AQA A Level History Depth Study: America: A Nation Divided, c1845-1877 June 2022 question paper 7042/2J

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the increasing tensions over the expansion of slavery, in the years 1857 to 1860.

‘For the South, westward expansion was more of a threat than an opportunity before 1850.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘In the Civil War the North and South suffered equally.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was President Andrew Johnson to blame for his conflict with Congress?