the war poets
  • Ireland: the Easter Rising; the war of independence and the Anglo-Irish Treaty

The search for stability, 1922–1929

  • Political developments: the decline of the Liberals; the 1923 election; the first Labour government: aims, reforms, international relations and collapse; the Conservative resurgence and government; the roles of Baldwin, Churchill and Chamberlain
  • Economic issues: post-war re-adjustment and return to Gold Standard; the problems of the coal mines; industrial disputes and the General Strike
  • Social and cultural change: unemployment and regional division; the post-war role of women; the growth of the media including newspapers and cinema; the cultural reaction to war
  • The 1929 election: the franchise extension and 'flapper vote'; the new Labour government; MacDonald and Snowden and their aims; the state of Britain by 1929
2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1926
2N Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–1929
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