CAIE A-Level History

What is inside (119 subdecks)

• A Level: Paper 3 historical interpretations164 cards

  • Topic 1 The origins of the First World War50 cards

    • Blame and the impact of Versailles9 cards
    • Challenges to Fischer and the debate on contingency13 cards
    • Events and background, c.1890–191410 cards
    • Long-term and short-term factors5 cards
    • The Second World War, Fischer and reactions13 cards
  • Topic 2 The Holocaust68 cards

    • Bystanders8 cards
    • Context, 1933–4510 cards
    • Intentionalism and the role of Hitler6 cards
    • Perpetrators10 cards
    • Racist ideas before the Nazis7 cards
    • Structuralism and functionalism11 cards
    • Synthesis interpretations6 cards
    • Victims and resistance10 cards
  • Topic 3 The origins and development of the Cold War46 cards

    • Context, 1941–4911 cards
    • Ideology, security and economics4 cards
    • Inherent tensions and personalities5 cards
    • Post-revisionist and post-post-revisionist interpretations12 cards
    • Revisionist interpretations8 cards
    • Traditionalist interpretations6 cards
• A Level: Paper 4 American option, The USA, 1945–93200 cards

  • 4 Truman, Eisenhower and post-war USA, 1945–6174 cards

    • 4.1 How well Truman dealt with post-war internal issues21 cards
    • 4.2 How effective Eisenhower was as President17 cards
    • 4.3 Economic and social change, 1945–6114 cards
    • 4.4 The foreign policies of Truman and Eisenhower22 cards
  • 5 A time of challenges: the USA, 1961–7473 cards

    • 5.1 The presidencies of Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon20 cards
    • 5.2 How US governments dealt with Cuba and Vietnam18 cards
    • 5.3 Progress in civil rights for African Americans18 cards
    • 5.4 Challenges to authority17 cards
  • 6 The USA, 1974–9353 cards

    • 6.1 The problems facing the USA in the late 1970s13 cards
    • 6.2 The New Conservatism, 1981–9214 cards
    • 6.3 Carter's foreign policies, 1977–8110 cards
    • 6.4 Why relations between the USA and the USSR changed16 cards
• A Level: Paper 4 European option, European history, 1919–41194 cards

  • 1 Mussolini's Italy, 1919–4161 cards

    • 1.1 How Mussolini gained control of Italy18 cards
    • 1.2 How effectively Mussolini governed Italy17 cards
    • 1.3 The success of Mussolini's economic policies13 cards
    • 1.4 How far Mussolini transformed Italian society13 cards
  • 2 Stalin's Russia, 1924–4163 cards

    • 2.1 How Stalin gained control of the Soviet Union15 cards
    • 2.2 How effectively Stalin governed the Soviet Union18 cards
    • 2.3 The success of Stalin's economic policies18 cards
    • 2.4 How far Stalin transformed Soviet society12 cards
  • 3 Hitler's Germany, 1929–4170 cards

    • 3.1 How Hitler gained control of Germany19 cards
    • 3.2 How effectively the Nazis governed Germany20 cards
    • 3.3 The success of Nazi economic policies15 cards
    • 3.4 How far the Nazis transformed German society16 cards
• A Level: Paper 4 International option, International history, 1909–94202 cards

  • 7 The Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, 1953–9172 cards

    • 7.1 The Soviet Union and the satellite states to 196823 cards
    • 7.2 Political and economic stagnation, 1964–8517 cards
    • 7.3 Gorbachev's response to the crisis in the Soviet Union13 cards
    • 7.4 The collapse of Soviet control of Eastern Europe in 199119 cards
  • 8 End of minority rule in South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1948–9468 cards

    • 8.1 The apartheid state, 1948–5917 cards
    • 8.2 Resistance and the authorities' response, 1960–7718 cards
    • 8.3 The end of apartheid, 1978–9415 cards
    • 8.4 The end of white minority rule in Zimbabwe, 1965–8018 cards
  • 9 The route to independence: Malaysia and Indonesia, c.1909–6762 cards

    • 9.1 Nationalism and hostility to colonial rule in Malaya to 194511 cards
    • 9.2 The formation of Malaysia18 cards
    • 9.3 Nationalism in Indonesia to 194516 cards
    • 9.4 The formation of Indonesia and its challenges to the mid-1960s17 cards
• AS Level: American option, The history of the USA, 1820–1941165 cards

  • 4 The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820–7769 cards

    • 4.1 Increasing tension between the North and the South before 186017 cards
    • 4.2 Why the Civil War broke out in April 186112 cards
    • 4.3 Why the Civil War lasted four years19 cards
    • 4.4 The aims and success of Reconstruction21 cards
  • 5 The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1870–192050 cards

    • 5.1 Why there was rapid industrialisation after 187012 cards
    • 5.2 The consequences of rapid economic growth after 187016 cards
    • 5.3 Why the Progressive Movement developed, and its aims10 cards
    • 5.4 The success of the Progressive Movement, 1890–192012 cards
  • 6 The Great Crash, the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1920–4146 cards

    • 6.1 The causes of the Great Crash and the Great Depression11 cards
    • 6.2 The impact of the Great Crash and the Great Depression in the USA8 cards
    • 6.3 The success of Roosevelt's first New Deal17 cards
    • 6.4 The Second New Deal and its success10 cards
• AS Level: European option, Modern Europe, 1774–1924188 cards

  • 1 France, 1774–181471 cards

    • 1.1 The causes and immediate consequences of the 1789 Revolution25 cards
    • 1.2 How France became a republic by 179214 cards
    • 1.3 The government of France, 1793–9914 cards
    • 1.4 The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte18 cards
  • 2 Liberalism and nationalism in Germany, 1815–7160 cards

    • 2.1 The causes of the Revolutions of 184817 cards
    • 2.2 The 1848–49 revolutions and their consequences13 cards
    • 2.3 Bismarck's appointment and his aims to 186617 cards
    • 2.4 How German unification was achieved by 187113 cards
  • 3 Russia from autocracy to revolution, 1881–192457 cards

    • 3.1 Challenges facing the Tsarist regime, 1881–9414 cards
    • 3.2 The 1905 Revolution and its aftermath to 191413 cards
    • 3.3 How the Bolsheviks seized power in October 191715 cards
    • 3.4 How the Bolsheviks consolidated their power to 192415 cards
• AS Level: International option, International history, 1870–1939173 cards

  • 7 Imperialism and the emergence of world powers, c.1870–191869 cards

    • 7.1 Imperialism in Africa from 187021 cards
    • 7.2 The impact of imperial expansion on international relations16 cards
    • 7.3 Why Japan emerged as a world power16 cards
    • 7.4 Why the USA emerged as a world power16 cards
  • 8 International relations 1919–29: conflict and cooperation59 cards

    • 8.1 Dissatisfaction with the peace settlements of 1919–2018 cards
    • 8.2 The League of Nations and its challenges in the 1920s18 cards
    • 8.3 Why international tensions remained high after Versailles11 cards
    • 8.4 Why international relations improved, 1924–2912 cards
  • 9 International history 1929–39: the rise of extremism and the road to war45 cards

    • 9.1 How the rise of extremism affected international relations9 cards
    • 9.2 Why the League of Nations failed to keep the peace in the 1930s11 cards
    • 9.3 Why Britain and France pursued appeasement, and its effects14 cards
    • 9.4 Why war broke out in 193911 cards