Economic collapse
What Economic collapse means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Hyperinflation and economic collapse alienated the urban middle classes, workers, and students.
The war caused massive inflation and transport collapse, leading to acute food shortages.
Topics that use Economic collapse
- Option 30: Key topic 1: The revolutions of 1917 - 1 The growth of opposition to the tsar in early 1917 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 32: Key topic 1: Establishing communist rule, 1945–59 - 1 The Civil War, 1945–49 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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