Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911-46 / Spain, 1930-78 June 2019 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 relationship between Italy and Nazi Germany in the years 1936-39?

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 relationship between the Catholic Church and the state in Spain in the years 1931-56?

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

How accurate is it to say that the passing of the Acerbo Law was the most significant development in the evolution of dictatorship in Italy in the years 1922-26?

4 ‘Mussolini’s policy of autarky was beneficial to the development of the Italian economy.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

5 ‘The only difference in the atrocities committed by the Republican and Nationalist sides during the Civil War was in the number of victims involved.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that the growth of regional nationalism was the most significant problem faced by Franco’s government in the years 1956-75?