NCHS Sec 4 HY Prelim P2 (With Answers)

Name: RegisterNumber: Class: PRELIMINARYEXAMINATION2024SECONDARYFOUR HISTORY 2174/02 Paper2 22August 2024, Thursday 1hour 50minutes Additional Material:Writingpaper READTHESEINSTRUCTIONSFIRST Writeyourname,classandindexnumberonall theworkyouhandin.Writeindarkblueorblackpen.Donotusestaples,paperclips,glueorcorrectionfluid. SectionAAnswer all partsofQuestion1. SectionBAnswer twoquestions.PleasestartyouranswerforSectionBonafreshpage. Attheendoftheexamination,fastenall yourworkforSectionsAandBseparately. Thenumberofmarksisgiveninbrackets[ ]attheendofeachquestionorpartquestion.Thetotal marksforthispaperis50.

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SectionA:Source-basedCaseStudy Question1isforallcandidates. StudytheBackgroundInformationandthesourcescarefully, andthenanswerallthequestions. Youmayuseanyofthesourcestohelpyouanswerthequestions,inadditiontothosesourcesyouaretoldtouse.Inansweringthequestions,youshoulduseyourknowledgeofthetopictohelpyouinterpretandevaluatethesources. 1 (a) StudySourceA. Whatis themessageof thecartoonist?Explainyouranswerusingdetailsfromthesourceandyourcontextualknowledge. [5] (b) StudySourceB. IsSourceBusefulasevidenceabouthowtheColdWarstarted?Explainyouranswer. [5] (c) StudySourceC. DoesSourceCprovethattheMarshallPlanwasunjustified?Explainyouranswer. [6] (d) StudySourcesDandE. DoesSourceDmakeyousurprisedbySourceE?Explainyouranswer. [6] (e) Studyallthesources. ‘TheMarshallPlanwastoblameforstartingtheColdWarinEurope.’Howfardothesesourcessupportthisview?Usethesourcesandyourknowledgetosupportyouranswer. [8] 3

WastheMarshallPlantoblameforstartingtheColdWar? BACKGROUNDINFORMATION Readthiscarefully. Itmayhelpyouanswersomeofthequestions. TheMarshallPlan,officiallyknownas theEuropeanRecoveryProgramme,wasanAmericaninitiativeto aid Europefollowingthedevastationof WorldWar II. It wasannouncedbyGeorgeC.Marshallon5 June1947. Thefirstof Americancreditswasdisbursedin April1948to WesternEuropeancountries.Initially, theSovietUnionandEasternEuropeancountrieslike Czechoslovakia,PolandandRomaniaconsideredparticipatingintheprogramme.However, duetoSovietsuspicionsofAmericanmotives,thesecountrieseventuallyrejectedparticipationintheMarshallPlan. Giventhisoutcome,cantheMarshallPlanbeseenasstartingtheColdWar? SourceA: ABritishcartoondepictingtheEasternEuropeancountries’reactiontowardstheMarshallPlan,1948.ThefirstwomaninthelineisStalin. 4

SourceB: Adaptedfromamonthlynewsbulletinbyaleft-wingmagazineintheUnitedStates,October1947. StalinseizedEasternEuropeandtheBalkans,usingtheselandsto recouphiswarlosses.TheRussianstookwholefactories,machinery, rollingstock,rawmaterials,agriculturalcommodities,livestockandpersonalarticleslootedby theirvictorioussoldiers.ThecreationofpuppetstatesandtheiroccupationbyRussiantroopscreatedanimmensedefensiveterritorialringaroundRussia,longbeforetheMarshallPlan.Indeed,theMarshallPlanwasto halttheStalinistdrivein Europe,butwiththe$22billion,theWesternEuropeannationsgodeeperintodebttoAmericancapitalism,andno