AQA GCSE History Paper 1 Section A Period Study: America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality June 2023 question paper 8145/1A/D

How does Interpretation B differ from Interpretation A about the lives of African-Americans in the USA during the 1950s and 1960s?

Explain your answer based on what it says in Interpretations A and B.

Why might the authors of Interpretations A and B have a different interpretation about the lives of African-Americans in the USA during the 1950s and 1960s?

Explain your answer using Interpretations A and B and your contextual knowledge.

Which interpretation gives the more convincing opinion about the lives of African-Americans in the USA during the 1950s and 1960s?

Explain your answer based on your contextual knowledge and what it says in Interpretations A and B.

Describe two problems faced by Americans because of McCarthyism.

In what ways were the lives of American people affected by the Depression?

Explain your answer.

Which of the following had more impact on America in the 1920s:

• economic changes

• social and cultural changes?

Explain your answer with reference to both bullet points.