AS & A Level History (9489) — October–November 2024, Paper 23

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

Question 1 · 30 marks · France, 1774–1814

Explain why Necker's 'Le Compte Rendu au Roi' was criticised when published in 1781.

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

Explain why the Carlsbad Decrees threatened the development of German nationalism.

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

Explain why the Tsarist regime had become unpopular by 1905.

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

Explain why Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter.

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

Explain why Radical Republicans opposed Johnson's Presidential Reconstruction policies.

Question 6 · 30 marks · The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870s to 1920

Explain why the Granger Movement was formed.

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

Explain why political considerations led to European interest in gaining territories in Africa after 1870.

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

Explain why Germany became involved in the Spanish Civil War.

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

Explain why Chiang Kai-shek's Extermination Campaigns failed to destroy the Communist Party.