History · Edexcel 9HI0 · Paper 2 options: The USA, c1920-55: boom, bust and recovery / The USA, 1955-92: conformity and challenge · November 2020
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 attitudes in the United States towards the introduction of radio in the 1920s?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
(20)
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 Vietnam War in the USA?
Explain your answer, using both sources, the information given about them and your own knowledge of the historical context.
(20)
How far did the Red Scare in the 1920s differ from the second Red Scare in the years 1945–55?
(20)
4 ‘The Second New Deal brought fundamental reform to the conditions in work and to the social security of the people of the United States.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
(20)
5 ‘The Iranian hostage crisis was the most fundamental factor behind the declining support for Jimmy Carter during his presidency.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
(20)
6 ‘The years 1981–92 were a time of deterioration in racial tolerance and integration.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
(20)
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