can someone please give me feedback on my GCSE history exam practice

Maybe try being specific about how Czechs suffered under soviet control and emphasise how dubcek’s reforms differed from soviet policy. ( I only have 20 mark questions in A-level history so it may be a bit much for an 8 mark )

I didn’t do the Cold War in GCSEs but I’m pretty good at this era of history, Khrushchev didn’t really build the Berlin Wall because of a refugee crisis it was ultimately because people saw how much better it was in West Berlin. The Russians didn’t want this as they knew it was better and people were more well off but due to their stubbornness they built the wall

It's based on superpower relations and the cold war.
Write a narrative account analysing the key events of the Prague Spring (1968). (8 marks)

Czechoslovaki was one of the USSR’s soviet states, so it was communist. However, the czechs did not support communism and caused riots across the country after suffering under soviet control. This lead to Dubcek being elected president of czechoslovakia. He aimed to improve communism and give it a ‘human face'. this was done by Dubcek's reforms, therefore enforcing prague spring .

Dubcek's reforms involved there being less censorship and more freedom of speech so the public could express their opinion more. There was also market socialism where Czechoslovakia began trading with capitalist country . Brezhnev sand other eastern european countries were concerned as it could lead to demands and reforms elsewhere and threaten communist rule across Eastern Europe.

In retaliation to the Prague spring, Brezhnev had Czechoslovakia invaded, dubcek arrested and killed. He also implemented his own doctrine stating that all members of the Warsaw pact would help each other in a crisis. This meant that soviets had control over its satellite states weapons giving them even more assertiveness across Eastern Europe. The invasion of Czechoslovakia served as a warning against satellite states as to not revolt as the soviet union dealt with them efficiently and the USA didn’t attempt to help. This made the USA look weak and the Ussr look strong and superior.

Did not do cold war for GCSE History
I did American West instead for that section
Just remember for narrative accounts you need to make it run like a story, there should be a beginning middle and end and each event should lead to the other. Be historically accurate and follow that structure and you'll get the full 8 marks

I'm doing:
Germany, Norman England and Medicine.
I'm in year 10 and for the first mock I got a 5(B) which Isn't that bad for a first mock, Byt he time I do GCSEs I want an 8/A

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Your first answer is better than your second. I would give it a 6/8 and a 5/8 for your second. You mentioned how it effected superpower relations but you could’ve linked to other events ie the Kennedy Speech and portray the alternate view that in someways resolved the tensions as although not preferable has provided some kind of solution to an ongoing problem. The reference to the ultimatum and conferences was very good, and adding a bit of detail would have given you a top band answer. As for the Helsinki answer it lacks the focus and sophistication you had during the previous question. Your making basic level points with only a bit on analysis. Helsinki was the high point of detente, both sides were willing to make compromises. You could of mentioned the joint space mission as symbols of the achievement of Helsinki, to further develop your analysis you could have also referenced the negatives such as the soviet union not sticking to its human rights promises explaining why detente and the achievements of Helsinki were short lived.

But it's because people preferred the West that there was a refugee crisis so many left the east for the West casing issues to Russia's economy