AS & A Level History (9489) — October–November 2024, Paper 22

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: France, 1774–1814

Explain why Louis XVI and his family fled Paris in June 1791. [10]

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

Explain why Bismarck wanted to be allied with Austria in the war against Denmark in 1864. [10]

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

Explain why the Bolsheviks were able to establish one-party rule by 1921. [10]

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

Explain why people believed in a ‘slave power’ conspiracy during the 1850s. [10]

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

Explain why Reconstruction ended in 1877. [10]

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

Explain why Progressive presidents reformed the Constitution in the years leading up to 1920. [10]

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

Explain why Russia was unable to defeat Japan in the war of 1904–05. [10]

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

Explain why the remilitarisation of the Rhineland was not resisted. [10]

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

Explain why Japanese military leaders thought war with the USA was inevitable by 1941. [10]