AQA A Level History Depth Study: The Making of Modern Britain, 1951-2007 June 2019 question paper 7042/2S

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the Conservative Party’s defeat in the 2001 election.

‘Britain became completely dependent on the United States in the years 1956 to 1962.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent can the Labour government take credit for the liberal reforms of the years 1964 to 1970?

‘Thatcher’s economic policies created an ‘economic miracle’ in the years 1983 to 1987.’

Assess the validity of this view.