OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World) Period study with non-British depth study: International relations 1918-2001 + USA 1919-1948: the people and the state June 2019 question paper J410/06

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.

() Spelling, punctuation and grammar and the use of specialist terminology

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 example of a group that did not experience prosperity during the 1920s.

Explain why the American people responded positively to US involvement in the Second World

War.

Study Source A. What is the message of the cartoonist?

A cartoon published in a US newspaper in 1919.

Study Source B. Explain how this source is useful to a historian studying the Red Scare.

A statement given by Nicola Sacco, an immigrant who was executed in 1927 because he was found guilty of armed robbery and murder.

8* ‘Hoover’s government did not respond effectively to the Great Depression.’ How far do you agree?