Swiss Cottage Secondary School Humanities Department 2011 Core History December Holiday Package Dear Sec 3E students

The Humanities Department has prepared this holiday package for Core History to help you stay focused as well as revise the topics and skills taught so far. You must complete all the questions given in this package so that you will be more prepared for your national exams in 2012. Read the instructions as they will guide you to complete your work. Instructions:
1. Answer all the questions below. Answer each new question on a

new sheet of foolscap paper. 2. Ensure that you have your notes and textbook and make reference to them when answering the questions.
3. Analyse ALL your sources (SBQ) and key words (SBQ & SEQ).

4. Submit your questions and answers together.

5. Submit your answers to your History teacher on the first day of

school in 2012.

Hope you will maximize and have a fruitful December holidays. See you in 2012!

Section A (Source-Based Case Study) Question 1 is compulsory for all candidates.

You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources which you are told to use. In answering the questions, you should use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources.

(a)

Study Source A What does this cartoon tell you about how the leaders of Europe felt towards Hitler? Explain your answer, referring to the details of the cartoon. [5m] Study Sources B and C. How similar are Sources B and C about the Munich Agreement? Explain your answer. [6m]

(b)

(c)

Study Source D. Does this source prove that there was support for appeasement? Explain your answer. [7m]

(d)

Study Sources C to F. The policy of appeasement was a mistake. How far do sources C to F support this statement? Explain your answer. [7m]

Was Appeasement the best solution in the 1930s? Source A

A cartoon by David Low (a British) entitled Cause Comes Before Effect published in a British newspaper in March 1935 17 years of lost opportunity

Versailles Treaty

Leaders of Europe Chamberlain, Bonnet (France), Mussolini

Source B

Neville Chamberlain reads a joint declaration by himself and Hitler on 30 September 1938.

We, the German Fhrer and Chancellor and the British Prime Minister, have had a further meeting today.We regard the agreement signed last night and the AngloGerman Naval Agreement as symbolic of the desire of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again. We are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and we are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference and thus to contribute to assure the peace of Europe.

Source C

Speech by Neville Chamberlain to the British parliament on the Munich Agreement, 3 October 1938

The path which leads to appeasement is long and bristles with obstacles. The question of Czechoslovakia is the latest and perhaps the most dangerous..I am too much of a realist to believe that we are going to achieve our paradise in a day. We have only laid the foundations of peace. For a long period now we have been engaged in this country in a great programme of rearmament. Let no one think that 3 because we have signed this agreement we can afford to relax our efforts in regard to that programme.

Source D

An editors comment published in the Daily Express, a British newspaper, on 30 September 1938.

Be glad in your hearts. Give thanks to your God. People of Britain, your children are safe. Your husbands and your sons will not march to war. Peace is a victory for all mankind. If we must have a victor, let us choose Chamberlain. Millions of happy homes and hearts are relieved of their burden. And now let us go back to our own affairs.

Source E

A speech by Winston Churchill on the Munich Agreement in the House of Commons, 1938.

I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget. We have experienced a total defeat. Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken Czechoslovakia disappears into the darkness You will find that, sooner or later, Czechoslovakia will be swallowed up in the Nazi regime. And do not suppose this is the end. This is only the beginning.

Source F

A historians view on the Munich Agreement.

The British statesman [Chamberlain] used practical arguments: the danger from air attacks by the Germans if war broke out, the backwardness of Britains military forces. It would be impossible for Britain to help Czechoslovakia even if she had the military strength. British policy at Munich supported the belief that the Germans were entitled to the Sudetenland on the grounds that it was German territory. The settlement at Munich was a triumph for British policy not a triumph for Hitler. Section B: Structured Essay Questions Answer ALL questions. 2. This question is about Stalins rise to power and his rule in the 1920s

and 1930s. (a) Stalins appointment as the Secretary-General of the Bolsheviks Party in 1922 was the most instrumental in helping him rise to power. How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. Was Stalins rule of terror justified? Explain your answer.

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(b) 3.

This question is about the Rise of Hitler and the Start of World War II. (a) (b) The Communist threat was the most critical cause for Hitlers rise to power. Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. Was the Policy of Appeasement justified? Explain your answer. [12] [13]

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This question is about the Outbreak of Cold War. (a) Military alliances were the main outcome of the rivalry between USA and the USSR during the Cold War. How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. Was the Truman Doctrine justified? Explain your answer.

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(b)