CJC_2020_H2_P1_Prelims

CATHOLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE JC2 PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS 2020 H2 HISTORY 9752/01 Paper 1: Shaping the International Order (1945–2000) 26 AUGUST 2020 No Additional Materials are required. 3 hours READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and home tutorial group on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Start each question on a fresh sheet of paper. Section A Answer Question 1. Section B Answer two questions*. *Questions set on the Common Last Topic of the syllabus do not form part of the assessment. They will not be marked by the Examiners. Do not answer the following question from Section B: Question 5 on page 7 Turn to the question and cross it out by drawing a line through the question. The total time allowed for this Question Paper has not been changed. 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 the cover page and 1 blank page

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3 SECTION A You must answer Question 1. THE END TO SUPERPOWER RIVALRY 1. Read the sources and then answer the questions which follow. Source A Today, I know there are a great many people who are pointing to the unimaginable horror of nuclear war. I welcome that concern. Those who have governed America throughout the nuclear age and we who govern it today have had to recognize that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. So, to those who protest against nuclear war, I can on ly say, “I'm with you.” Like my predecessors, it is now my responsibility to do my utmost to prevent such a war. It would be wonderful if we could restore our balance with the Soviet Union without increasing our own military power. But let's not fool our selves. Soviet negotiators will not make unilateral concessions. Many have been attracted to the idea of a nuclear freeze […] (but) the current level of nuclear forces is too high on both sides. It must be the objective of any negotiations on arms control to reduce the n umbers of nuclear weapons. We are preparing a new arms reduction effort with regard to strategic nuclear forces and are already in negotiations in Geneva on intermediate -range missiles threatening Europe. Our objective in these talks is for the elimination of such missiles on the strategic nuclear forces. We will aim on those at substantial reductions on both sides leading to equal and verifiable limits. Adapted from a radio address by Reagan, 17 April 1982. Source B A truly remarkable thing happened in the 1980s. We began the decade with an administration that was uninterested in arms control and adamant about n ot talking to the Soviets. We are ending the decade with an administration which is not only talking to the Soviets, but has concluded the first treaty that is going to elim