Edexcel GCSE History: Period Study (Paper 2, Booklet P)
Exam Questions

The 4 Mark "Explain One Consequence of" Question, The 8 Mark "Write a Narrative Account" Question , The 16 Mark "Explain the Importance of " Question

The Plains of America, Who were the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains?, What Factors Encouraged Migration West, The Problems With Migration: The Donner Party, The Mormon Migration, 1846-1847, Tension with the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains, The Fort Laramie Treaty, 1851, Lawlessness in Early Settlements on the Plains, Tackling Lawlessness in the Plains

The American Civil War, 1861-1865, The Homestead Act, 1862, The Pacific Railroad Act, 1862, Tackling the Problem of Homesteading, The Impact of the American Civil War on Lawlessness, Development of the Cattle Industry in the American West, The Changing Role of the Cowboy, Rivalry Between Homesteaders and Cattle Ranchers, How Did the Development of the West Affect the Plains?, Conflict on the Plains, 1862-1868

Changes in Farming, c1876-c.1895, Changes in the Cattle Industry, c1876-c.1895, The Exoduster Movement, 1879, The Oklahoma Land Rush, 1893, Continued Lawlessness: Billy the Kid,1859-1881, Continued Lawlessness: Wyatt Earp & the OK Corral, 1881, The Johnson County War (1892), Continued Conflict on the Plains, 1876-1890, The Extermination of the Buffalo, Indigenous People's Lives on the Reservations, Changing Government Attitudes Toward the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains

The 4 Mark "Explain One Consequence of" Question , The 8 Mark "Write a Narrative Account" Question , The 16 Mark "Explain the Importance of " Question

Communism Versus Capitalism: Difference in Ideology, The Peace Conferences, 1943-1945, The Atomic Bomb's Impact on US-Soviet Relations, The Impact of the Telegrams, The Creation of Soviet Satellite States

The Truman Doctrine & Marshall Aid, Cominform, 1947 & Comecon, 1949, NATO, 1949, The Causes of the Berlin Crisis, 1948, The Berlin Blockade, June 1948, The Berlin Airlift, 1948, The Creation of East & West Germany, The Warsaw Pact, 1955

The Arms Race, Changes in Leadership, 1953-1956, The Hungarian Uprising, 1956-1958

Berlin's Refugee Crisis, 1958, Khrushchev's Ultimatum, November 1958, The Summits About Berlin, 1959-1961, Building the Berlin Wall, 1961

The Cuban Revolution, 1959, The 'Bay of Pigs' Incident, April 1961, The Cuban Missile Crisis

Czech Opposition to Soviet Control, Leonid Brezhnev & the Soviet Reaction to the 'Prague Spring', The Brezhnev Doctrine, 1968

Why did the USA & the Soviet Union Attempt to Reduce Tension?, The SALT Agreements, The Helsinki Accords, 1975

The End to Détente-the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, The Olympic Boycotts, Ronald Reagan & the 'Second Cold War'

Gorbachev's 'New Thinking', The Collapse of the Eastern Bloc, 1989-1990, The Fall of the Berlin Wall, The End of the Soviet Union