‘Stalin’s control over the USSR in the years 1929-1941 was due to his use of propaganda.’ How far do you agree?

How significant were economic factors in Stalin’s introduction of the Five-Year Plans?

Explain why governments started to regulate working conditions.

‘The peace settlement of 1919–20 succeeded in creating political and economic stability in Eastern Europe.

How important were government policies on schools in maintaining apartheid after 1948?

Explain the importance of the Black Consciousness Movement in the struggle against Apartheid in the 1970s.

‘In the Korean War, the United States used the United Nations only to promote its own interests.

Assess which minister of state was most responsible for the development of absolute monarchy in France in the period from 1610 to 1715

Assess the reasons for increased social mobility in the 1940s and 1950s Explanations may centre on economic expansion during the war and in the post war period and the long-term movement away from mass production and agriculture to a more diversified economy with more opportunities in the service industry and consumer products.

Why did Kenilworth Castle change between 1350 and 1500?

‘Louis XIV was responsible for the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1701.’ Assess the validity of this view.

‘Industrialisation did not benefit the lower classes.