AQA A Level History Depth Study: The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945-1980 June 2025 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 responses to the campaign for African-American Civil Rights in the years 1945 to 1950.

How successful was Eisenhower’s handling of the Cold War?

‘Nixon’s victory in the 1968 Presidential election was a result of divisions within the Democratic Party.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘In the years 1974 to 1980 the USA was a united country.’

Assess the validity of this view.