AS & A Level History (9489) — May–June 2024, Paper 22

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Question 1 · 30 marks · Modern Europe, 1750–1921: France, 1774–1814

Explain why Turgot’s policies faced opposition. [10]

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

Explain why the Prussian Union Plan of 1849 was proposed. [10]

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

Explain why Tsar Nicholas II continued the policy of Russification. [10]

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

Explain why the issue of States’ Rights caused problems in the 1850s. [10]

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

Explain why military strategies changed during the Civil War. [10]

Question 6 · 30 marks · The history of the USA, 1820–1941: The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870s to 1920

Explain why Progressives campaigned for national prohibition in the early twentieth century. [10]

Question 7 · 30 marks · International history, 1870–1945: Empire and the emergence of world powers, 1870–1919

Explain why Britain developed closer diplomatic relations with France after 1898. [10]

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

Explain why the League of Nations failed to end the conflict that broke out in Manchuria in 1931. [10]

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

Explain why Japan believed it was treated as an inferior power in international negotiations during the period 1919–22. [10]