AQA A Level History Breadth Study: Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851-1964 June 2019 question paper 7042/1G

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to social change in Britain in the years 1945 to 1964.

To what extent was political reform, in the years 1865 to 1885, driven by liberal ideology?

‘The policy of free trade was of benefit to the British economy in the years 1886 to 1914.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The condition of Ireland, in both the South and Ulster, was much improved following the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921.’

Assess the validity of this view in the context of the years 1916 to 1939.