Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: The unification of Italy, c1830-70 / The unification of Germany, c1840-71 June 2025 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 reasons for the failure of the 1848–49 revolutions in Italy?

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 significance of Prussian economic development in the 1850s?

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

3 ‘ In the years 1849–56, Piedmont developed into a politically stable and economically prosperous state.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1856–70, the process of Italian unification was almost wholly dependent on the role of France?

How far do you agree that the economic crisis (1846–47) was the most significant short-term cause of the 1848–49 revolutions in Germany?

6 ‘The Frankfurt Assembly (1848–49) had little significant long-term impact on the process of German unification.’

How far do you agree with this statement?