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History (9489)
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Free History (9489) revision notes for Cambridge International A Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.
European option: Modern Europe, 1774–1924 (Papers 1–2)
France, 1774–1814
Liberalism and nationalism in Germany, 1815–71
Russia from autocracy to revolution, 1881–1924
American option: The history of the USA, 1820–1941 (Papers 1–2)
The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820–77
The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1870–1920
The Great Crash, the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1920–41
International option: International history, 1870–1939 (Papers 1–2)
Imperialism and the emergence of world powers, c.1870–1918
International relations, 1919–29: conflict and cooperation
International history, 1929–39: the rise of extremism and the road to war
Paper 3: Historical interpretations
The origins of the First World War
The Holocaust
The origins and development of the Cold War
Paper 4 European option: European history, 1919–41
Mussolini's Italy, 1919–41
Stalin's Russia, 1924–41
Hitler's Germany, 1929–41
Paper 4 American option: The USA, 1945–93
Truman, Eisenhower and post-war USA, 1945–61
A time of challenges: the USA, 1961–74
The USA, 1974–93
Paper 4 International option: International history, 1909–94
The Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, 1953–91
End of minority rule in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1948–94
The route to independence: Malaysia and Indonesia, c.1909–67
Skills: Sources & essays
Comparing two sources (Paper 1 Part (a))
Using four sources to test a claim (Paper 1 Part (b))
Causal explanation: 'Explain why' (Paper 2 Part (a))
Argument, alternative perspectives and judgement (Paper 2 Part (b))
Source provenance, context and reliability
Analysing a historian's interpretation and approach (Paper 3)
Assess and Evaluate essays (Paper 4)
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