Student e-book: Core Option A
Option A covers key themes and events of the 19th Century across range of continents.
The themes of nationalism and imperialism in Europe come together in the final topic on the causes of the First World War.
The Cambridge syllabus for this option is based on six key questions.
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4. Why was there a civil war in the United States and what were its results? Free
This topic covers the US Civil War - a bloody struggle between the northern and southern states of America which lasted...
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6. What caused the First World War? Free
In 1914 Europe was plunged into a war that would last four years and would change the face of Europe - politically, socially...
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5. Why, and with what effects, did nations gain and expand their overseas empires in the nineteenth century? Free
By the start of the 20th Century, Europeans and Americans had secured influence across all continents of the world. In some...
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3. How was Germany unified?
German Unification followed a similar timeline to that of Italian Unification - finally being completed in 1871. However,...
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6.4 How did the assassination of Franz Ferdinand lead to war?
The crises of 1905–13 had seen a marked deterioration in relations between the European Powers. There was increasing division...
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6.2 Did colonial problems create tensions between the Great Powers?
From the 17th Century onwards European powers had sought to gain territory in other parts of the world. Britain as a great...