History A-Level
Structural weaknesses
What Structural weaknesses means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Structural weaknesses
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Severe flaws such as agricultural overproduction, unequal wealth distribution and unregulated banking that undermined the 1920s economic boom.
Topics that use Structural weaknesses
- 1K The making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975 – only) Crisis of identity, 1920–1945 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Boom and bust cycles
- Economic intervention
- Industrial mobilisation
- Modernity versus traditionalism
- Nativism and xenophobia
- Racial inequality and civil rights
- Regional economic disparity
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