Preface PART ONE: MODERN IRELANDTopic One: Movements for Political and Social Reform, 1870-19141. Home Rule - the Irish Question Case Study: The Elections of 1885 and 1886: Issues and Outcomes 2. Land Agitation and Land Reform 3. Cultural Revival Case Study: The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-91 4. Educational Reforms: Schools and Universities 5. The Consolidation of Catholic Identity 6. Industrial Development in Belfast: The Shipyards 7. Unionisation of the Working Classes: The Growth of Trade UnionsCase Study: Dublin, 1913 - Strike and Lockout 8. Unionism and the Ulster Question, 1870-1914 9. Redmond and Home Rule, 1891-1914 10. The Irish Volunteers 11. The First Sinn Fein Party 12. The Suffrage Movement Key Personalities Topic Two: The Pursuit of Sovereignty and the Impact of Partition, 1912-491. The Third Home Rule Bill, 1912-14 2. The Impact of the First World War on Ireland 3. The 1916 Rising 4. The Rise of the Second Sinn Fein Party and the 1918 General Election 5. The War of Independence, 1919-21 6. Partition 7. The Anglo-Irish Treaty, 1921 Case Study: The Treaty Negotiations, October-December, 1921 8. The Treaty Debates 9. The Irish Civil War 10. State Building and the Consolidation of Democracy: Cumannna nGaedheal in Power, 1922-32 11. State Building and the Consolidation of Democracy: de Valera andFianna Fail in Power, 1932-9 12. Language, Religion, Education and Culture in the Free State Case Study: The Eucharistic Congress, 1932 13. The War Years, 1939-45: The Emergency 14. The First Inter-Party Government and the Declaration of a Republic 15. Anglo-Irish Relations, 1922-49 16. Northern Ireland - the Unionist Party in Power and the War Years Case Study: Belfast during the Second World War Key Personalities Topic Three: Government, Economy and Society in the Republic of Ireland, 1949-891. The First Inter-Party Government, 1948-51 2. The 1950s - Years of Decline 3. Irish Society in the 1950s 4. The 1960s - International Involvement Case Study: The First Programme for Economic Expansion, 1958-635. Anglo-Irish Relations and International Involvement, 1949-73 6. Social Change from the 1960s to the 1980s Case Study: The Impact of RTE, 1962-72 7. The 1970s - National Coalition and Fianna Fail: Economic and Social Challenges 8. Anglo-Irish Relations and International Involvement in the 1970s Case Study: Impact of the EEC on Fisheries 9. The 1980s - Changing Governments: Economic and Social Challenges 10. Anglo-Irish Relations and International Involvement in the 1980sKey Personalities PART TWO: MODERN EUROPE AND THE WIDER WORLDTopic Four: Nation States and International Tensions, 1871-19201. The Second Reich: Internal Affairs 2. The Second Reich and Foreign Policy Case Study: The Naval Policy of Wilhelm II 3. New Imperialism and Colonial Rivalries 4. Industrialisation and Economic Crisis in Tsarist Russia, 1871-1917 5. Anti-Semitism in France and Russia, 1871-1920 6. Church and State in Italy, 1871-1920 7. The Second International 8. Serbia and Great Power Rivalry 9. The Outbreak of the First World War, 1914 10. The Conduct of the First World War 11. The Impact of War on Society and the Economy Case Study: Women in the Workforce during the First World War 12. War and Revolution in Germany, 1918-20 13. War and Revolution - The Russian Revolutions, 1917 14. The Peace Settlement 15. Expressions of National Identity through Literature and the Arts 16. Literature in the First World War 17. Key Developments in Science, Technology and Medicine Case Study: The Invention and Early History of the Motor Car Key Personalities Topic Five: Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe, 1920-451. Communism in Russia Case Study: Stalin's Show Trials 2. Origins and Growth of Fascist Regimes in Europe Case Study: The Nuremberg Rallies 3. Economic and Social Problems of Germany in the Inter-War Years4. Economic and Social Problems of Britain in the Inter-War Years Case Study: The Jarrow March, 1936 5. Anglo-American Popular Culture in Peace and War: Radio and Cinema 6. Politics and Administration in France: The Third Republic and the Vichy State 7. Hitler's Foreign Policy, 1933-9, and the Causes of the Second World War 8. The Second World War 9. Society during the Second World War Key Personalities Topic Six: Division and Realignment in Europe, 1945-921. The Cold War in Europe Case Study: The Hungarian Uprising, 1956 2. Moves Towards European Unity 3. The Western Economies Case Study: The Oil Crisis, 1973 4. The Communist Economies 5. Marriage, the Family and the Changing Role of Women 6. Affluence, Leisure Time and the Consumer Society 7. Youth and Popular Culture (including Sport) and the Mass Media 8. Changing Patterns of Religious Observance Case Study: The Second Vatican Council 9. The Impact of Advances in the Biological Sciences 10. The Impact of Advances in Nuclear Power 11. The Impact of Computers 12. Literature and Social Criticism: East and West Key Personalities Topic Seven: The United States and the World, 1945-891. US Politics 2. US Foreign Policy Case Study: Lyndon Johnson and Vietnam, 1963-8 3. Domestic Factors in US Foreign Policy 4. Decline of Cold War Certainties 5. Sources of the US Economic Boom 6. Declining Economy: Domestic Recession 7. The Affluent Society 8. The Role of Work 9. The Changing Role of Women and the Family 10. Consensus? 11. Troubled Affluence Case Study: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955-612. Collapse of Consensus 13. Religion, Mass Media and Higher Education 14. Advances in Technology Case Study: The First Moon Landing, 1969 Key Personalities Exam Papers
