# Grade 11 History Notes

> CAPS-aligned Grade 11 History revision notes, broken down topic by topic with worked examples, diagrams, and key definitions.

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## Topics

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### Communism in Russia 1900–1940

- [Communism in Russia 1900–1940 notes](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/communism-in-russia-19001940)
- [What is Communism? Karl Marx & Background](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/communism-in-russia-19001940/what-is-communism-karl-marx-and-background)
- [The February & October 1917 Revolutions](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/communism-in-russia-19001940/the-february-and-october-1917-revolutions)
- [Civil War & War Communism](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/communism-in-russia-19001940/civil-war-and-war-communism)
- [Lenin's Control: Marxism-Leninism & the NEP](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/communism-in-russia-19001940/lenins-control-marxism-leninism-and-the-nep)
- [Stalin's Rise & Interpretation of Marxism-Leninism](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/communism-in-russia-19001940/stalins-rise-and-interpretation-of-marxism-leninism)
- [Stalin's Policies: Collectivisation, Industrialisation & Political Terror](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/communism-in-russia-19001940/stalins-policies-collectivisation-industrialisation-and-political-terror)

### Capitalism in the USA 1900–1940

- [Capitalism in the USA 1900–1940 notes](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/capitalism-in-the-usa-19001940)
- [The American Dream & the Capitalist Boom of the 1920s](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/capitalism-in-the-usa-19001940/the-american-dream-and-the-capitalist-boom-of-the-1920s)
- [The Wall Street Crash (1929)](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/capitalism-in-the-usa-19001940/the-wall-street-crash-1929)
- [FDR & the New Deal](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/capitalism-in-the-usa-19001940/fdr-and-the-new-deal)
- [Analysis & Assessment of the New Deal](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/capitalism-in-the-usa-19001940/analysis-and-assessment-of-the-new-deal)

### Ideas of Race

- [Ideas of Race notes](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/ideas-of-race)
- [Theories of Race: Hierarchies, Eugenics & the Human Genome Project](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/ideas-of-race/theories-of-race-hierarchies-eugenics-and-the-human-genome-project)
- [Case Study: Australia & Indigenous Australians](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/ideas-of-race/case-study-australia-and-indigenous-australians)
- [Case Study: Nazi Germany and the Holocaust](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/ideas-of-race/case-study-nazi-germany-and-the-holocaust)

### Nationalisms

- [Nationalisms notes](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/nationalisms)
- [What is Nationalism? Origins & Theory](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/nationalisms/what-is-nationalism-origins-and-theory)
- [African Nationalism: APO, SANNC & the ANC](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/nationalisms/african-nationalism-apo-sannc-and-the-anc)
- [African Nationalism: WW2 Influence & the ANC-PAC Split](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/nationalisms/african-nationalism-ww2-influence-and-the-anc-pac-split)
- [Afrikaner Nationalism: Language, Culture & Economic Movements](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/nationalisms/afrikaner-nationalism-language-culture-and-economic-movements)
- [Afrikaner Nationalism: The Volk & Towards Apartheid](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/nationalisms/afrikaner-nationalism-the-volk-and-towards-apartheid)
- [The Middle East: Arab & Jewish Nationalism](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/nationalisms/the-middle-east-arab-and-jewish-nationalism)
- [The Middle East: The Arab-Israeli Conflict](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/nationalisms/the-middle-east-the-arab-israeli-conflict)
- [Ghana: Early Nationalism & Trade Unionism](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/nationalisms/ghana-early-nationalism-and-trade-unionism)
- [Ghana: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism & Independence](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/nationalisms/ghana-nkrumah-pan-africanism-and-independence)

### Apartheid South Africa

- [Apartheid South Africa notes](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/apartheid-south-africa)
- [Segregation in South Africa in the 1920s and 1930s](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/apartheid-south-africa/segregation-in-south-africa-in-the-1920s-and-1930s)
- [The National Party Victory of 1948](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/apartheid-south-africa/the-national-party-victory-of-1948)
- [Legalising Apartheid: The Apartheid State](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/apartheid-south-africa/legalising-apartheid-the-apartheid-state)
- [Resistance to Apartheid: Mass Mobilisation and Alliances](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/apartheid-south-africa/resistance-to-apartheid-mass-mobilisation-and-alliances)
- [The Sharpeville Massacre and the Rivonia Trial](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-11/history/notes/apartheid-south-africa/the-sharpeville-massacre-and-the-rivonia-trial)

## Frequently asked questions

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### Are the notes aligned with CAPS and the ATP?

Yes. All Grade 11 History notes are written against the official CAPS curriculum and ATP so you only study what’s examinable.

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