Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911-46 / Spain, 1930-78 June 2018 question paper 9HI0/2G

Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the reasons for Italy’s entry into the First World War on the side of the Triple Entente in 1915?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

Study Sources 3 and 4 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 3 and 4 together to investigate the control of the Spanish people during Franco’s regime in the years 1938-56?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

3 ‘The indoctrination of the population was so successful in fascist Italy that there was barely any need for the use of terror in the years 1925-40.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

4 ‘There were more similarities than differences between the Republic of Salò and the government in the south in the years 1943-45.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

5 ‘The years 1931-36 were years of significant political change and social progress in Spain.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

6 ‘It was the Law of Leadership Succession (1947) that was mainly responsible for the accession of Juan Carlos as the head of state in 1975.’

How far do you agree with this statement?