J14P11 Qn 7(b) Examiner Report

(b) Candidates were able to identify that mistrust increased due to the USSR and the USA no longer having a common enemy, the death of Roosevelt, Truman’s distrust of Stalin and the ideological differences between capitalism and communism. Stronger candidates developed these points into clearly structured explanations. Candidates need to pay careful attention to the dates given in questions. This question asked specifically about 1945; some responses included details of events Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0470 History June 2014 Principal Examiner Report for Teachers © 2014 such as the Berlin Blockade and the Cuban Missile Crisis, which are outside the time frame of this particular question.