Unit 14: Paper 2 — Emergence and Development of Democratic States (1848–2000)
Topic 14.3: The struggle for rights and equality Questions
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What were the 'Gastarbeiter' in West Germany?
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The distinction between 'de jure' and 'de facto' segregation is best described as the difference between segregation that is:
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In which year did German women gain the national vote under the new republic?
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Which Supreme Court case in 1954 ruled that segregated schools were unconstitutional?
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Which event is generally regarded as launching the organised women's suffrage movement in the United States?
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Discuss the view that the struggle for rights transformed the role of the state more in one country than in another.
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Examine the different strands within the US civil rights movement.
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Examine the ways in which the struggle for rights changed the role of the state in one country you have studied.
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Compare and contrast the extent to which women achieved real equality after winning the vote in two states you have studied.
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Compare and contrast the extension of minority rights in two states, each chosen from a different region.
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Evaluate the impact of legislation on the achievement of rights and equality in one country you have studied.
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Evaluate the reasons why German citizenship law excluded settled immigrant minorities for so long.
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Analyse the treatment of minority rights for immigrant guest workers in West Germany after 1945.
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Discuss the changing role of the state in protecting minority rights in one country you have studied.
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Examine the successes and limitations of the struggle for rights in one country you have studied.
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Compare and contrast the role played by the state in restricting and then protecting rights in two countries you have studied.
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Analyse the arguments used for and against giving women the right to vote in the period before 1920.
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To what extent did the civil rights movement succeed in achieving equality for Black Americans by the end of the 1960s?
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To what extent did winning the right to vote make women equal in one state you have studied?
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Compare and contrast the ways in which women gained the right to vote in two democratic states.
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