Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: The unification of Italy, c1830-70 / The unification of Germany, c1840-71 October 2020 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 First Italian War of Independence?

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 for the failure of German nationalists in the 1848–49 revolutions?

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

3 ‘In the years 1849–70, Victor Emmanuel II played a symbolic role, rather than a leading role, in the process of Italian Unification.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

4 ‘In the years 1862–70, the obstacles to Italian unity that remained after the creation of the Kingdom of Italy were mainly overcome.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How far do you agree that, in the 1850s, Prussia made significant progress in strengthening its position as a leading German state?

6 ‘The Prussian defeat of Austria in 1866 was the decisive turning point in the process of German unification in the years 1862–71.’

How far do you agree with this statement?