AQA A Level History Depth Study: The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945-1980 June 2017 question paper 7042/2Q

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying Johnson’s Great Society.

‘The success of the civil rights movement in the years 1947 to 1957 was dependent on the NAACP [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People].’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘Eisenhower’s foreign policy in Europe differed significantly from his foreign policy elsewhere in the world.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent were the presidencies of Ford and Carter disastrous for the USA at home and abroad?