American Civil War Essay
Cambridge International Examinations
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education
HISTORY
0470/02
For Examination from 2015
Paper 2
SPECIMEN MARK SCHEME
2 hours
MAXIMUM MARK: 50
The syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate.
This document consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page.
© UCLES 2012
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Option A: 19th Century topic
WAS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CAUSED BY SLAVERY?
1
Study Source A and B. How far do these two sources disagree? Explain your answer using details of the sources.
Level 5 Compares overall points of view of sources about the causes of the Civil War
Level 4 Agreement and disagreement of detail or sub-messages …show more content…
How far do these sources provide convincing evidence that the Civil
War was caused by the issue of slavery? Use the sources to explain your answer.
Level 3 Uses sources to support and reject the statement
[7–10]
Level 2 Uses sources to support or reject the statement
[4–6]
Level 1 No valid source use
[1–3]
Award up to 2 bonus marks for evaluation of sources (no more than 1 per source).
Source use must be reference to a source by letter, by provenance or by direct quote. There must be examples from source content. There must be an explanation of how this supports/does not support the statement.
Use Y in the margin for each source use in support of the statement and N for each source use rejecting the statement.
© UCLES 2012
0470/02/SM/15
5
Option B: 20th Century topic
WHY DID KHRUSHCHEV PUT NUCLEAR MISSILES INTO CUBA?
1
Study Source A. Why was this cartoon published in the Soviet Union in 1960? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.
Level 6 Explanation of purpose in context
[7]
Level 5 Explanation of message in context
[6]
Level 4 Explanation of the purpose of the cartoon, e.g. to persuade Russians that the
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education
HISTORY
0470/02
For Examination from 2015
Paper 2
SPECIMEN MARK SCHEME
2 hours
MAXIMUM MARK: 50
The syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate.
This document consists of 7 printed pages and 1 blank page.
© UCLES 2012
[Turn over
2
Option A: 19th Century topic
WAS THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CAUSED BY SLAVERY?
1
Study Source A and B. How far do these two sources disagree? Explain your answer using details of the sources.
Level 5 Compares overall points of view of sources about the causes of the Civil War
Level 4 Agreement and disagreement of detail or sub-messages …show more content…
How far do these sources provide convincing evidence that the Civil
War was caused by the issue of slavery? Use the sources to explain your answer.
Level 3 Uses sources to support and reject the statement
[7–10]
Level 2 Uses sources to support or reject the statement
[4–6]
Level 1 No valid source use
[1–3]
Award up to 2 bonus marks for evaluation of sources (no more than 1 per source).
Source use must be reference to a source by letter, by provenance or by direct quote. There must be examples from source content. There must be an explanation of how this supports/does not support the statement.
Use Y in the margin for each source use in support of the statement and N for each source use rejecting the statement.
© UCLES 2012
0470/02/SM/15
5
Option B: 20th Century topic
WHY DID KHRUSHCHEV PUT NUCLEAR MISSILES INTO CUBA?
1
Study Source A. Why was this cartoon published in the Soviet Union in 1960? Explain your answer using details of the source and your knowledge.
Level 6 Explanation of purpose in context
[7]
Level 5 Explanation of message in context
[6]
Level 4 Explanation of the purpose of the cartoon, e.g. to persuade Russians that the