GCSEHistoryEdexcelPeriod Study (Paper 2, Booklet P)Revision Notes

Edexcel GCSE History: Period Study (Paper 2, Booklet P) Revision Notes

Concise resources for the Edexcel GCSE History: Period Study (Paper 2, Booklet P) course.

Syllabus Edition

First teaching 2024

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First exams 2026

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The American West, c1835–c1895

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

Superpower Relations & the Cold War, 1941–91

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

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

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

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