France, 1774–1814: past paper questions
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- 9489/13 · May/June 2026 · Q1a[15]
Read Source B and Source D. Compare and contrast these sources as evidence about attitudes towards continuing the war in Russia in 1918.
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Read Source B and Source D. Compare and contrast these sources as evidence about the Trent Affair.
See it on the paper → - 9489/13 · May/June 2026 · Q2b[25]
Read all of the sources. ‘Britain adopted a neutral standpoint during the Civil War.’ How far do these sources support this view? Section C: International option China and Japan, 1912–45
See it on the paper → - 9489/21 · May/June 2026 · Q1a[10]
Explain why the dismissal of Necker in 1789 was important in causing the revolution.
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‘The purpose of Napoleon’s domestic policies was to keep him in power.’ How far do you agree?
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Explain why there were so many constitutional changes from 1790 to 1795.
See it on the paper → - 9489/23 · May/June 2026 · Q1b[20]
To what extent was Louis XVl responsible for the outbreak of revolution in 1789?
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‘Russia’s military weakness was the cause of its defeat in the war with Japan (1904 – 5).’ How far do you agree?
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Explain why the League of Nations failed to solve the dispute between Poland and Lithuania over Vilna (Vilnius).
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Explain why Hitler helped the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
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‘The policy of Appeasement was a failure.’ How far do you agree?
See it on the paper → - 9489/32 · May/June 2026 · Q1[40]
Read the extract and then answer the question. Austria-Hungary, Russia and Germany had written constitutions, but all three left important powers in the hands of the monarch, most importantly the power of declaring war. Moreover, they were not true parliamentary regimes since the ministers, in all three empires, were c...
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Read the extract and then answer the question. Recent interpretations about the commencement of the Holocaust have stressed that the apparent jump from the Nazi killing of male Jews to the destruction of entire communities was the outcome of a Hitler decision to pursue a genocidal course, a step that Hitler apparently...
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Read the extract and then answer the question. In April 1945, Truman became the new US president. He had no experience in foreign affairs, had not been part of Roosevelt’s inner circle, and was thus poorly informed about US foreign policy. Content removed due to copyright restrictions. Later, as tensions grew, the Sovi...
See it on the paper → - 9489/33 · May/June 2026 · Q1[40]
Read the extract and then answer the question. For all governments the war was a terrible leap into the dark, and the penalties for defeat were likely to be far greater than the traditional ones of financial punishments and territorial loss. Content removed due to copyright restrictions. Even in a less aggressive and s...
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Read the extract and then answer the question. Hitler’s declarations that the war against the Soviet Union would not be a conventional war but rather a conflict of ideologies and races, and that one of the war aims was the ‘removal’ of the ‘Jewish‑Bolshevik intelligentsia’, evoked responses from both the SS and the Weh...
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Analyse the extent of support for pacifism in Britain in the period 1934–39. Section B: The USA, 1944–92
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Assess the extent of social mobility in US society in the late 1940s and 1950s.
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Assess the reasons why gender inequality was a significant issue in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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‘The US withdrew from Vietnam for political reasons rather than because of military failure.’ Evaluate this view. 8 Section C: International history, 1945–92
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What examiners said
Assess the reasons why Mussolini was able to consolidate his power in Italy in the years 1922 to 1925. A relatively popular question within Section A. The better responses stuck firmly to the question and the stipulated time period, avoiding the temptation to discuss how Mussolini came to power in 1922. The concept of consolidation of power was generally understood and there was good knowledge of...
— Examiner report, February/March 2025, 9489/42 Q1 (Cambridge)
Read Sources A and B. How far do these sources agree about the King’s Flight to Varennes? Most responses made a relevant comparison between the sources. The most frequently discussed similarity was that the King had fled in secret. This was supported with effective use of source details. For example, many pointed out that the King had fled at night to avoid detection in Source A and linked this t...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 9489/11 Q1(a) (Cambridge)
‘Louis XVI supported the Constitution.’ How far do the sources support this view? Most candidates gave a two-sided response to the question and there was evidence of effective source use in many responses. Most identified Source A as a support source, explaining that when Louis XVI realised the people supported the Constitution, he agreed to accept it, stating that he had ‘never hesitated to make...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 9489/11 Q1(b) (Cambridge)
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