Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: The USA, c1920-55: boom, bust and recovery / The USA, 1955-92: conformity and challenge June 2019 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 objectives of the Second New Deal towards business in the USA?

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 how President Johnson was able to persuade Congress to support his civil rights programme?

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

How accurate is it to say that Jazz music was the most significant feature of the changes in American culture during the 1920s?

4 ‘The Second World War was more beneficial for the economic progress of black Americans than it was for other ethnic minorities in the USA.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

5 ‘Film and television, rather than music, were most significant in creating teenage culture in the years 1955-63.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that the style of leadership of US presidents changed significantly in the years 1973–80?