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Case Study Topic 10: Hitler Free
Although Germany became a democracy after its defeat in the First World War, the new Weimar Republic faced a series of economic and political crises in the 1920s. Although it looked as stability had been...
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Case Study Topic 10: Castro
Castro led a successful revolution in Cuba in 1959, overthrowing the pro-USA dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. He then ruled for nearly five decades transforming Cuba politically, economically and socially....
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5. Populist leader: Juan Perón
This page examines the rise and rule of Juan Perón who was elected President of Argentina three times. Alongside his wife, Eva, he created a controversial political movement known as Peronism which has...
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3. Italy
'Mussolini consolidated his control by intimidating his opponents’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? The following essay got into the top mark band and received 13/15. The examiner's comments...
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2. Nazi Germany
Evaluate domestic resistance to the Nazis. This essay was written by a second year student. It was not written to time. It got into the top markband. Students could do the following task with this essay....
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1. Weimar Republic
The two graded essays here are similar in theme but the essay titles require different approaches. It might be an interesting activity to get students to plan each essay question out to see how they...
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European states in the interwar years: graded student examples
See below for sample essays on this topic, written by students and graded by examiners. We have also suggested activities that can be done with these essays. The two graded essays here are similar in...
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2. Imperial Russia, reform and reaction: Alexander III
As indicated on the previous page, Alexander III was determined to return to political repression and reaction - re-asserting the tsar's autocracy after what he saw as the dangerous reforms of his father's...
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Imperial Russia, revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union: Graded student examples
See below for sample essays on this topic, written by students. There are also some suggested activities that you could do with the essays as well. To what extent was the February/March Revolution caused...
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12: Imperial Russia, revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union Free
This topic looks at the last Tsars of Imperial Russia, the growing clash between conservatism and modernization and the impact of industrialisation, through to the political upheavals of 1905 and 1917...