Edexcel A Level History Paper 3 options: Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780-1928 / Ireland and the Union, c1774-1923 June 2023 question paper 9HI0/36

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

Assess the value of the source for revealing changing attitudes towards the WSPU in 1912 and the importance of Emmeline Pankhurst in the WSPU.

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 British attitudes towards the removal of restrictions on Irish trade in the late 1770s and the impact that the removal of restrictions was expected to have on Ireland.

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

3 ‘The power of the state was not significantly challenged by radical reformers in the years c1790–1819.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

4 ‘The role of the Ladies’ National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts was crucial to the success of the campaign to repeal the Contagious Diseases Acts.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that absentee landlords were primarily responsible for the scale of the Irish Famine?

6 ‘Unskilled urban workers in Ireland experienced no significant improvement in their working and living conditions in the years 1907–14.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

7 ‘The 1918 Representation of the People Act was the key turning point in the creation of a parliamentary democracy in the years c1780–1928.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that the most significant change to political parties, in the years c1780–1928, was the growth of the Labour Party?

How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1798–1916, armed uprisings by Irish nationalists were a genuine threat to British rule?

‘Lloyd George’s contribution to the development of government policy in Ireland was more important than that of other British politicians in the years 1801–1923.’

How far do you agree with this statement?