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Covers the most popular IB History options: 20th century wars, authoritarian states, the Cold War, and independence movements. All key historians, dates, and causation arguments included.

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Every topic in the official IB Subject Guide — nothing missed.

Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars
  • Types of war: total war, civil war, guerrilla warfare
  • World War One: long-term causes (MAIN), immediate trigger, escalation
  • World War Two: appeasement, Treaty of Versailles failures, Hitler's foreign policy
  • Spanish Civil War: causes, international intervention, significance
  • Short-term and long-term effects: political, social, economic
  • The role of technology in changing warfare
  • Peace settlements and their consequences
Authoritarian States (20th Century)
  • Conditions that allowed rise of authoritarian states
  • Methods of seizure of power: propaganda, violence, use of crisis
  • Consolidation of power: elimination of opposition, cult of personality
  • Case study — Hitler: rise, ideology, policies, impact
  • Case study — Stalin: rise, terror, five-year plans, collectivisation
  • Case study — Mao Zedong: Long March, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution
  • Treatment of women, minorities, religion under authoritarian rule
  • Use of propaganda, censorship, youth organisations
The Cold War (1947–1991)
  • Origins of the Cold War: ideology, wartime tensions, Yalta and Potsdam
  • Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan (1947)
  • Berlin Blockade and Airlift (1948–49)
  • Formation of NATO and the Warsaw Pact
  • Korean War: causes, course, significance
  • Cuban Missile Crisis (1962): causes, events, resolution, significance
  • Vietnam War: causes, US involvement, outcomes
  • Détente: reasons, SALT I & II, Helsinki Accords
  • End of the Cold War: Gorbachev, collapse of Soviet Union
Independence Movements (1800–2000)
  • Causes of independence movements: nationalism, economic exploitation, WWI/WWII effects
  • India: role of Gandhi, INC, partition and independence 1947
  • Ghana: Nkrumah, role of WWII veterans, 1957 independence
  • Kenya: Mau Mau uprising, British response, independence 1963
  • Methods used: non-violent resistance, armed struggle, political negotiation
  • Role of the United Nations in decolonisation
  • Consequences: political instability, borders, neo-colonialism
Rights and Protest (Prescribed Subject)
  • Civil Rights Movement in the USA (1954–1965)
  • Brown v Board of Education (1954)
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–56)
  • Sit-ins, Freedom Rides, Birmingham campaign
  • March on Washington (1963) and 'I Have a Dream' speech
  • Civil Rights Act (1964) and Voting Rights Act (1965)
  • Apartheid in South Africa: ANC, Sharpeville, Mandela, Soweto uprising
  • Amnesty International and international human rights activism
HL Regional Option — History of Europe (20th Century)HL Only
  • Imperial and dynastic crises before WWI
  • The Russian Revolution (1917): causes, February and October revolutions
  • Weimar Republic: strengths, weaknesses, rise of extremism
  • Spanish Civil War as a European conflict
  • The Holocaust: ideology, implementation, international response
  • Post-WWII Europe: division, Marshall Plan, European integration
  • Fall of the Berlin Wall and German Reunification

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