Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: The unification of Italy, c1830-70 / The unification of Germany, c1840-71 June 2023 question paper 9HI0/2D

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 role of Cavour in the months before his appointment as Prime Minister of Piedmont in November 1852?

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 reasons why Prussia was successful in unifying Germany in the years 1866–71?

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

How far do you agree that there was little significant challenge to the restored order in Italy in the years c1830–47?

4 ‘ The unification process in the north of Italy in the years 1859-60 was very similar to the unification process that took place in the south of Italy in the years 1860–61.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How far do you agree that the most significant feature of the economic and social development of Germany in the 1840s was railway building?

How far do you agree that the political situation in Germany in 1851 was very similar to the political situation in Germany in 1840?