Unit 9: Paper 2 — Popular Movements
Topic 9.1: Why did popular movements emerge? Questions
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Which piece of US legislation, passed in 1870, promised Black Americans the right to vote but was routinely evaded through literacy tests and poll taxes in the South?
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What term does Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-violent resistance to unjust laws use?
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According to this micro, which organisation acted as a ready-made network that helped mobilise the Indian independence movement?
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In the comparison of economic exploitation under colonial rule in India, what does the micro identify as Britain's trade pattern?
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Which pair of examples does this micro use to widen the comparison of popular movements to Africa & the Middle East and to Europe?
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Explain a relevant example of political exclusion as a cause of a popular movement from your thematic study.
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To what extent were political factors the main reason popular movements emerged? Refer to examples from your thematic study.
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Evaluate the claim that powerful ideas were the most important reason popular movements emerged. Refer to examples from your thematic study.
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Analyse continuity and change in the political exclusion faced by one popular movement, using one example from your thematic study.
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Analyse cause and consequence in the emergence of one popular movement, using one example from your thematic study.
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Analyse perspectives on the methods used by one popular movement, using one example from your thematic study.
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Explain a relevant example of economic grievance as a cause of a popular movement from your thematic study.
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Explain a relevant example of how an idea or ideology gave a popular movement its direction from your thematic study.
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Discuss the view that economic grievances were more important than political exclusion in causing popular movements to emerge. Refer to examples from your thematic study.
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Examine the role of social conditions in enabling popular movements to organise. Refer to examples from your thematic study.
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