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 2022 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 way that Jim Crow Laws were applied on public transportation during the period of the New Deal and the failure to address the grievances of black Americans concerning public transportation.

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 the attempts by the Thatcher governments to control investigative reporting on sensitive political issues and the attitude of her governments towards freedom of the press.

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

3 ‘In the years 1865–77, it was the violent activities of white supremacist groups that had the most damaging impact on the civil rights of black Americans in the South.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

4 ‘It was the activities of SNCC and CORE that were mainly responsible for improvements in the lives of black Americans in the years 1957–68.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

5 ‘As a press baron during the First World War, Lord Northcliffe’s treatment of Lloyd George was similar to his treatment of Asquith.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

6 ‘The most significant impact of film and television on social issues in the sixties was on attitudes towards sexual liberation.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How far do you agree that push factors were more important than pull factors in explaining the changing geographical distribution of black Americans in the years 1850–2009?

How accurate is it to say that the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) marked the key turning point in the portrayal of race relations in novels in the years 1850–2009?

How accurate is it to say that attitudes towards women’s roles during the Second World War were the most important feature of the changing lives of British women in the years 1882–2004?

How accurate is it to say that the Holiday Pay Act (1938) was the key turning point in the changing nature of excursions and holidays made by the British people in the years 1882–2004?