regional divisions
What regional divisions means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Stark differences that defined working-class conditions, with the depressed North enduring poverty and the Means Test while the South enjoyed rising real wages and new housing.
Economic disparities between the industrialising North and the agricultural South, exacerbated by uneven social developments.
Topics that use regional divisions
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Economy, society and politics, 1846–1885 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- 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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