History · Edexcel 9HI0 · Paper 2 options: The unification of Italy, c1830-70 / The unification of Germany, c1840-71 · November 2021
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 impact of the creation of the Kingdom of Italy (1861) on southern Italy?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
(20)
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 why Prussia was able to defeat Austria in the Seven Weeks’ War?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
(20)
3 ‘The 1848–49 revolutions in Italy resulted in complete failure.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
(20)
4 ‘ Cavour had only a limited influence over the process of Italian Unification in the years 1856–61.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
(20)
How far do you agree that economic factors were more responsible than political factors for the outbreak of revolution in the German states in 1848?
(20)
6 ‘The defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian war (1870–71) transformed Germany into a strong, unified nation-state.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
(20)
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