OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World) Period study with non-British depth study: International relations 1918-2001 + China 1950-1981: the people and the state June 2018 question paper J410/01

Outline the impact of the worldwide economic depression on international relations in Europe in

the 1930s.

Explain why the USA got more involved in the war in Vietnam in the 1960s.

Study Interpretation A.

Do you think this interpretation is a fair comment on the policy of Appeasement? Use your

knowledge and other interpretations of Appeasement to support your answer.

Study Interpretation B.

Explain why not all historians and commentators have agreed with this interpretation. Use other

interpretations and your knowledge to support your answer.

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Interpretation B

America’s leaders often whipped up Cold War fears that were very exaggerated. These at times frightened its allies but also deepened divisions at home. However, whether the Cold War could have been managed much less dangerously is doubtful. This is because of the way Stalin and his successors operated, and because of the refusal of American policy-makers to retreat from their grand expectations of their role in the post-war world.

From ‘Grand Expectations’, written by the US historian James Patterson and published in the USA in 1996.

Describe one example of how Mao Zedong was shown in Chinese propaganda between 1966

and 1976.

Explain how the economic policies of Deng Xiaoping changed life in China between 1976 and

1981.

Study Sources A and B. How similar are these two sources?

A Chinese government poster from 1967. The writing at the top of the poster says ‘break the old world, create a new world’. The main figure in the poster is smashing objects that represent religion and the traditional Chinese way of life.

Source B

People believing in the Four Olds have plotted to rise up against the government. We must take action. We must strike them before they strike us. We must also wipe out their entire families because keeping their children alive would keep their ideas alive.

Spoken by the military commander of Sanjiang Commune at a meeting with his officers in October 1967. The Four Olds refers to pre-Communist ideas and ways of life.

8* ‘Between 1950 and 1965, Mao’s economic policies were a failure.’ How far do you agree?