History A-Level
Democratic expansion
What Democratic expansion means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Democratic expansion
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Interwar politics saw this alongside economic crises, with the 1928 Equal Franchise Act granting women voting parity.
Topics that use Democratic expansion
- 1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 – The Great War and its impact, 1914–1939 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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