My Revision Notes: Edexcel A-level History: Germany, 1871-1990: united, divided and reunited
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Introduction
Part 1 Aspects in depth: different approaches to the problem of difference
Key Topic 1 Ruling the Second Reich, 1871–79
The Kaiserreich
Trying to reconcile unity and division
The importance of the Reichstag and the parties
The impact of regional and social divisions
Bismarck as Imperial Chancellor, 1871–79
The Kulturkampf
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Key Topic 2 The birth of democratic Germany, 1917–19
The strains of war, tensions and military dictatorship, 1917
Political crisis, 1917
Constitutional reforms from above, 1918
The German Revolution, 1918–19
The attempt to achieve unity through democracy: the Weimar Republic
The importance of the Weimar constitution
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Key Topic 3 A new Reich, 1933–35
Gleichschaltung, 1933–34
The impact of the Night of the Long Knives
Hitler’s role as Führer
A ‘totalitarian regime’?
The nature of the new Nazi state
Attempts to create a Volksgemeinschaft
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Key Topic 4 Establishing and ruling the new Federal Republic, 1949–60
The division of Germany, 1945–49
The West German constitution
The importance of Adenauer and the CDU in shaping the new Federal Republic
Changes in the nature of the SPD and its significance for the shaping of the Federal Republic
The process and significance of denazification
‘Coming to terms with the past’ in the 1950s
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Key Topic 5 Reunification: recreating a united Germany, 1989–90
The situation in East Germany in 1989
Revolution ‘from below’
West Germany’s response to the East German revolt
Rush to unity
German unity
Problems of transition
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Part 2 Aspects in breadth: prosperity and social change, 1871–1990
Theme 1 Social change in Germany and West Germany, 1871–1990
Social change and prosperity, 1871–1933
Social change and prosperity, 1933–90
The changing role of women in Germany, 1871–1933
The changing role of women, 1933–90
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Theme 2 Economic change in Germany and West Germany, 1871–1990
Economic change, 1871–1933
Economic change, 1933–90
The role of government policies in economic change, 1871–1933
The role of government policies in economic change, 1933–90
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