HISTORY PAPER 1 PRELIMS/FINALS 2026 (SCOPE ON NSC 2024 PAPER)
🔥 HISTORY GRADE 12 PRELIMS — ONLY STUDY THESE
PAPER 1
Contents
🔥 GRADE 12 HISTORY PAPER 1 — PRELIM STUDY PACK.......................................................................4
🔥🔥🔥 TOPIC 1: ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR.................................................................................4
🔥 WHY DID TENSION DEVELOP AFTER WWII?.................................................................................4
🔥 MARSHALL PLAN..........................................................................................................................5
🔥 COMINFORM................................................................................................................................5
🔥 COMECON....................................................................................................................................6
⭐ 2024 SACAI QUESTION 1 — QUESTIONS + ANSWERS...................................................................6
🔥 BENELUX......................................................................................................................................7
🔥 1.3 — USSR RESPONSE.................................................................................................................8
🔥🔥🔥 TOPIC 3: US CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT..............................................................................9
LITTLE ROCK NINE..........................................................................................................................9
🔥 DAISY BATES + NAACP..............................................................................................................9
🔥 INTEGRATION.........................................................................................................................10
🔥 GOVERNOR ORVAL FAUBUS...................................................................................................10
🔥 ELIZABETH ECKFORD..............................................................................................................10
🔥 RIGHTS VIOLATED...................................................................................................................11
🔥 CONSERVATIVE WHITE AMERICANS.......................................................................................11
🔥🔥🔥 ESSAY — VIETNAM...........................................................................................................12
⭐ THE TWO BIGGEST THINGS TO LEARN WORD-FOR-WORD.........................................................15
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,HISTORY PAPER 1 PRELIMS/FINALS 2026 (SCOPE ON NSC 2024 PAPER)
🔥 HISTORY GRADE 12 PRELIMS — ONLY STUDY THESE
PAPER 1
SOURCE-BASED QUESTION 1 — ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR 🔥🔥🔥
Study:
Chapter 1: Origins of the Cold War
OLP Lesson 2
2024 SACAI November Paper 1 — Question 1
The actual 2024 question was:
Why did the United States of America and the USSR compete for European domination after 1945?
This question covered the Marshall Plan, USA–USSR rivalry, Cominform, American influence in
Europe and comparison/interpretation of Cold War sources.
SOURCE-BASED QUESTION 3 — US CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 🔥🔥🔥
Study:
Chapter 10: US Civil Rights Movement
OLP Lesson 10
2024 SACAI November Paper 1 — Question 3
The actual 2024 question was:
How did conservative white Americans respond to the integration of Central High School in Little
Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?
So definitely know Little Rock Nine, school integration/desegregation, Governor Faubus, National
Guard, Daisy Bates/NAACP, opposition from conservative whites and African-American rights.
ESSAY QUESTION 4 — VIETNAM 🔥🔥🔥
Study:
Chapter 3: How was a small country like Vietnam able to win a war against the USA?
Chapter 4: Stages in the war
OLP Lessons 3 & 4
2024 SACAI November Paper 1 — Question 4
The 2024 essay asked learners to evaluate the Vietnam War with particular reference to casualties,
chemical weapons and extensive media coverage.
This means learners need to know the whole argument around why the USA failed / Vietnam
succeeded, including Vietcong guerrilla tactics, Ho Chi Minh Trail, US strategies, Operation Rolling
2
, HISTORY PAPER 1 PRELIMS/FINALS 2026 (SCOPE ON NSC 2024 PAPER)
Thunder, Agent Orange, Napalm, Tet Offensive, Search and Destroy, media coverage, anti-war
opposition, Vietnamisation and eventual US withdrawal. The memo confirms these as major essay
content.
❌ DO NOT STUDY FROM PAPER 1
Based on your blue crossings:
Angola / Cuito Cuanavale
Congo
Black Power Movement
So for Paper 1 your three targets are essentially:
🔥 Cold War Origins — SOURCE
🔥 US Civil Rights Movement — SOURCE
🔥 Vietnam — ESSAY
Paper Type What to study
P1 Q1 Source 🔥 Origins of the Cold War
P1 Q3 Source 🔥 US Civil Rights Movement
P1 Q4 Essay 🔥 Vietnam
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🔥 HISTORY GRADE 12 PRELIMS — ONLY STUDY THESE
PAPER 1
Contents
🔥 GRADE 12 HISTORY PAPER 1 — PRELIM STUDY PACK.......................................................................4
🔥🔥🔥 TOPIC 1: ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR.................................................................................4
🔥 WHY DID TENSION DEVELOP AFTER WWII?.................................................................................4
🔥 MARSHALL PLAN..........................................................................................................................5
🔥 COMINFORM................................................................................................................................5
🔥 COMECON....................................................................................................................................6
⭐ 2024 SACAI QUESTION 1 — QUESTIONS + ANSWERS...................................................................6
🔥 BENELUX......................................................................................................................................7
🔥 1.3 — USSR RESPONSE.................................................................................................................8
🔥🔥🔥 TOPIC 3: US CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT..............................................................................9
LITTLE ROCK NINE..........................................................................................................................9
🔥 DAISY BATES + NAACP..............................................................................................................9
🔥 INTEGRATION.........................................................................................................................10
🔥 GOVERNOR ORVAL FAUBUS...................................................................................................10
🔥 ELIZABETH ECKFORD..............................................................................................................10
🔥 RIGHTS VIOLATED...................................................................................................................11
🔥 CONSERVATIVE WHITE AMERICANS.......................................................................................11
🔥🔥🔥 ESSAY — VIETNAM...........................................................................................................12
⭐ THE TWO BIGGEST THINGS TO LEARN WORD-FOR-WORD.........................................................15
1
,HISTORY PAPER 1 PRELIMS/FINALS 2026 (SCOPE ON NSC 2024 PAPER)
🔥 HISTORY GRADE 12 PRELIMS — ONLY STUDY THESE
PAPER 1
SOURCE-BASED QUESTION 1 — ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR 🔥🔥🔥
Study:
Chapter 1: Origins of the Cold War
OLP Lesson 2
2024 SACAI November Paper 1 — Question 1
The actual 2024 question was:
Why did the United States of America and the USSR compete for European domination after 1945?
This question covered the Marshall Plan, USA–USSR rivalry, Cominform, American influence in
Europe and comparison/interpretation of Cold War sources.
SOURCE-BASED QUESTION 3 — US CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 🔥🔥🔥
Study:
Chapter 10: US Civil Rights Movement
OLP Lesson 10
2024 SACAI November Paper 1 — Question 3
The actual 2024 question was:
How did conservative white Americans respond to the integration of Central High School in Little
Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?
So definitely know Little Rock Nine, school integration/desegregation, Governor Faubus, National
Guard, Daisy Bates/NAACP, opposition from conservative whites and African-American rights.
ESSAY QUESTION 4 — VIETNAM 🔥🔥🔥
Study:
Chapter 3: How was a small country like Vietnam able to win a war against the USA?
Chapter 4: Stages in the war
OLP Lessons 3 & 4
2024 SACAI November Paper 1 — Question 4
The 2024 essay asked learners to evaluate the Vietnam War with particular reference to casualties,
chemical weapons and extensive media coverage.
This means learners need to know the whole argument around why the USA failed / Vietnam
succeeded, including Vietcong guerrilla tactics, Ho Chi Minh Trail, US strategies, Operation Rolling
2
, HISTORY PAPER 1 PRELIMS/FINALS 2026 (SCOPE ON NSC 2024 PAPER)
Thunder, Agent Orange, Napalm, Tet Offensive, Search and Destroy, media coverage, anti-war
opposition, Vietnamisation and eventual US withdrawal. The memo confirms these as major essay
content.
❌ DO NOT STUDY FROM PAPER 1
Based on your blue crossings:
Angola / Cuito Cuanavale
Congo
Black Power Movement
So for Paper 1 your three targets are essentially:
🔥 Cold War Origins — SOURCE
🔥 US Civil Rights Movement — SOURCE
🔥 Vietnam — ESSAY
Paper Type What to study
P1 Q1 Source 🔥 Origins of the Cold War
P1 Q3 Source 🔥 US Civil Rights Movement
P1 Q4 Essay 🔥 Vietnam
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