History

Course summary

Paper 1: British period study and enquiry – England 1547-1603: Later Tudors (Unit Y107) Mid-Tudor Crisis - Edward VI: issues of minority monarchy, radical Protestant change, the Kett and Western Rebellions, Lady Jane Grey and the Devise for the Succession. - Mary I: the Spanish marriage, Wyatt’s Rebellion, Catholic restoration and the burnings of Protestants, issues of female monarchy. Elizabethan England - Religious Settlement: Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity, disagreements from Puritans and Catholics, role of Archbishops, the Catholic threat (including plots of Mary Queen of Scots). - Elizabethan government: managing parliament, the Privy Council and factions. - The importance of key figures: Leicester, Burghley, Walsingham, Norfolk. - Relations with France, Scotland, Spain and the Netherlands. - Issues of female monarchy – marriage prospects, naming an heir. - Elizabethan economy and overseas trade. - Elizabethan social policy, including the Poor Laws. - Later years of the reign – Essex Rebellion, royal prerogative. Paper 2: Non-British period study – The Cold War in Europe 1941-1995 (Unit Y223) Origins of the Cold War - Tensions in the Grand Alliance: conferences – Yalta, Potsdam, Tehran; personal relations between Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt. - Capitalism vs Communism. Development of the Cold War (1946-1955) - Soviet control of Eastern Europe. - American intervention – Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid. - Conflicts over Germany – Berlin blockade and airlift, East and West Germany. - NATO and Warsaw Pact. The Cold War (1956-1984) - Crises in Europe – impact of Hungarian Rising, Czech Crisis, events in Poland. - Developments in Germany – Berlin Wall, inclusion in NATO. - Rivalries – Arms race; Space Race. - Negotiations – SALT Talks, Détente. The End of the Cold War (1984-1995) - Social and economic problems in USSR. - Gorbachev – glasnost; perestroika. - Afghanistan - Reunification of Germany Paper 3: Thematic study and historical interpretations – Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992 (Unit Y319) African Americans - 19th century – position in 1865 at end of Civil War; Reconstruction; white reaction and discrimination. - Role of African Americans – Booker T. Washington, WEB DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr., Black Panthers. - Role of federal and state governments. - Anti and pro-civil rights groups. Trade Union and Labour Rights - Impact of New Immigration and industrialisation on union development. - Role of federal governments in supporting/opposing union and labour rights. - Impact of World Wars. - Significance of the 1960s. - Significance of the Reagan era. Native American Indians - Impact of Plains Wars (1854-1877) - Impact of the Dawes Act. - Acquisition of US citizenship in 1924. - Impact of the New Deal. - Native Americans and the Supreme Court. Women - Position after Civil War. - Impact of Prohibition campaign. - Campaigns for women’s suffrage. - Impact of World Wars and the New Deal. - Rise of feminism, radical feminism, opponents. - Abortion debates – Roe vs Wade. - Campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment. - Changing economic and employment opportunities.