Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911-46 / Spain, 1930-78 November 2021 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 reasons for Italy’s poor performance in the First World War?

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 seriousness of the threat to Franco’s regime from regional nationalists in the 1960s and 1970s?

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

3 ‘The impact of the 1919 elections was the most significant influence in the development of fascism in the years 1919–22.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that the main consequence of the introduction of the anti-semitic decrees of 1938 was a reduction in support for Mussolini’s regime?

How accurate is it to say that the problems faced by the Popular Front in 1936 were exactly the same as those faced by Azaña’s government in the years 1931–33?

How accurate is it to say that there were significant changes in the relationship between Franco’s Spain and foreign powers in the years 1939–56?