Name: My Revision Notes: Edexcel A-level History: Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain 1780-1928
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ISBN: 9781510418011

Hodder Education

Benjamin Armstrong

My Revision Notes: Edexcel A-level History: Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain 1780-1928

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Target success in Edexcel A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.

- Enables students to plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner

- Consolidates knowledge with clear and focused content coverage, organised into easy-to-revise chunks

- Encourages active revision by closely combining historical content with related activities

- Helps students build, practise and enhance their exam skills as they progress through activities set at three different levels

- Improves exam technique through exam-style questions with sample answers and commentary from expert authors and teachers

- Boosts historical knowledge with a useful glossary and timeline

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English

ISBN

9781510418011

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Title Page

My revision planner

Introduction

Part 1: Aspects in depth: Mass protest and agitation

Topic 1: Radical reformers, c1790–1819

The aims and tactics of extra-parliamentary protest

How did the government respond?

The extent of success by 1819

Influences on the extra-parliamentary protests

Exam focus

Topic 2: Chartism, c1838–c1850

Who were the Chartists and what did they want?

The actions of the Chartist movement

Fluctuations in support for Chartism

The role of individuals within the Chartist movement

The government response to Chartism

Why did Chartism fail to achieve its aims by 1850?

Exam focus

Topic 3: Contagious Diseases Acts and the campaign for their repeal, 1862–86

Why were the Contagious Diseases Acts introduced?

How did the Contagious Diseases Acts affect women?

Who opposed the Contagious Diseases Acts?

Which groups and individuals led the opposition?

Why were the Contagious Diseases Acts repealed?

Exam focus

Topic 4: The Women’s Social and Political Union, 1903–14

The organisation and aims of the WSPU

Why did the WSPU become increasingly militant after 1908?

The role of individuals within the WSPU

Government attitudes to female suffrage and the WSPU

The failed parliamentary attempts to achieve female suffrage, 1909–13

The extent of the WSPU’s success by 1914

Exam focus

Topic 5: Trade union militancy, 1917–27

The unions during the First World War

Red Clydeside

The revival of the unions after the First World War

Key individuals in the trade union movement

The General Strike, 1926

What were the reasons for the failure of the General Strike?

Exam focus

Part 2: Aspects in breadth: Changes in representation in England, c1780–1928

Theme 1: Reform of Parliament

Who had the franchise in Britain in 1780?

How did the franchise change, 1832–67?

How did the franchise change, 1884–1928?

How representative was Britain from 1780 to 1867?

How far did representation change after 1867?

Exam focus

Theme 2: Changing influences in Parliament: The impact of parliamentary reform

Crown and aristocratic influence on elections and in Parliament, c1780

The reasons for declining influence of Crown and aristocracy after 1801

Changes to the political parties between c1780 and 1928

The growth of the Labour Party

The extent of change in the social makeup of the House of Commons by 1928

Exam focus

Glossary of terms

Glossary of names

Timeline

Mark schemes

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