1. French Revolution - Causes of unrest, impact of poor harvests, role of the Jacobins, King’s flight to Varennes, Thermidorian Reaction.
2. Unification of Italy - Issues of division, challenges in the South, role of Piedmont, conflicts post-unification, effects of external forces like France.
3. Nazi Germany - Dictatorship under Hitler, use of violence and intimidation, economic conditions, Nazi rise to power, the failure of July 1944 bomb plot.
4. Civil Rights Movement - Impact of Black Power, race riots, influence of the Supreme Court, effects of significant events like the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
5. South African Apartheid - Verwoerd’s policies, anti-pass law demonstrations, tensions between political groups, economic and social disparities.
6. Cold War - Détente, the Berlin Crisis, SALT talks, and relations between the USA and Soviet Union post-Cuban Missile Crisis.