History B Schools History Project GCSE
Government repression
What Government repression means in History B Schools History Project GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Government repression
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Reference: OCR
Harsh measures including force-feeding hunger-striking suffragettes and the 1913 'Cat and Mouse Act', releasing starved prisoners only to rearrest them once recovered.
Topics that use Government repression
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