Nrth Leamingtn Schl GCSE HISTORY EXAMINATIONS 2012 Exam Bard: OCR Mdern Wrld Histry (A971/13) Yu have 2 Histry GCSE exams. Paper 1 is n Tuesday 12 th June in the afternn. The paper is 2 hurs lng and will examine yu n The Cld War and the USA 1918-1941 Remember t fllw the suggested timings that are written in the paper, s that yu dn t run ut f time at the end. Think very carefully abut which f the a) b) c) questins yu decide t answer and chse the set that yu knw mst abut. Dn t mix-and-match questins: nce yu have started answering questin a), remember yu need t answer questin b) and questin c) frm the same set. Paper 2 is n Friday 15 th June in the mrning. The paper is 1 hur and 30 minutes. This is the surcewrk paper abut Britain 1906-1918. The tpic will either be: The Liberal Refrms, Vtes fr Wmen OR Life in Britain during the First Wrld War. Yu will need t revise all 3 tpics as it is impssible t knw which area yu will be examined n. The questins will usually ask yu t cmbine yur wn knwledge with evidence in the surces. Remember, the final questin (questin 6) is wrth 25% f the ttal marks s make sure yu leave abut 20 minutes t answer this questin. The attached diagrams are designed t help yu with yur revisin...
Cld War Tpic 1: The Early Cld War Cld War Tpic 2: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Tpic 3: The Vietnam War The Cld War - Example Exam Questins Early Cld War Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam War (a) - 4 marks (Have 4 clear pints) (a) What was agreed at the Yalta Cnference? (a) What was the Truman Dctrine? (a) What was the Irn Curtain? (a) What happened during the Bay f Pigs invasin? (a)hw did Fidel Castr change Cuba after 1959? (a) Hw did the USA respnd t Castr s revlutin? (a) What was the Viet-Cng? (a) What tactics did the USA use during the Vietnam war? (a) What happened at the My Lai Massacre? (b) - 6 marks (Have 3 well explained reasns) (b) Why was the USSR able t take ver Eastern Eurpe after WWII? (b) Why were there s many disagreements at the Ptsdam cnference? (b) Why did the USA intrduce the Marshall Plan in 1947? (b) Why did Khrushchev put missiles n Cuba? (b) Why did Sviet Missiles in Cuba cause s much cncern in the USA? (b) Why did Kennedy decide t blckade Cuba n the 24 th Octber 1961? (b)why did the USA get invlved in the Vietnam war? (b)why did the USA intrduce Vietnamisatin in 1969? (b)why were American tactics ineffective against the Viet- Cng (c) - 10 marks (Explain bth sides f the argument and then reach an explained judgement) (c) The USA was mre t blame than the USSR fr the increasing tensin between 1945 49. Explain hw far yu agree. (c) The fllwing reasns were all equally imprtant in the USSR s take ver f Eastern Eurpe after WWII -The Red Army -The Secret Plice -The weakness f east Eurpean (c) The Cuban Missile Crisis was mre f a victry fr the USA than the USSR. Explain hw far yu agree. (c) Khrushchev s main reasn fr placing missiles n Cuba was t prtect the island frm invasin by the USA. Explain hw far yu agree. (c) The fllwing reasns were all equally imprtant in the USA withdrawing frm Vietnam. -Prtests in the USA -A Critical Media -The My Lai Massacre Explain hw far yu agree. (c) The biggest prblem that the USA faced in Vietnam was
Britain Tpic 1: The Liberal Refrms Britain Tpic 2: Vtes fr Wmen
Britain Tpic 3: The Hmefrnt during WWI
Examples f USA 1918-1941 Questins (a) - 4 marks (Have 4 clear pints) (b) - 6 marks (Have 3 well explained reasns) (c) - 10 marks (Explain bth sides f the argument and then reach an explained judgement) The Bm Years a) Describe the Republican gvernment s ecnmic plicies in the a) What benefits did the First Wrld War bring t the American ecnmy? a) What prblems faced lder, mre established industries in the 1920s? b) Explain why many American farmers suffered financial difficulties in the b) Explain why many farmers did nt share in the ecnmic prsperity f the b) Explain why sme American peple did nt benefit frm the ecnmic bm. c) Hire purchase credit was the mst imprtant reasn fr the ecnmic bm in the USA. Hw far d yu agree? c) T what extent was the ecnmic bm caused by new methds f prductin? c) The expansin f the autmbile industry cntributed mre than any ther factr t the ecnmic bm f the Hw far d yu agree? American Sciety in the 1920s a) What was the Ku Klux Klan? a) Describe the American cinema and mvie industry in the a) What prblems did black peple face in America during the 1920s? b) Explain why Sacc and Vanzetti were executed. b) Explain why the lifestyle f sme wmen changed in the c) Prhibitin ended because it encuraged gangsters. Hw far d yu agree with this statement? c) Americans were intlerant in the Hw far d yu agree? The Wall Street Crash a) Describe what happened t the Bnus Marchers. a) What were the main effects f the Wall Street Crash fr American peple? a) Describe the main features f stck market speculatin in the USA during the b) Explain the reasns fr the Wall Street Crash. b) Explain hw speculatin n the stck market cntributed t the Wall Street Crash. c) The mst imprtant reasn why Rsevelt wn the electin f 1932 was because he fught an effective campaign. Hw far d yu agree? c) Rsevelt s victry in the Presidential electin f 1932 was due t President Hver s unppularity. Hw far d yu agree? c) The fllwing were cnsequences f the Wall Street Crash in the USA between 1929 and 1932: (i) mass unemplyment; (ii) the cllapse f banks; (iii) hmelessness. Which f these cnsequences d yu think was the mst imprtant? The New Deal a) What actins did Rsevelt take in his first hundred days in ffice? b) Explain why sme peple ppsed the New Deal. c) The New Deal was a success. Hw far d yu agree?