History A-Level
Economic disparity between East and West
What Economic disparity between East and West means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Economic disparity between East and West
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The GDR suffered from shortages and poor living standards compared to the West, which acted as an economic push factor.
Topics that use Economic disparity between East and West
- Paper 3, Option 37.2: Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited - 5 Reunification: recreating a united Germany, 1989–90 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Collapse of the GDR state
- Economic disparity and migration
- Four Powers and international acceptance
- Impact of the GDR crisis on the FRG
- Kohl's Ten Point Plan and its aims
- Process and problems of reunification
- Push and pull factors in migration
- Revolution and protest in the GDR
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