Edexcel A Level History Paper 3 options: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850-2009 / Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882-2004 June 2017 question paper 9HI0/39

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

Assess the value of the source for revealing the extent of racist attitudes in the South and the relationship between the federal government and southern states in the 1890s.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

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

Assess the value of the source for revealing Lord Northcliffe’s attitude to civilian politicians and his view of Lord Kitchener’s conduct of the First World War.

Explain your answer, using the source, the information given about its origin and your own knowledge about the historical context.

3 ‘Constitutional Amendments introduced during the Reconstruction period significantly improved the position of black Americans in the years 1865–77.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that it was primarily internal divisions within the civil rights movement that damaged the cause of civil rights for black Americans in the years 1960–68?

5 ‘Television had a positive influence on race relations and attitudes towards cultural tolerance in Britain in the 1960s.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

To what extent did political controls on broadcasters change the BBC and ITV in the Thatcher years (1979–90)?

How far do you agree that the First Great Migration (c1910–30) can be regarded as the most significant change in the pattern of black settlement in the USA in the period 1850–2009?

How far did the repression of black Americans portrayed in photographs, films and television produce changes in the attitudes of white Americans towards race in the period 1850–2009?

9 ‘The most significant change to women’s employment conditions, in the years 1882–2004, resulted from the National Service Act (1941).’

How far do you agree with this statement?

To what extent was the growth of the film industry in the 1920s and 1930s the key turning point in the development of leisure activities in Britain in the years 1882–2004?