AQA A Level History Breadth Study: Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851-1964 November 2020 question paper 7042/1G

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to the British economy in the years 1873 to 1896.

To what extent did social reform legislation, in the years 1906 to 1929, improve the lives of the working classes?

‘In the years 1918 to 1940, the successes of the Labour Party outweighed its failures.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘Catholic/Protestant tensions in Ulster, in the early 1960s, were caused by the actions of the Unionist governments of Northern Ireland from the 1930s onwards.’

Assess the validity of this view.