IAL Edexcel A-Level History Past Papers

June 2018

Question Papers

Option 1A: The Crusades, c1095 – 1204

Option 1B: England 1509– 1603: authority, nation and religion

Option 1C: Britain, 1625 – 1701: Conflict, revolution and settlement

Option 1D: Britain, c1785 – c1870: democracy, protest and reform

Option 1E: Russia, 1917 – 1991 from Lenin to Yeltsin

Option 1F: In search of the American Dream: The USA c1917 – 1996

Option 1G: Germany and West Germany, 1918 - 1989

Option 1H: Britain transformed, 1918 – 1997

Option 2A.1: Anglo Saxon England and the Anglo- Norman Kingdoms Option 2A.2: England and the Angevin Empire in the reign of Henry 11, 1154 -89

Option 2B.1: Luther and The German Reformation, c1515 -55 Option 2B.2: The Dutch Revolt, 1563 -1609

Option 2C.1: France in Revolution, 1774 -79 Option 2C.2: Russia in Revolution, 1894 -1924

Option 2D.1: The Unification of Italy, c1830-1870 Option 2D.2: The Unification of Germany c1840- 1871

Option 2E.1: Mao’s China, 1949 -1976 Option 2E.2: The German Democratic Republic, 1949 -1990

Option 2F.1: India, c1914 -48: the road to independence Option 2F.2: South Africa, 1948 -94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’

Option 2G.1: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911 -46 Option 2G.2: Spain, 1930 -78: republicanism, Francoism and the re-establishment of democracy

Option 2H.1: The USA, c1920 -1955: boom, bust and the recovery Option 2H.2: The USA 1955 -92: conformity and challenge

A-Level Paper 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth: Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399 - 1509

A-Level Paper 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth: Option 31: Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485–1603

A-Level Paper 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth: Option 32: The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598

A-Level Paper 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth: Option 33: The Witch Craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580 - 1750

Option 34: 1 Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society – 2 Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780–1939

Option 35: 1 Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 – 2 The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918

Option 36: 1 Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928 – 2 Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923

Option 37: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality and reunited

Option 38: 1 The making of modern Russia, 1855–1991 – 2 The making of modern China, 1860–1997

Option 39: 1 Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 – 2 Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004

  • Mark Scheme

Option 1A: The Crusades, c1095 – 1204

Option 1B: England 1509– 1603: authority, nation and religion

Option 1C: Britain, 1625 – 1701: Conflict, revolution and settlement

Option 1D: Britain, c1785 – c1870: democracy, protest and reform

Option 1E: Russia, 1917 – 1991 from Lenin to Yeltsin

Option 1F: In search of the American Dream: The USA c1917 – 1996

Option 1G: Germany and West Germany, 1918 - 1989

Option 1H: Britain transformed, 1918 – 1997

Option 2A.1: Anglo Saxon England and the Anglo- Norman Kingdoms Option 2A.2: England and the Angevin Empire in the reign of Henry 11, 1154 -89

Option 2B.1: Luther and The German Reformation, c1515 -55 Option 2B.2: The Dutch Revolt, 1563 -1609

Option 2C.1: France in Revolution, 1774 -79 Option 2C.2: Russia in Revolution, 1894 -1924

Option 2D.1: The Unification of Italy, c1830-1870 Option 2D.2: The Unification of Germany c1840- 1871

Option 2E.1: Mao’s China, 1949 -1976 Option 2E.2: The German Democratic Republic, 1949 -1990

Option 2F.1: India, c1914 -48: the road to independence Option 2F.2: South Africa, 1948 -94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’

Option 2G.1: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911 -46 Option 2G.2: Spain, 1930 -78: republicanism, Francoism and the re-establishment of democracy

Option 2H.1: The USA, c1920 -1955: boom, bust and the recovery Option 2H.2: The USA 1955 -92: conformity and challenge

A-Level Paper 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth: Option 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399 - 1509

A-Level Paper 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth: Option 31: Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485–1603

A-Level Paper 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth: Option 32: The Golden Age of Spain, 1474–1598

A-Level Paper 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth: Option 33: The Witch Craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580 - 1750

Option 34: 1 Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society – 2 Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780–1939

Option 35: 1 Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914 – 2 The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918

Option 36: 1 Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780–1928 – 2 Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923

Option 37: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality and reunited

Option 38: 1 The making of modern Russia, 1855–1991 – 2 The making of modern China, 1860–1997

Option 39: 1 Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 – 2 Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004

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