Hey guys - just thought I'd share the past papers for my sections, Russia, Trotsky and Cold War - post your own, and perhaps we can figure out any trends that may be in our favour for tuesdays exam...
Russia:
2008
Trotsky:
2008
Cold War:
2008
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Russia:
2008
- a) To what extent did leadership conflict and differing visions for the USSR shape the history of the Soviet Union in the period 1917 - 1941? OR
- b) Analyse the purpose and impact of Stalin's Five Year Plans.
- a) To what extent was communist theory put into practice in Russia in the period 1917 - 1941? OR
- b) Assess the impact of Stalinism on Soviet foreign policy in the period of 1929 - 1941.
- a) How significant was military victory in the Civil War for the Bolshevik consolidation of power in the period up to 1924? OR
- b) Evaluate the view that Stalinism produced positive changes for Soviet society.
- a) Evaluate the view that Bolshevik power was consolidated only because Lenin modified Communist ideology in the period 1917 - 1924. OR
- b) To what extent was Soviet economic and social life transformed under Stalin in the period 1928 - 1941?
- a) Evaluate the impact of Lenin's death in 1924 of party leadership and the debate over modernisation within the Bolshevik party. OR
- b) Assess the impact of the Great Patriotic War on communism and Soviet society.
- a) Account for the success of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in consolidating the Bolshevik Revolution in the period 1917 - 1928. OR
- b) Assess the role of the cult of personality in the creation and maintenance of a totalitarian society in the USSR in the period of 1928 - 1945.
- a) Assess the impact of War Communism and the New Economic Policy (NEP) on both peasantry and proletariat in Russian society between 1918 and 1928. OR
- b) Explain how the economic policies of the Communist Party after 1928 contributed to Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War.
- a) Explain how Russia and the Soviet Union modernised from the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 until 1945. OR
- b) Account for the development of totalitarianism under Stalin between 1928 and 1945.
Trotsky:
2008
- a) Describe the personal background and the historical context of the personality you have studied. AND
- b) 'History is about winners'. How accurate is this statement in relation to the personality you have studied?
- a) Describe the role played by the personality you have studied in national AND/OR international history. AND
- b) 'Events shape people more than people shape events'. How accurate is this statement in relation to the personality you have studied?
- a) Outline the main features in the background and rise to prominence of the twentieth-century personality you have studied. AND
- b) To what extent does history present us with a balanced interpretation of this personality?
- a) Outline the main features in the public life of Leon Trotsky in the period you have studied. AND
- b) Evaluate the role of Leon Trotsky in the Bolshevik success in the period 1917 - 1924.
- a) Write a brief biography of Leon Trotsky, outlining the key events in his life. AND
- b) 'Despite his socialist idealism, Leon Trotsky was, in fact, a practical revolutionary'. In the light of this statement, assess the role played by Leon Trotsky in the Civil War and consolidation of Bolshevik power.
- a) Identify the major features of the life of Leon Trotsky in the period 1917 - 1940. AND
- b) 'Leon Trotsky was a more logical and likely successor to Lenin than Stalin.' In the light of this statement, why was Trotsky unable to prevent the triumph of Stalin as leader of the USSR.
- a) Describe the significant events in the life of Leon Trotsky between 1917 and 1940. AND
- b) 'In December 1922 Lenin said of Trotsky that he was the most capable man in the Central Committee, althought showing excessive self-confidence.' In the light of this statement, assess the reasons for Trotsky's defeat in the power struggle with Stalin.
- a) Outline the main events in the career of Leon Trotsky between 1917 and 1940. AND
- b) Assess Leon Trotsky's role in the consolidation of Bolshevik power to 1924.
Cold War:
2008
- a) To what extent did the ideologies of communism and capitalism influence the Cold War in the period of 1945 - 1991. OR
- b) Assess the consequences of detente for the Cold War.
- a) Assess the significance of the Truman Doctrine for the origins and development of the Cold War. OR
- b) To what extent were Soviet attitudes and policies under Gorbachev responsible for ending the Cold War.
- a) Evaluate the view that the Korean War was the most significant crisis affecting superpower relations in the period 1948 - 1962. OR
- b) Assess the impact of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan on the development of the Cold War in the period 1979 - 1991.
- a) To what extent were the policies of the USSR the major cause of Cold War crises? (In your response, refer to at least one crisis in depth.) OR
- b) How effective were nuclear protesters in influencing attempts to limit and control nuclear weapons during the Cold War?
- a) Assess the view that the Cold War divisions between 1945 and 1953 arose as a result of a clash between two ideologies: communism and capitalism. OR
- b) Why did detente not bring an end to the Cold War by the early 1980s?
- a) Discuss the effectiveness of various attempts to limit and control nuclear weapons in the period 1949 - 1979. OR
- b) Assess the ccontribution of Mikhail Gorbachev's leadership to the ending of the Cold War.
2002
- a) Assess the importance of the American fear of communism in the development of any ONE Cold War crisis between 1948 and 1989. OR
- b) Discuss the influence of the various groups on the creation and maintenance of a Cold War culture in the United States between 1945 and 1961.
2001
- a) Assess the significance of the Truman Doctrine in the struggle to contain communism from 1947 to 1975. OR
- b) Assess the role of imperialism in the development of any ONE Cold War crisis between 1948 and 1989.
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