Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: The unification of Italy, c1830-70 / The unification of Germany, c1840-71 June 2024 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 Cavour’s response to Garibaldi’s expedition to the south in 1860?

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 reasons for the success of German counter-revolutions in the years 1848–49?

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

3 ‘In the years 1830–58, Italian liberals and nationalists had as much success as they had failure.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

4 ‘ In the years 1861–70, internal factors were a greater obstacle to the consolidation of the Kingdom of Italy than were external factors.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

5 ‘ Economic factors were more significant than political factors in explaining the declining power of Austria in Germany in the years 1852–66.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1866–67, Prussia achieved complete domination over Germany?