Unit 19: Paper 3 (HL) — History of the Americas
Topic 19.18: The Americas (1980–2005) Questions
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Which US president's welfare reform law replaced open-ended welfare with time-limited, work-linked support?
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Which act cut the top US income tax rate from 70% to 50% in 1981?
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Which 1987 treaty, agreed between Reagan and Gorbachev, eliminated a whole class of nuclear missiles?
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Which commission was established in Argentina in 1983 to investigate the disappearances of the 'Dirty War'?
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How many seats did Canada's Progressive Conservative Party win in the 1993 federal election, down from 156?
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In which year did Mexico's default trigger a region-wide Latin American debt crisis?
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What was the approximate result of the 1995 Quebec referendum on separation from Canada?
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The Zapatista (EZLN) uprising in Chiapas in January 1994 was primarily a reaction against which development?
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Which US government department was created in response to the 11 September 2001 attacks?
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Who was the founder and leader of Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) in Peru?
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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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