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Describe the events of the Korean War.
See it on the paper →Describe the involvement of the United States in the Korean War.
See it on the paper →Describe the part played by China in the Korean War.
See it on the paper →How far did the United States fail to achieve its aims in the Korean War? Explain your answer.
See it on the paper →How far did the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine have similar aims? Explain your answer.
See it on the paper →Which did the United States view as the greater threat: communism in Korea or in Vietnam? Explain your answer.
See it on the paper →How far do these sources provide convincing evidence that South Korea and the USA were to blame for the Korean War? Use the sources to explain your answer.
See it on the paper →How far do these two sources agree? Explain your answer using details of the sources.
See it on the paper →Why was this pamphlet distributed in Korea at this time? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.
See it on the paper →Does Source F show that Truman was lying in Source G? Explain your answer using details of the sources and your knowledge.
See it on the paper →Are you surprised by this source? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.
See it on the paper →How far do these sources provide convincing evidence that the United States intervened in Korea because it wanted to uphold the authority of the United Nations? Use the sources to explain your answer.
See it on the paper →There were mixed responses to this question about whether the United States viewed communism in Korea or Vietnam as the greater threat. Many strong responses began by outlining the American policy of containment in relation to both Vietnam and Korea. Strong responses demonstrated a clear understanding of the threat of communism in Vietnam, including specific issues that caused problems, for exampl...
— Examiner report, February/March 2025, 0470/12 Q7(c) (Cambridge)
In Question 6 the sources will always contain evidence that can be used both for and against the hypothesis. It was then surprising to find that a good number of candidates simply agreed that all the sources did, indeed, provide evidence that the events of 1857 constituted a war of independence. Typically this was based on identifying a cause of the Mutiny in a source – for example the annexation...
— Examiner report, May/June 2019, 0470/21 Q6 (Cambridge)
This question was generally answered well, with many candidates explaining agreements and disagreements. The comparisons need to be direct and specific, for example, 'The sources agree that the Chinese boarded the Arrow on 8 October' or 'Source A claims the Arrow was not flying the British flag, but Source B says it was.' Some less successful answers summarised one source, and then the other, with...
— Examiner report, May/June 2019, 0470/22 Q1 (Cambridge)
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