History A-Level
Blank cheque
What Blank cheque means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Blank cheque
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Germany's unconditional support for Austria-Hungary, which encouraged Austro-Hungarian aggression after the Sarajevo assassination.
Topics that use Blank cheque
- 2K International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890–1941 (A-level only) – The coming of war, 1911–1917 (AQA A-Level)
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