AS & A Level History (9489) — October–November 2023, Paper 21

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

Question 1 · 30 marks · Modern Europe, 1750–1921: The Industrial Revolution in Britain, 1750–1850

Explain why many people in Britain supported the idea of free trade. [10]

Question 2 · 30 marks · Modern Europe, 1750–1921: Liberalism and nationalism in Germany, 1815–71

Explain why Prussia went to war with Denmark in 1864. [10]

Question 3 · 30 marks · Modern Europe, 1750–1921: The Russian Revolution, 1894–1921

Explain why Trotsky was important for Bolshevik success in October 1917. [10]

Question 4 · 30 marks · The history of the USA, 1820–1941: The origins of the Civil War, 1820–61

Explain why the Whig Party declined rapidly in the 1850s. [10]

Question 5 · 30 marks · The history of the USA, 1820–1941: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861–77

Explain why the availability of resources was important to the outcome of the Civil War. [10]

Question 6 · 30 marks · The history of the USA, 1820–1941: The Great Crash, the Great Depression and the New Deal policies, 1920–41

Explain why many on the liberal left opposed the New Deal. [10]

Question 7 · 30 marks · International history, 1870–1945: The League of Nations and international relations in the 1920s

Explain why Germany suffered an economic crisis in the early 1920s. [10]

Question 8 · 30 marks · International history, 1870–1945: The League of Nations and international relations in the 1930s

Explain why Hitler doubted that Britain and France would go to war in support of Poland in September 1939. [10]

Question 9 · 30 marks · International history, 1870–1945: China and Japan, 1912–45

Explain why Japan became an expansionist power in the 1930s. [10]