Cambridge AS-Level History (9489) Paper 2 International history, 1870–1945 Sample Essays

A collection of eight A* standard essays for Cambridge AS-Level History (9489) Paper 2 The International Option: International history, 1870–1945. I achieved an A* for History in the Cambridge A-Level October/November 2022 Examinations and was awarded the Outstanding Cambridge Learners High Achievement Award for History. The responses to the following titles are included:

1. 9489/w21/21 Q8a) Explain why reparations remained a problem throughout the 1920s.
2. 8b. ‘Economic issues were the most important of the problems faced by the successor states in the 1920s’. How far do you agree?
3. 9389/s21/23 10a. Why was Stresemann important to the improvement of international relations during the 1920s?
4. 10b. ‘After 1919, the United States returned to a policy of isolationism” How accurate is this judgement of the United States foreign policy in the 1920s?
5. 9389/s21/23 11a. Why did Britain not oppose Hitler’s remilitarization of the Rhineland in 1936? (10 marks)
6. 11b. To what extent was Republican Spain destroyed by outside forces?
7. 2a. Explain why students protested on the streets of Peking on May 4, 1919.
8. 2b) 'Communist support was the most important factor in the success of Kuomintang’s Northern Expedition.

Note: These are essays that were written by me, and shared to help students understand how to structure their own essays for CIE A-Level History. Please DO NOT PLAGIARISE. Thank you.