Economic reform
What Economic reform means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Economic and financial reforms included the creation of the mandats territoriaux and bankruptcy of the assignat, but these failed to stabilise the economy.
Khrushchev aimed to raise Soviet living standards by shifting economic focus towards consumer goods and agriculture.
Topics that use Economic reform
- 2T The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000 (A-level only) – De-Stalinisation, 1953–1964 (AQA A-Level)
- From the Directory to Brumaire, 1795–99 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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