2024 NCHS Prelim QP + Answers

Name: RegisterNumber: Class: PRELIMINARYEXAMINATION2024SECONDARYFOUR HUMANITIES(HISTORY) Paper 2 2261/02 15August 2024, Thursday 1hour 50minutes Additional Material: WritingPaper READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRST Writeyour name, classandindexnumber onall theworkyouhandin.Writeindarkblueor blackpen.Donot usestaples, paper clips, glueor correctionfluid. SectionAAnswer all partsof Question1. SectionBAnswer twoquestions. Start your answer for SectionBonafreshpage.At theendof theexamination, fastenall your workfor SectionsAandBseparately. Thenumber of marksisgiveninbrackets[ ] at theendof eachquestionor part question.Thetotal marksfor thispaper is50.

Thisdocument consistsof 6printedpagesincludingthecover page. SectionA:Source-basedCaseStudy Question1isforallcandidates. StudytheBackgroundInformationandthesourcescarefully, andthenanswerallthequestions. Youmayuseanyofthesourcestohelpyouanswerthequestions,inadditiontothosesourcesyou are toldto use.In answeringthe questions,youshoulduseyourknowledgeofthetopictohelpyouinterpretandevaluatethesources. 1 (a) StudySourceA. Whywasthissourcepublishedin1936?Explainyouranswer. [5] (b) StudySourceB. Howusefulis thissourcein showingHitlerasa leader?Explainyouranswer. [5] (c) StudySourcesCandD. DoesJosephGoebbelsproveEmilKirdorfto be right?Explainyouranswer. [6] (d) StudySourcesEandF. AfterreadingSourceE,areyousurprisedbySourceF regardingHitler’spopularity?Explainyouranswer. [6] (e) Studyallthesources. ‘ThepopularityoftheNaziPartywasdueprimarilytoAdolfHitler.’Howfardothesesourcessupportthisview?Usethesourcesandyourknowledgetoexplainyouranswer. [8] 2

TheNaziParty’sPopularity BACKGROUNDINFORMATIONReadthiscarefully. Itmayhelpyoutoanswersomeofthequestions.AdolfHitlerjoinedtheNationalSocialistGermanWorkersParty(NSDAPorNaziParty)andbecameitsleaderin1921.Hewasimprisonedin1923afterthefailedMunichcoup.Whileinprison,hewrotehismemoir, MeinKampf(or‘MyStruggle’)whichoutlinedhispoliticalbeliefs.Afterhisrelease,HitlerprogressivelygainedpopularityandsupportamongtheGermansthroughhisleadership,personalabilitiesaswellashispromisesofrecoveryfortheeconomyandnationalpride.TowhatextentwasthepopularityoftheNaziPartydueprimarilytoAdolfHitler? SourceA: A Naziposterwhichreads,‘AllGermanylistenstotheFührerontheradio’,publishedin1936. 3

SourceB: An Americanjournalistin Germany writesabouthis experiencesinBerlinin1934. I rememberbeinginabigBerlincaféwhenitwasannouncedthatHitlerwastospeakontheradio.Theloudspeakerwasturnedon.Nexttomewasa groupofGermanbusinessmen.Theywentontalkingin lowvoices.At anothertablewasa womanwritinga letter. Shewentonwriting.Theonlymanwhostoodupwasa smallmanwithhistie creepingoverhiscollarat thebackof hisneck.Nooneelsein thecrowdedcafélistenedtoAdolfHitler. SourceC: AnextractfromanarticlewrittenbyJosephGoebbels,Hitler’sMinisterofPropaganda,publishedbeforetheGermanelectionsin1932. AdolfHitler, thebornmassleader, hasashisgoaltounifytheGermanpeopleandforgefromthemtremendousstrength.Millionsandmillionshavejoinedtogetherundertheideao