DHS Y3 History EOY (2021) (SBQ ans only)

Name : Index Number: Class : DUNMAN HIGH SCHOOL (HIGHLIGHTED) End of Year Examinations Year 3 DHP History 7 October 2021 2 hours 15 mins Additional Materials: Writing Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, index number and class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE ON THE MARGINS Section A Answer all parts of Question 1. Section B Answer one question only. Write all answers on the writing paper provided. Begin Section A and B on a fresh piece of writing paper. At the end of the test, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 6 printed pages, including this page. [Turn over

Section A (30 marks) Question 1 is compulsory for all candidates. Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources you were 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 is the message of this source? Explain your answer. [5] (b) Study Source B. Why was this source published? Explain your answer. [6] (c) Study Source C. How useful is this source to a historian studying Hitler’s rise to power? Explain your answer. [6] (d) Study Source D. Do you believe what Hitler says in this source? Explain your answer. [5] (e) Study all sources. How far do the sources show that Hitler came to power because of his own abilities? Explain your answer. [8] 2

Did Hitler come to power because of his own abilities? BACKGROUND INFORMATION Read this carefully. It may help you to answer some of the questions. Hitler was recognised as the Chancellor of Germany in January of 1933. From being a leader of an obscure and unpopular political party in the 1920’s, Hitler was able to turn his fortune around and rose himself and the Nazi Party to positions of power. From his ability to engage the masses, as well as the aftermath of the Great Depression, numerous factors have been cited to explain this phenomenal rise to prominence. Which leads many to ask the question, did Hitler come to power because of his own abilities? Source A: A British cartoon published on 8 February 1933, titled: “The Temporary Triangle”. It shows Hitler being carried by Hindenburg (left) and Von Papen (right). 3

Source B: The front cover of the Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (A pro-Communist Publication), published in October 1932, before the November elections. *Text in boxes are direct translations. Source C: Description of Hitler’s speaking abilities by Dr Joseph Goebbels in his book, “The Fuhrer as a Speaker”, published 1936. His ability to reach the masses is unique and remarkable. He speaks as confidently before workers as before scientists. His words strike deep into the hearts of farmers and city-dwellers. He speaks his heart, and therefore reaches the hearts of those who hear him. He has the amazing gift of sensing what is in the air. He has the ability to express things so clearly, logically and directly that listeners are convinced that that is what they have always thought themselves. The magic of his voice reaches men’s secret feelings. He showed his hearers in a clear and simply way that the man in the street had long sensed, but had not found the courage to express. Hitler said what everyone thought and felt! He has the ability to call up long forgotten history and make those who hear him feel as if they had always known about it. Source D: Adapted from Hitler’s victory speech to the SA and the SS, after becoming Chancellor in 1933. 4

I have brought all of you together over these 14 years, which all the other political parties know nothing about, and this gave us the power to surmount everything. We were assailed; attempts were made to bend and break us by cunning and violence, and by everything imaginable. But by your absolute obedience to me, we have remained unbroken, remained steadfast. All we endured was but tests from which we emerged stronger than ever… If in the future you continue to stand behind me, in loyalty and obedience, no power in the world will be able to destroy this movement. Source E: Account made by historians on the rise of Hitler to political prominence, published in 2000. In the mid-1920s, the Weimar Republic did very well. Unemployment rate went down, the inflation rate went down. It seemed like Germans were going to be able to move forward with some relative stability and prosperity. Then came the stock market crash of 1929. And that was the beginning of the economic disaster. What, in a calmer time, would have disqualified Hitler completely from being taken into the world of acceptability at this point gained and triggered support from segments of the population. In 1930, they won 18% of the votes— 107 seats….By July 1932 they won 37% of the votes. In the three years between 1930 and 1933, when Hitler's vote was rising the fastest, the Nazi rhetoric was, what's wrong with this country is the system. The system is broken. The system doesn't know how to fix what's wrong with this country. They (Nazis) will fix it. 5

Section B [20 marks] Answer one question. 2. This question is on the impact of British colonial rule on Malaya. “British colonialization was a blessing for Malaya.” How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [20] 3. This question is on the impact of Stalin’s rule on the USSR. “Stalin’s rule was a blessing for the Soviet Union.” How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [20] - End of Paper- Source Acknowledgements: Source A: https://www.alamy.com/the-temporary-triangle-von-hindenburg-and-von-papen-carry-hitler-aloft-image155063342. html Source B: Retrieved from https://www.reddit.com/r/PropagandaPosters/comments/8li452/the_meaning_of_the_hitler_salute_millions_stand/ Source C: Retrieved from https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/ahspeak.htm Source D: Retrieved from https://alphahistory.com/nazigermany/hitler-proclaims-victory-to-the-sa-and-ss-1933/ Source E: Retrieved from https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/video/hitlers-rise-power-1918-1933 . 6

Source A: A British cartoon published on 8 February 1933, titled: “The Temporary Triangle”. It shows Hitler being carried by Hindenburg (left) and Von Papen (right). ( a) Study Source A. What is the message of this source? Explain your answer. [5] Level Level Descriptors Marks 1 Describing the source without making valid message 1 2 Valid inference, unsupported/unexplained. Award 3 marks for two valid