Leaving Cert History: Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe, 1920-1945 questions

The interwar dictatorships (fascism, Nazism, Stalinism), democracy under strain, and the Second World War.

34 past History questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

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2025 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

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2024 · 2 questions

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Q3100 marks

nation states and international tensions

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2023 · 6 questions

Q22100 marks

nationalism and state formation, 1848 revolutions

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Q32100 marks

france

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britain, winston churchill

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Q36100 marks

division and realignment, gorbachev

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2022 · 1 question

Q12100 marks

europe

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2021 · 1 question

Q10100 marks
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2020 · 1 question

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2019 · 1 question

Q9100 marks
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2018 · 1 question

Q9100 marks
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2017 · 1 question

Q1100 marks

document analysis

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2016 · 2 questions

Q1100 marks

document analysis

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Q10100 marks

cold war, european division

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2015 · 1 question

Q9100 marks
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2025 · 2 questions

Q1100 marks

documents-based question

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Q1330 marks

europe and the wider world

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2024 · 3 questions

Q1100 marks
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Q10100 marks

division and realignment in europe, cold war

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Q1330 marks

unemployment

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2023 · 1 question

Q9100 marks
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2022 · 1 question

Q9100 marks
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2021 · 1 question

Q10100 marks
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2020 · 2 questions

Q10100 marks
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Q11100 marks

division and realignment in europe, cold war, hungarian uprising

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2019 · 1 question

Q9100 marks
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2018 · 1 question

Q9100 marks
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2017 · 1 question

Q1100 marks
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2016 · 2 questions

Q1100 marks

unemployment

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Q9100 marks

nation states and international tensions, world war i, women

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2015 · 1 question

Q9100 marks
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