AS & A Level History (9489) — May–June 2023, Paper 23

9 questions · every question answerable online with instant point-by-point AI marking against the official mark scheme.

Question 1 · 30 marks · The Industrial Revolution in Britain, 1750–1850

Explain why changes in agriculture were important for industrialisation.

Question 2 · 30 marks · Liberalism and nationalism in Germany, 1815–71

Explain why the Erfurt Union collapsed in 1850.

Question 3 · 30 marks · The Russian Revolution, 1894–1921

Explain why control of Petrograd and Moscow was important for Bolshevik victory in the Russian Civil War.

Question 4 · 30 marks · The origins of the Civil War, 1820–61

Explain why the Democratic Party was divided during the 1860 presidential election campaign.

Question 5 · 30 marks · Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–77

Explain why Grant changed the government’s approach to Reconstruction after his election in 1868.

Question 6 · 30 marks · The Great Crash, the Great Depression and the New Deal policies, 1920–41

Explain why the banking system collapsed after the Great Crash of 1929.

Question 7 · 30 marks · The League of Nations and international relations in the 1920s

Explain why the Japanese were unhappy with the outcome of the Washington Naval Conference in 1922.

Question 8 · 30 marks · The League of Nations and international relations in the 1930s

Explain why the Non-Intervention Treaty of 1936 failed to stop foreign involvement in the Spanish Civil War.

Question 9 · 30 marks · China and Japan, 1912–45

Explain why the Xi’an Incident was important in the Chinese war against Japan.