OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World) Period study with non-British depth study: International relations 1918-2001 + South Africa 1960-1994: the people and the state June 2019 question paper J410/05

Outline how international peace was encouraged in the 1920s.

Explain why the USA and USSR clashed over Germany in the period 1945 to 1949.

Study Interpretation A.

Do you think this interpretation is a fair comment on the reasons why the Cold War began? Use your knowledge and other interpretations of the early stages of the Cold War 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

Munich was the triumph of appeasement but it also marked its failure and this was largely down to Chamberlain. Hitler then took advantage of Chamberlain’s actions and this also wrecked appeasement. Munich happened because of a mixture of Chamberlain’s fear of war and also his good intentions and faith in diplomacy. In hindsight, fear was the more important of those two things.

From ‘English History 1914–45’, a book written by the British historian AJP Taylor. It was first published in 1965.

Describe one consequence of the Rivonia Trial of 1964.

Explain why President FW de Klerk decided to end Apartheid.

Study Source A. How reliable is this source about Botha’s strategies in South Africa at this

time?

An extract from a speech given by President PW Botha to the South African parliament in January 1985.

Study Source B. Explain why this source was published in South Africa at this time.

A poster produced by the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) in 1985. SADF stands for the South African Defence Force.

8* ‘The South African government was very effective in crushing opposition to Apartheid.’ How far do

you agree with this view?