Past Examination Questions 2005 - 2011 YEAR Pursuit of Sovereignty & Impact of Partition Politics & Society of N. Ireland Pearse/Griffith/Markievicz 2011 Consolidation of Democracy, 1922 – 1932 DeValera – Strengths & Weaknesses as a Political Leader 2010 ***Document Question*** Significance of the activities of the Apprentice Boys for Unionists & Nationalists Lenin/Stalin – Extent of Social & Economic Change British Withdrawal from Palestine/ Suez Crisis – contribute to Middle East tensions Mussolini – Internal & External Policies Characteristics of Nazi State, 1933 – 1939 Secession of Katanga & International Dimension French Race Relations in 1980’s Keynes/Jarrow March/Churchill Gandhi/Sukarno/Achebe Factors of Partition 1912 – 1920 German Govts. – Soc. & Econ 1920 – 1939 British Withdrawal from India A.-I. Relations: Cosgrave V. DeValera ***Document. Question*** Difficulties with implementing Sunningdale Agreement Unionism v. Nationalist minority – N. Ireland Anglo-Irish Treaty Negotiations Controversial? Soc. & Econ. Challenges N.I. 1920 -1945 DeValera 1932-1945: Economy v. A.-I. Relations Cultural Identity, North & South, 1912 – 1945 2008 Retreat from Empire N. Ireland – Impact of International Developments, 1932 - 1945 1932 Eucharistic Congress 2009 Dictatorship & Democracy 1920 – 1945 Church-State: Hitler/Mussolini Race Relations – Brit or France Nasser/Nyerere/ Gordimer Anglo-American Culture: 1920 – 1945 Brookeborough v. O’Neill as Leaders Apprentice Boys and/or Coleraine – Divisive? Troubles – Soc. & Econ Effects? France 1920 – 1940 Dictators – Propaganda & Power Govt. Of N. Ireland – Soc & Econ Problems 1949 – 1969 Govts. – Consolidate Democracy 1923- 1945 Coleraine University Controversy Eucharistic Congress 1932 Civil Rights Movement Success? Moves towards Peace: 1973 – 1993 Britain – Tensions in Middle East 1945 – 1956. Soc. & Econ. Britain 1920 – 1945 1945 – 1990 Social & Economic Consequences of Decolonisation. World War II Race in Brit/France. Agreements – 1973, 1985, 1993 A.I. Treaty cause of Civil War? Unionist Party – N. Ireland affairs 1920 – 1939 Dev. Workers in Africa Stalin – Internal & External Policies Gandhi/Sukarno/ Ho Chi Minh Lenin & Stalin contribution to Communism in Russia British Withdrawal from India 1945 – 1947 Soc. & Econ. ProblemsBr. V. Ger. 1920 – 1939 Ho Chi Minh V. SukarnoAchievements for Asian Nationalism Goebbels/Riefenstahl – Propaganda Problems & Opportunities postcolonialism in Africa Civilian Pop. Impact of WW2 – Brit./France Legacy of Colonialism: Literature & English Language 2007 Pursuit of Sovereignty & Impact of Partition Politics & Society of N. Ireland Dictatorship & Democracy 1920 – 1945 Retreat from Empire Aims & Achievements of Padraig Pearse Impact of Welfare State on N. Ireland France 1920 – 1940 Origins of Suez Crisis & Effect on British Position in World Anglo – Irish Relations 1923 - 1949 Fall of Stormont & Collapse of Power-Sharing Executive 1973 – 1974 Nazi State of Germany 1933 – 1939 Secession of Katanga Anglo – Irish Agreement & Downing Street Declaration Causes & Consequences of Jarrow March 1936 Cultural Identity, N. & S. 1920 – 1949 Belfast (WW2) 1939 - 1945 2006 Ecumenism in N. Ireland 1965 – 1993 Factors that Contributed to Partition 1912 – 1920 Impact of Welfare State, 1949 – 1969 Cosgrave & Irish Free State Stability 1923 – 1932 Contribution of Terence O’Neill to N. Ireland, 1949 – 1969 Soc. & Econ. Problems during WWII, North & South Promotion of Cultural Identity, North & South 1920 – 1949 Contribution of the Apprentice Boys of Derry to Unionist Minority Why Direct Rule was implemented & Why it lasted so long Role of USSR in World War II Conditions that Contributed to the Growth of Fascism in Europe 1919 – 1939 To what extent did Stalin transform the society and economy of the Soviet Union? Soc. & Econ. Problems in Britain 1919 – 1939 Technology of Warfare 1920 – 1945 Nyerere’s ‘Ujamaa’ Cultural Diversity in Britain 1960 – 1990 British Contribution to Tensions in Middle East 1945 – 1956 Why & what were the Results of Secession of Katanga 1960 – 1965 Post- Colonial Africa & Problems: Helped or Hindered by Old Colonial Masters Race – Relations: Britain &/or France 1945 – 1990