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Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Essay Plan: The fortunes of Sinn Fein 1905-1923/How did Sinn Fein movement develop 1912-1923?

 Intro: Set up on 1905, by 1910 in decline. incorrect association with rising led to a spike in popularity and a reorganisation to create the 2nd sinn fein party. Republican in nature which set up the First Dail and fought the war of independence. Following this achievement the party was to be divided due to the Anglo-Irish Treaty which resulted in the Civil War. Sinn Fein became the bases of the 2 major political parties in Irish politics.

P1. Association with the Rising.

P2. 2nd Sinn Fein. Ard-Fheis and reorganisation, link with volunteers

P3.  Aims: replace HR party as most popular. Convention. 

P4.Conscription Crisis, note increase in membership and support.

P5. German plot

P6. 1918 Election. why they won - organised, voting, women, labour, first past the post - results

P7. The first Dail. abstentionism. it's actions.

P8. War. Media. Negotiations. see sample essay.

P9. The treaty, aims, outcomes and the split of the party and civil war.

Conclusion: recap fortunes, small to upturn due to mistakes, rise in popularity culminating in election of 1918. success to get truce and negotiations with British gov, divisions due to treaty. 

Tuesday, 28 February 2023

Why did Sinn Fein win the 1918 Election?

 Intro: Founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith Sinn Fein was a small party with little influence on the political scene but a mistaken association with the Easter Rising of 1916 was to reinvigorate the party and see it grow into the biggest political party in Ireland after the 1918 general election.

P1. Early Sinn Fein 1905-1910 (1916). pages 106/107 (chapter 8: under new forms of nationalism)

P2. Association with the Rising (the revival of Sinn Fein pg 143)

P3. Second Sinn Fein and the Ard-Fheis and organisation (page 143-4)

P4. The Irish Convention (page 144)

P5. The decline of the Home Rule Party

P6. The German plot

P7. The conscription Crisis

P8. Labour did not contest the election

P9. Voting, new voters, women

P10. Results

Conclusion: recap on NB reasons, include decline of HR, actions of the British Government, Association with the Rising etc

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a28oxevd09c1haj/whysf%20won%20the%201918%20election.doc?dl=0


Fortunes of Sinn Fein 1900-1923

https://mpps-my.sharepoint.com/personal/p_keane_mpps_ie/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fp%5Fkeane%5Fmpps%5Fie%2FDocuments%2FAttachments%2F20cf09d2%2Dff06%2D45f3%2Da5a2%2D933fff77ddee%2Epdf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fp%5Fkeane%5Fmpps%5Fie%2FDocuments%2FAttachments

Wednesday, 11 January 2023

Britain and Germany: Economic and social comparison notes

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/1zbkxly5nbxo2ch/Economy%20in%20Britain%20and%20Germany%20in%20the%20inter-war%20years.doc?dl=0

Jarrow

 https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvo3iljidj27bmw/SEANdELAP.pptx?dl=0


https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bW91bnR0ZW1wbGUuaWV8bW91bnQtdGVtcGxlLWxlYXZpbmctY2VydGlmaWNhdGUtaGlzdG9yeXxneDoyNjJhZTFkZDc1NTU3ZGJh

(read for Jarrow, but also useful for elements of challenges essay e.g. Abdication crisis)

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=bW91bnR0ZW1wbGUuaWV8bW91bnQtdGVtcGxlLWxlYXZpbmctY2VydGlmaWNhdGUtaGlzdG9yeXxneDozMDBhMjUyYjZiODVlMTBk

(read for some useful elements re challenges essay e.g. rationing)

Sample studyclix essay on Jarrow: https://studyclixsaielive.blob.core.windows.net/cms/media/questionResources/b2b2c55e-456d-4c79-beee-babfde15568d.pdf

Jarrow (simple notes): https://www.dropbox.com/s/t0gp1dwwcqfs4m5/handout-jarrow-crusade.doc?dl=0

Jarrow Essay plan:  What were the causes and the consequences of the Jarrow March, October, 1936?

Based primarily from Sean Delap ppt above.

Intro: address question, March took place when, its purpose, due to mass structural unemployment number of causes (name some) and although remembered to this day and had good media coverage it ultimately failed to achieve its goal to meet prime minister or create significant work in Jarrow.

P1 Cause 1: hungry thirties (slide 2-3 and book)

P2 Problems with shipbuilding (competition, failure to modernise) (slides 6-8 and book)

P3 Palmers and the NSS (slides 9-10 and book)

P4 The March itself, only 1 paragraph, focus on why it was different, crusade, not hunger march, communist element, well behaved, band, dog, positive media coverage, cross party support. (slide 11 and book and second ppt above addresses this well)

P5 Little impact/success. Bad timing. Gov distracted with FP, and lots of other marches. (slides 13/14)

P6  Arrival in London, disperse, fail to meet Baldwin, gov anti marches. (slides 15/16/17)

P7 A false dawn. anti-hero John Jarvis announced jobs but few came to fruition in practice but newspaper headlines the next day suggested problem was solved. (slides 18/19)

P8 return/ reaction at home. dole cut. gov amalgamate and make it appear as if some improvement took place. (slides 16/20 and book)

P9 Impact: some minor success but proper employment only provided due to rearmament late 1930's. (slides 21/22 and book)

conclusion: redress question. Address causes and consequences. led to long term social change, welfare state (slide 22 and book)


Friday, 16 December 2022

Britain Social and economic problems during interwar years

Intro: following WW1, economy unstable, national debt increased 10 times, inflation doubled + taxes increased. 750,000 soldiers killed, unhappy at continued suffering. Industrial production declined in old industries creating unemployment and depressed states. Social suffering. Successive governments…

 

P1 or 3?  bloody Friday and battle of george’s square

 

P1. decline of staple industries.

 

P2. depressed areas, name. Cost of living, food. Infant mortality.  inner and outer. National insurance act.

 

P3. balancing the budget. Fix sterling to gold standard. Churchill. Impact: British exports more expensive.

P4. strikes. Growth in trade unions. Samuel commission, general strike began.

P5. Gen Strike

P6. WSC. 1931 financial crisis, cut unemployment benefit or leave gold standard =end of labour gov. National gov, measures introduced.

P7. unemployment 1.5 to 3.4 1932, 1/5 of workers. Hunger strikes. Situation for workers, means test.

P8 jarrow.

 

Conclusion: many challenges,

Unemployment, depressed areas, national dept, strikes, wsc, hunger and jarrow marches. Social impact on ppl. Gov actions.



https://socialistpartyscotland.org.uk/2014/01/31/95-years-on-red-clydeside-and-the-battle-of-george-square/ 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cable_Street



Monday, 28 November 2022

How did Hitler and the Nazi party secure absolute control over Germany in the period 1920‐1938?

 https://www.thinkswap.com/ie/leaving-cert/history/higher-level/how-did-hitler-and-nazi-party-secure-absolute-control-over


http://www.corbytechnicalschool.org/_files/History%20revision/9C04E1E5140E3F8BE24C18E2D104719A.pdf


https://www.theholocaustexplained.org/the-nazi-rise-to-power/how-did-the-nazi-gain-power/


https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/hitlers-rise-power-1918-1933


Plan:

Intro, address question like in first link above.

P1. Munich Putsch, reasons why, result, quote from Hitler re use of democratic means to take power

P2. Building up the party, details re growth of organisation, support from industrialists, Goebbels and Hitler as speaker, but late 1920s had les than 3% of vote.

P3. WSC. impact, Nazi messages, blamed Weimar, Jews, appealed to who? why? 

P4. Propaganda, election campaigns, posters, plane, speeches, Geobbels, details.Election results.

P5. Becoming Chancellor. Reichstag fire and fear.

P6. Enabling Law.

P7. Co-ordination

P8. Propaganda. Censorship, control of media, book burning, cult of personality, Rallies etc

P9. Terror: first camps, Knight of the long Knives.

P10. Deliverer on promises, jobs, reuniting Germany.

P11.Totalitarian state, education, church, youth groups. pastimes - strength through Joy.

Conclusion: recap main findings.