A Level History Edexcel Paper 1
Questions with Answers
Illiterate people - correct answers-1914 - 32% could read and write.
1919 - Decree on illiteracy which required all illiterate people aged between 8-50 to learn.
Decree on the Press November 1917 - correct answers-- 2000 newspapers closed by 1921
- Complete freedom of speech
Cheka 1917-21 - correct answers-- Helped red army requisition grain from peasants as part of war
communism.
- Closed down opposition newspapers.
- Used extreme violence against enemies
The NEP 1918 - correct answers-NEP was introduced in the years 1918-28.
- To retain political power
- To revive the economy
- To build socialism
Measures of the NEP free market 1918 - correct answers-- Agricultural production was left to the free
market, peasants could buy, sell and produce freely.
- This stimulated production and led to industrial growth.
- I.E: Grain production increased from 50 million tones in 1922 to 77 million tones in 1926.
March 1921 peasant attacks on grain stores - correct answers-March 1921, peasants attacked
government grain stores along Volga River.
Measures of the NEP end of grain requisitioning 1918 - correct answers-- extremely popular among
peasants.
- Free trade also encouraged peasants to grow more which therefore also ended famine and food of all
kinds became available in country markets.
- Led to a return of political and economic stability because ending famine and a policy that was
extremely unpopular with the peasants who made up 80% of the population.
NEP Led to the scissor crisis 1918 - correct answers-- The scissor crisis was due to uneven economic
growth.
- Greater food supplies led to a drop in ag prices and industry prices were growing steadily due to the
damage caused by famine.
, - led to an economic gap as the prices of industrial goods rising meant farmers could no longer afford
industrial goods which gave the farmers no incentive to carry on growing large amounts of grain.
Decree on land and decree on peace Oct 1917 - correct answers-Land - gave peasants the right to seize
land
Peace - gov withdrew from WW1 and seeked peace.
Five year plans 1928-32 - correct answers-First - 1928-32
Second 1933-37
Third - 1938-41
- Aimed to increase production, Gosplan the SUs central economic agency formulated production
targets for every factory and workshop.
- No attempt to ensure factories had the recourses they needed to reach their targets
- Building of large scale new factories
- Coal production increased from 35 million tones in 1927 to 165 million tones in 1940.
- Collectivisation (farms forcibly merged) late 1929, equipment taken from richer peasants and given to
the poorer. Led to famine and the destruction of 60 million sheep and goats along with other animals
and food.
Problems of the Five year plans - correct answers-- Between 1928-41 there was a continuous shortage
of consumer goods due to the prioritisation of heavy industry.
The Fourth Five year plan 1945-50 - correct answers-- Led to significantly high levels of industrial growth.
- Industrial output increased by 80% from 1945 to 50.
Show Trials 1936,37,38 - correct answers-The trials purged or imprisoned any opposition.
During the trial of the 17, Trotsky's supporters were executed and imprisoned.
1930s purges - correct answers-- Arrests, torture, imprisonment and execution to remove Stalin's
opponents.
1930s under Stalin - correct answers-- lateness criminalised
- Damaging factory property criminalised
- Strikes banned
The Virgin Lands Scheme 1953 - correct answers-Turned unfarmed lands in Western Siberia and
Kazakhstan into new farmlands.
- Agricultural investment grew from under 3% a year to 12.8% a year of the Soviet budget between 1954
and 1959.
Grain harvest increased to 135 million tones.
Questions with Answers
Illiterate people - correct answers-1914 - 32% could read and write.
1919 - Decree on illiteracy which required all illiterate people aged between 8-50 to learn.
Decree on the Press November 1917 - correct answers-- 2000 newspapers closed by 1921
- Complete freedom of speech
Cheka 1917-21 - correct answers-- Helped red army requisition grain from peasants as part of war
communism.
- Closed down opposition newspapers.
- Used extreme violence against enemies
The NEP 1918 - correct answers-NEP was introduced in the years 1918-28.
- To retain political power
- To revive the economy
- To build socialism
Measures of the NEP free market 1918 - correct answers-- Agricultural production was left to the free
market, peasants could buy, sell and produce freely.
- This stimulated production and led to industrial growth.
- I.E: Grain production increased from 50 million tones in 1922 to 77 million tones in 1926.
March 1921 peasant attacks on grain stores - correct answers-March 1921, peasants attacked
government grain stores along Volga River.
Measures of the NEP end of grain requisitioning 1918 - correct answers-- extremely popular among
peasants.
- Free trade also encouraged peasants to grow more which therefore also ended famine and food of all
kinds became available in country markets.
- Led to a return of political and economic stability because ending famine and a policy that was
extremely unpopular with the peasants who made up 80% of the population.
NEP Led to the scissor crisis 1918 - correct answers-- The scissor crisis was due to uneven economic
growth.
- Greater food supplies led to a drop in ag prices and industry prices were growing steadily due to the
damage caused by famine.
, - led to an economic gap as the prices of industrial goods rising meant farmers could no longer afford
industrial goods which gave the farmers no incentive to carry on growing large amounts of grain.
Decree on land and decree on peace Oct 1917 - correct answers-Land - gave peasants the right to seize
land
Peace - gov withdrew from WW1 and seeked peace.
Five year plans 1928-32 - correct answers-First - 1928-32
Second 1933-37
Third - 1938-41
- Aimed to increase production, Gosplan the SUs central economic agency formulated production
targets for every factory and workshop.
- No attempt to ensure factories had the recourses they needed to reach their targets
- Building of large scale new factories
- Coal production increased from 35 million tones in 1927 to 165 million tones in 1940.
- Collectivisation (farms forcibly merged) late 1929, equipment taken from richer peasants and given to
the poorer. Led to famine and the destruction of 60 million sheep and goats along with other animals
and food.
Problems of the Five year plans - correct answers-- Between 1928-41 there was a continuous shortage
of consumer goods due to the prioritisation of heavy industry.
The Fourth Five year plan 1945-50 - correct answers-- Led to significantly high levels of industrial growth.
- Industrial output increased by 80% from 1945 to 50.
Show Trials 1936,37,38 - correct answers-The trials purged or imprisoned any opposition.
During the trial of the 17, Trotsky's supporters were executed and imprisoned.
1930s purges - correct answers-- Arrests, torture, imprisonment and execution to remove Stalin's
opponents.
1930s under Stalin - correct answers-- lateness criminalised
- Damaging factory property criminalised
- Strikes banned
The Virgin Lands Scheme 1953 - correct answers-Turned unfarmed lands in Western Siberia and
Kazakhstan into new farmlands.
- Agricultural investment grew from under 3% a year to 12.8% a year of the Soviet budget between 1954
and 1959.
Grain harvest increased to 135 million tones.
