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May 1957

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  1. 1st May 1957Why did some Catholics regard Elizabeth as illegitimate?
  2. 2nd May 1957Which French territory did England lose shortly before Elizabeth became queen?
  3. 3rd May 1957What happened to the group of settlers sent to Roanoke in 1587?
  4. 4th May 1957What did Edwin Chadwick's 1842 report investigate, and what effect did it have?
  5. 5th May 1957Give one reason the Second World War helped speed up the development of penicillin.
  6. 6th May 1957What did John Snow do with cholera deaths during the 1854 Soho outbreak?
  7. 7th May 1957Give one specific way the mud at Passchendaele affected the treatment of wounded soldiers.
  8. 8th May 1957Why did mustard gas cause huge numbers of casualties but comparatively fewer deaths than phosgene?
  9. 9th May 1957In what year was the SS (Schutzstaffel) created, and how did it differ from the SA?
  10. 10th May 1957By what year had Hitler Youth membership become effectively compulsory?
  11. 11th May 1957What did many Plains Indian peoples believe about the ownership of land?
  12. 12th May 1957What did the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851 provide funding for?
  13. 13th May 1957What is the key difference between the 'explain two consequences' question and the 'narrative account' question?
  14. 14th May 1957Name the Polish movement that won elections in 1989, marking one of the first breaks from communist control in Eastern Europe.
  15. 15th May 1957What did President Reagan propose in the early 1980s that worried the USSR?
  16. 16th May 1957In what year did Elizabeth I become queen of England?
  17. 17th May 1957Name one unpaid role that carried out government business in the localities.
  18. 18th May 1957When and where was Drake knighted by Elizabeth?
  19. 19th May 1957Give one reason government legislation on public health increased through the nineteenth century.
  20. 20th May 1957What had Fleming noticed in his contaminated laboratory dish?
  21. 21st May 1957What action did Snow persuade local officials to take?
  22. 22nd May 1957What weather and terrain conditions made Passchendaele especially difficult for the medical services?
  23. 23rd May 1957Why could chlorine gas at least be partly guarded against?
  24. 24th May 1957Why is the period 1925-1928 sometimes called the Nazi Party's 'lean years'?
  25. 25th May 1957Why were some restrictions on women working quietly relaxed later in the 1930s?
  26. 26th May 1957Name two materials the buffalo provided to Plains Indian bands, other than meat.
  27. 27th May 1957Give one reason why the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 broke down.
  28. 28th May 1957How many pieces of information does the narrative account question usually give the student to use?
  29. 29th May 1957Which country opened its border with Austria in May 1989, creating a route for East Germans to escape westward?
  30. 30th May 1957What two reform policies did Gorbachev introduce inside the USSR from 1985?
  31. 31st May 1957What happened to Elizabeth in 1554, and why?