GCSE History American West (Edexcel)

Hi is anyone doing this exam tomorrow?
seen a few threads on other specs but none on this :/
good luck everyone though :smile:

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Reply 1

jamesisenglish

I'm doing the exam - I can't say I'm looking forwards to it.

I've done little else but History revision for the past week or so, so I guess I'm just hoping for the topics I know most about to come up.

Reply 2

choccandy21

Original post by jamesisenglish

me neither, cant wait till its over

ive just been amusing myself with some of the names
Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Standing Bear, Black Kettle :awesome:

i have a bad sense of humour...

Reply 3

jamesisenglish

Original post by halii_94

me neither, cant wait till its over

ive just been amusing myself with some of the names
Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Standing Bear, Black Kettle :awesome:

i have a bad sense of humour...

I've been driving myself crazy trying to learn all of the Indian wars...

I get mixed up between Little Big Horn, Red Cloud's War and about 3 others, so I'm hoping the Indian wars are on an optional question D:

Reply 4

choccandy21

Original post by jamesisenglish

yeah i get confused with the tribes! Theres red cloud sioux and santee sioux and probably a million others
but i still think indian wars are easier than the cowboys
dont want a question on the cowboys :frown:

Reply 5

jamesisenglish

Original post by halii_94

Oh...

My strongest areas are probably Cowboys and the development of the plains/early settlers.

Those two topics seem a lot easier to understand, at least to me.

Reply 6

steviep14

what i would want is:
1) An easy source question
2) Importance of say General Custer in the Sioux Campaign.
3/4) Something about the journey west and its difficulties
5/6) A 9 Mark question followed by Development of Plains/ Reservations :smile:

Reply 7

steviep14

Original post by jamesisenglish

Oh...

My strongest areas are probably Cowboys and the development of the plains/early settlers.

Those two topics seem a lot easier to understand, at least to me.

just a couple of questions..

what did goodnight do.. i know roughly but only managed 5/9 on my mock :/

what caused changes from open to closed range?

Reply 8

jamesisenglish

Original post by steviep14

just a couple of questions..

what did goodnight do.. i know roughly but only managed 5/9 on my mock :/

what caused changes from open to closed range?

Charles Goodnight set up the Goodnight-Loving cattle trail from Texas, I think it was, with Oliver Loving. Before this, he was a rancher.

There was a drought in I think it was 86 that killed off much of the cattle on the plains; this left ranchers with much smaller herds, so fenced in, closed range ranches made it easier to deal with them,

Reply 9

choccandy21

Original post by jamesisenglish

and then a storm in 87 which made things worse :smile:

Reply 10

iamthestig

I'm hoping the settlers on the Plains and the Mormons come up, they're my strongest areas, oh and the Railways. Please Lord, let there be a question on the importance of the Railways :biggrin:

Reply 11

bronn

Has everyone learnt many dates for this? There's too much to remember :frown:

Reply 12

steviep14

yes the railways are good.. just write about easier access. the land given cheaply.. the new supplies etc.. anything else to write ? i dont want a question on indian wars :L

Reply 13

steviep14

Original post by bronn

Has everyone learnt many dates for this? There's too much to remember :frown:

I have learnt things such as the mormons
the tcr build date.. 1869 at Utah
The wars dates and basic events.
Importance of Buffalo/Horses/Land/Spirits (Religion) to the Indians
Circle of Violence for the Wars
The treaties and how they were broken
All about the gold rushes (in particular the 1849 California Gold Rush/ "Gold Fever")
Cattle drives - Civil War
Cow towns, Cowboys and violence in the cowtowns
Vigilante groups - lynching, no justice in West etc. no jails so just hung
Crimes comitted in American West such as Horse Rustling, Claim Jumping (In mining areas), Robbery etc.
Services in the Mining areas - Saloons, Prostitution
The journey West - Push, Pull and Enabling Factors

Yeah pretty much this.. have i missed anything guys :confused:

and I am willing to help Bronn :smile:

Just ask and dw and as Bob Marley once said

"Dont Worry... about a thing.. Cause' every little thing is gonna be alright"
My motto for exams :biggrin:

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Reply 14

bronn

Original post by steviep14

"Dont Worry... about a thing.. Cause' every little thing is gonna be alright"
My motto for exams :biggrin:

Good motto!
Yeah, I've learnt all the basis of the things you've listed. In the edexcel revision books there seems to be so much detail like specific dates, statistics and names, that's what's stressing me :/