Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 revision workbook

Designed to support students preparing for the AQA GCSE, our revision workbook Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 revision workbook features revision tasks to cover the complete course.

The workbook includes content summaries, recap tasks and exam-practice questions in a variety of styles, ensuring students can revise independently and build confidence for their exam.

What’s included?

• content summaries in a variety of formats
• recap activities
• keyword and timeline tasks
• exam-style questions.

What’s inside?
Introduction to this workbook (pages 4-5)
Topic 1: Peacemaking (pages 6-17)
The aims of the ‘Big Three’
Clashes between the ‘Big Three’
The Treaty of Versailles: Did the peacemakers achieve their aims?
Who was satisfied with the Treaty of Versailles?
Was the Treaty of Versailles fair?
How did Germany react to the Treaty of Versailles?
What happened at the rest of the peace conferences?

Topic 2: The League of Nations and international peace (pages 18-30)
The aims of the League
What did America’s absence mean for the League?
How did the structure of the League undermine it?
Was the League doomed to fail?
What was the role of the League’s agencies?
How successful was the League in the early 1920s?
What was the effect of the Great Depression on world peace?
What was the impact of the Manchurian Crisis on the League?
What did the Abyssinian Crisis show about the League?
How did the Disarmament Conference of 1932−34 go so wrong?

Topic 3: The origins and outbreak of the Second World War (pages 31-41)
What were Hitler’s aims as Chancellor of Germany?
Hitler’s foreign policy
Why did Britain and France follow a policy of Appeasement?
How was Appeasement a cause of WWII?
Who was to blame for the Second World War?

Exam practice (pages 42-48)
Question type 1 – Source A is critical/supportive of X. How do you know?
Question type 2 – How useful are these sources for a historian studying X?
Question type 3 – Write an account of…
Question type 4 – X was the main reason for Y. How far do you agree with this statement?
Appendix: Further notes and ideas on sources in this pack