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 October 2020 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 for civil rights protests in the USA in the mid-1950s and the principles on which Martin Luther King based his methods of protest.

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 role of Mary Whitehouse as a campaigner about the media and BBC television’s engagement with social issues.

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

3 ‘In the years to 1900, it was the Supreme Court that was most responsible for undermining the rights that black Americans had gained from Reconstruction.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that the New Deal brought no substantial change to the employment status and working conditions of black Americans in the years 1933–41?

How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1922–36, Lord Rothermere exercised extensive influence in Britain?

6 ‘During the Second World War, it was Sefton Delmer that made the most significant contribution to British propaganda broadcasting.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

7 ‘The impact of attitudes towards segregation was the most significant reason for the changing pattern of migration of black Americans in the years 1850–2009.’

How far do you agree with this judgement?

8 ‘ Malcolm X (1992) was the most significant film in changing the perceptions of race among movie audiences in the years c1900–2009.’

How far do you agree with this statement?

How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1882–2004, it was television that had the greatest impact on British leisure patterns?

‘The ending of the composite tax system (1991) was the key turning point in changing the status of women within the family in the years 1882–2004.’

How far do you agree with this statement?