Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 options: The USA, c1920-55: boom, bust and recovery / The USA, 1955-92: conformity and challenge November 2021 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 impact of the Second World War on the status of black American workers?

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 the situation surrounding the change of presidency in 1974?

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

3 ‘Organised crime was the most significant challenge to the successful enforcement of prohibition in the years 1920–33.’

How far do you agree with this view?

How far do you agree that the Second New Deal transformed the lives of disadvantaged Americans in the years 1935–38?

How significant were Martin Luther King’s non-violent campaigns in achieving civil rights for black Americans in the years 1955–63?

To what extent did the work of the women’s movement improve the quality of life for American women in the years 1963–80?