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 November 2021 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 reasons why the conditions of ex-slaves improved and the objectives of the Freedmen’s Bureau.

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 purpose of BBC war reporting during the Second World War and the importance of wartime electronic communication.

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

3 ‘The Supreme Court ruling in the case of Plessy v Ferguson (1896) was the most damaging setback to the black American struggle against racial discrimination in the years 1883–1900.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

To what extent was Obama’s personality the chief reason for the success of his campaign for the presidency of the United States in 2008?

How significant was the role of Lord Beaverbrook in the abdication crisis (1936)?

To what extent was Bernard Ingham’s handling of the media during the Thatcher years (1979–90) similar to Alastair Campbell’s handling of the media during the controversy surrounding the Iraq dossiers (2003)?

How far do you agree that the First Great Migration (c1910–30) was the most important factor leading to increased racial integration in the USA in the years c1900–2009?

How far do you agree that the depiction of race in Huckleberry Finn (1885) was the key turning point in changing attitudes to race relations through portrayals in fiction and film in the USA in the years 1850–2009?

9 ‘In the years 1882–2004, the most significant change to women’s pay and working conditions resulted from the Dagenham Ford car factory strike (1968).’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How far do you agree that it was the growth of holiday camps in the 1930s that resulted in the greatest change to British holiday-making patterns in the years 1882–2004?