Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: The USA, c1920-55: boom, bust and recovery / The USA, 1955-92: conformity and challenge June 2017 question paper 9HI0/2H

Study Sources 1 and 2 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate the changing position of women in society in the United States in the 1920s?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

Study Sources 3 and 4 in the Sources Booklet before you answer this question.

How far could the historian make use of Sources 3 and 4 together to investigate the impact of the Reagan Presidency on the size of the federal government budget deficit?

Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.

3 ‘The New Deal only resulted in bigger federal government which was willing to spend more money.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How far do you agree that the NAACP was primarily responsible for changing the status of black Americans in the years 1944–55?

5 ‘It was mainly the influence of the “beatnik” generation that shaped the rebellious attitudes of young people in the 1960s.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

To what extent did President Johnson’s Great Society programme improve the quality of life for poor people in America?