History A-Level
Government suppression and states of emergency
What Government suppression and states of emergency means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Government suppression and states of emergency
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The 1985 and 1986 states of emergency with media restrictions, bannings and mass detention, used to try to restore control.
Topics that use Government suppression and states of emergency
- Paper 2, Option 2F.2: South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ - 4 The end of apartheid and the creation of the ‘rainbow nation’, 1984–94 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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