Unit 19: Paper 3 (HL) — History of the Americas
Topic 19.18: The Americas (1980–2005) Questions
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Examine the reasons for, and consequences of, economic cooperation between states in the Americas after 1990.
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Examine the role of fiscal policy (taxation, spending and the budget deficit) in shaping the domestic politics of the United States and Canada between 1981 and 2001.
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Analyse the impact of NAFTA on Mexico's economic and political development in the 1990s.
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Discuss the reasons why Sendero Luminoso in Peru turned to violence while the Zapatistas in Mexico moved away from armed struggle.
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To what extent was George H. W. Bush's 1992 election defeat caused by his own policy decisions rather than by factors beyond his control?
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Examine the challenges faced by the governments of Argentina and Chile in dealing with human rights abuses committed under military rule.
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Examine the reasons for the shift in United States foreign policy from Cold War confrontation to post-Cold War unilateralism between 1981 and 2001.
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Discuss the view that the military remained the greatest obstacle to full democratic consolidation in Latin America after 1980.
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Discuss the view that personal characteristics and communication skills, rather than policy substance, best explain the electoral fortunes of Americas leaders between 1981 and 1993.
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To what extent did economic crises threaten the survival of new democracies in Latin America in the 1980s and 1990s?
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Evaluate the impact of liberation theology on political movements in Latin America.
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Compare and contrast the causes of Sendero Luminoso in Peru and the Zapatista uprising in Mexico.
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To what extent did the events of 11 September 2001 change relations between the United States and the rest of the Americas?
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Evaluate the effectiveness of truth commissions in Argentina and Chile in achieving justice for human rights abuses.
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Analyse the reasons why attempts at major constitutional and policy reform failed under Brian Mulroney's governments in Canada (1984-1993).
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Evaluate the claim that Jean Chretien's government (1993-2003) was more successful than Brian Mulroney's governments (1984-1993) in managing Canada's key domestic challenges.
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To what extent did economic policy determine the political fortunes of leaders in the Americas between 1981 and 2001?
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Discuss the successes and failures of Bill Clinton's domestic policies (1993-2001).
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Compare and contrast the domestic political challenges faced by Brian Mulroney in Canada and Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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Discuss the causes and consequences of the near-defeat of federalism in the 1995 Quebec referendum.
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