USA, 1974–1993 — Normal
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Sources guiding this topic’s original tests
- Cambridge History 9489 syllabus 2027–2029, Version 2
Checked Paper 3 topics and Paper 4 European/American date ranges. The mini-tests sample these topics; they do not certify full teaching coverage.
- Cambridge 9489 Paper 4 specimen, from 2027
Official depth-study paper uses extended judgements. These original mini-tests scaffold retrieval, causal explanation and evaluation; they are not full papers.
- Cambridge 9489 Paper 4 specimen mark scheme, from 2027
Informs explicit criteria, balanced analysis, supported judgement and precise knowledge. Indicative answers allow other well-supported interpretations.
- Federal Reserve History: The Great Inflation
Checks the monetary-policy dimension of inflation and disinflation; tax cuts alone do not explain falling inflation.
- Federal Reserve History: Recession of 1981–82
Checks the costs and timing of the Volcker disinflation.
- US Office of the Historian: Camp David Accords
Checks September 1978 summit and the distinction between Egyptian–Israeli peace and a comprehensive regional settlement.
- US National Archives: 444 Days, Iran Hostage Crisis 1979–1981
Checks chronology and availability of primary records.
- US Office of the Historian: US–Soviet relations, 1981–1991
Checks the change from confrontation to negotiation, while retaining Soviet agency.
- Cambridge 9489/41 June 2024 question paper
Actual prior-series depth-study paper checked for extended causal/evaluative demands. Content remains governed by the revised 2027–2029 syllabus; no question is reproduced.
- Cambridge 9489 June 2024 examiner report
Informs focus on the precise question, chronology, balanced arguments and explicit criteria for judgement. This is a pattern review, not a prediction of future questions.