Unit 9: Paper 2 — Popular Movements
Topic 9.3: How were popular movements challenged? Questions
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The FBI's COINTELPRO programme, which wiretapped Martin Luther King Jr. and spread false rumours to break up alliances, is best classified as an example of which obstacle to popular movements?
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Which event in South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle is a clear example of lethal state violence used against a popular movement?
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Evaluate the claim that internal divisions between moderates and radicals weakened popular movements more than they strengthened them. Refer to examples from two different regions.
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In Birmingham, Alabama in 1963, which method did police commissioner Bull Connor use against Civil Rights marchers?
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Who led the WSPU, the more militant wing of the British women's suffrage movement, which used window-smashing, arson, and hunger strikes?
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What was the main disagreement between the SCLC under Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Power movement led by figures such as Stokely Carmichael?
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Explain a relevant example of political opposition used against a popular movement, from your thematic study.
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Discuss the view that resilience of traditional ideas was a more persistent obstacle to popular movements than formal government opposition. Refer to examples from two different regions.
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Analyse cause and consequence, using one example from your thematic study.
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Analyse perspectives, using one example from your thematic study.
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Analyse continuity and change, using one example from your thematic study.
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Explain a relevant example of violent opposition used against a popular movement, from your thematic study.
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Explain a relevant example of division within a popular movement, from your thematic study.
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To what extent was violent state opposition the most significant obstacle faced by popular movements? Refer to examples from two different regions.
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Examine the ways in which government responses to popular movements sometimes produced consequences opposite to those intended. Refer to examples from two different regions.
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