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May 1956

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  1. 1st May 1956What is the difference between a Plains Indian tribe and a band?
  2. 2nd May 1956What did the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 attempt to set out for different Plains Indian nations?
  3. 3rd May 1956What kind of linking language should a strong narrative account use?
  4. 4th May 1956Why did border guards open the crossings at the Berlin Wall rather than using force to stop the crowds?
  5. 5th May 1956In what year did the Berlin Wall fall, and in what year did the USSR itself dissolve?
  6. 6th May 1956Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  7. 7th May 1956Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  8. 8th May 1956What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  9. 9th May 1956What was the main difference between the Public Health Acts of 1848 and 1875?
  10. 10th May 1956Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  11. 11th May 1956What did Snow's comparison of two London water companies show?
  12. 12th May 1956Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  13. 13th May 1956Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  14. 14th May 1956In what year was the Hitler Youth founded?
  15. 15th May 1956What phrase summarised the Nazi ideal role for women?
  16. 16th May 1956What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  17. 17th May 1956What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  18. 18th May 1956What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  19. 19th May 1956On what date did the Berlin Wall fall?
  20. 20th May 1956Give one reason Gorbachev wanted to end the costly arms race and the war in Afghanistan.
  21. 21st May 1956In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  22. 22nd May 1956Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  23. 23rd May 1956When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  24. 24th May 1956In what year did the government make smallpox vaccination compulsory for infants?
  25. 25th May 1956What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  26. 26th May 1956Why did Snow's conclusions take years to be fully accepted?
  27. 27th May 1956What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  28. 28th May 1956Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  29. 29th May 1956In what month and year did Hitler refound the banned Nazi Party?
  30. 30th May 1956What were the Hitler Youth and the League of German Maidens?
  31. 31st May 1956Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.