AS & A Level History 9489 · History · 1.47

Party: past paper questions

5 real questionsasked in 3 of the last 10 exam series2023–2025usually: Compare, Analyse

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9489/13 · May/June 2025 · Q1a[15]
Read Source B and Source C. Compare and contrast these two sources as evidence about Prussia’s position in Germany.
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9489/13 · May/June 2025 · Q1b[25]
Read all of the sources. ‘Prussia pursued a hostile policy towards Austria.’ How far do the sources agree? Section B: American option The origins of the Civil War, 1820–61
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9489/13 · May/June 2025 · Q2a[15]
Read Source C and Source D. Compare and contrast these two sources as evidence about Douglas’s support for the Kansas–Nebraska Act.
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9489/42 · February/March 2025 · Q12[30]
Analyse how far the UN decision to partition Palestine in 1947 caused the Palestine conflict of 1947–48.
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9489/21 · October/November 2023 · Q8b[20]
‘The World Disarmament Conference failed because of French refusal to consider significant disarmament.’ How far do you agree?
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What examiners said

Analyse how far the UN decision to partition Palestine in 1947 caused the Palestine conflict of 1947– 48. This was a relatively popular question within Section C. Candidates were generally able to explain the background to the UN decision and to offer reasons for it and its consequences, with some showing strong levels of knowledge to explain its significance. Alternatives, in the form of explora...
— Examiner report, February/March 2025, 9489/42 Q12 (Cambridge)

‘The World Disarmament Conference failed because of French refusal to consider significant disarmament.’ How far do you agree? Responses which were successful were able to produce high-quality responses, based on the deployment of appropriate factual evidence to aid the development of fully focused and balanced arguments. These responses assessed France’s actions against other influences (e.g., H...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 9489/21 Q8(b) (Cambridge)

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In the syllabus

1.47 Party

‘Building socialism in one country’.
Causes and impact of the Great Terror and use of purges and show trials.
Aims and impact of foreign policy How effective were Stalin’s economic policies? • Stalin’s aims for the economy.
The Five Year Plans.
Reasons for, and impacts of, collectivisation.
Reasons for, and impacts of, industrialisation How far did society change because of Stalin’s • Impact of policies towards women and families regime? • Impact of policies towards non-Russian nationalities.
Impact of economic changes on workers.
Impact of propaganda and the personality cult Theme 3: Hitler’s Germany, 1929–41 Key questions Content Why did Hitler gain power in 1933? • Problems facing Weimar politicians from 1929.
Growth of support for Nazism after 1929.
Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor.
Consolidation of power, 1933–34 How was Germany governed by Hitler? • Hitler’s aims in government and administration: establishing the Nazi state.
Means of control, e.g. use of propaganda and use of terror.

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