HELP! Anyone sitting SCOTTISH STANDARD GRADE HISTORY?

Question

Okay, i really need some revision on the topic CHANGING LIFE IN SCOTLAND AND BRITAIN 1830-1930! I know it contains railways, suffragettes etc. but i really need some revision notes to boost me up before going back to school (i struggled with it at school) Any knowledgeable facts anyone? Please, not meaning to sound ungrateful, but please only answer if you are or have took standard grade history, or if your a pro history person, i get confused when the English come in with the GCSE's =S It completely different! And, yes, i know its summer, and, yes i am a big geek 8-) Please help!

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Answer 1

I just got my standard grade history results today and I got a 1 so I hope I can help. The main things you have to remember for the exam are : New benifits/drawback of the railways, reasons for immigration/emmigration and suffragette tactics. For the railways you need to talk about how it allowed people to travel, brought fresh food to the cities, made jobs but you have to mention a drawback like the effect it had on the stagecoach industry. For population changes talk about people coming to scotland for a better life, the irish potatoe famine etc and for people emigrating talk about bettr life, more jobs etc. Always bring in both immigration and emmigration so its a balanced answer. And the suffragettes, talk about hunger strikes, emily davidson, acid on golf greens, petitions etc. And don't worry the school go over it all again around march