Wars & Welfare: Britain in Transition

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying Winston Churchill’s government in the years 1951 to 1955.

To what extent were the reforms of the Liberal governments, in the years 1906 to 1911, due to New Liberalism?

‘The First World War had a disastrous impact on the British economy in the years 1914 to 1918.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘Living standards, in the years 1933 to 1939, improved for the people of Britain.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the Irish Home Rule crisis.

‘The 1924 Labour government was responsible for its own downfall.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent did Britain experience economic growth in the years 1931 to 1939?

To what extent did British society change during the Second World War?

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying Ramsay MacDonald’s political decisions in 1931.

‘The Liberal government’s social and welfare reforms, in the years 1906 to 1914, failed to deal with the problems of poverty.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent was the rise of Labour, in the years 1916 to 1922, due to divisions in the Liberal Party?

‘The Labour government was deeply divided throughout the years 1945 to 1951.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the media in the 1920s.

How far were the Conservatives responsible for the Liberal victory in the 1906 election?

‘Both industry and agriculture suffered greatly in the 1930s.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent had the post-war Labour Government transformed the lives of the British people by 1951?

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the experience of immigrants to Britain in the 1950s.

To what extent did the British economy remain strong in the years 1906 to 1914?

‘Lloyd George’s policies towards Ireland were effective in the years 1916 to 1921.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘There was no serious threat to the political stability of Britain in the years 1936 to 1939.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the establishment of the National Health Service.

‘It was the weaknesses of the Conservative and Labour parties that led to Liberal dominance in the years 1906 to 1910.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How important was Baldwin’s leadership in bringing about a Conservative recovery in the years 1924 to 1929?

‘The problems caused by the economic depression were successfully resolved because of the policies of the National Government in the years 1931 to 1939.’

Assess the validity of this view.

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the position of women before 1918.

To what extent was unemployment the key issue in the 1929 election?

To what extent did radical political groups pose a threat to the British government in the 1930s?

‘Conservative governments, in the years 1951 to 1957, were right to claim that Britain had ‘never had it so good’.’

Assess the validity of this view.