OCR GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World) Period study with non-British depth study: International relations 1918-2001 + USA 1945-1974: the people and the state June 2019 question paper J410/07

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 Stonewall riots of 1969.

Explain why the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964.

Study Source A. Explain why McCarthy made this speech in 1950.

Source A

This is a time when all the world is split into two vast, hostile armed camps. Today, there are 800 million people under the domination of Soviet Russia – an increase of over 400%.

One of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘When a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be from enemies from without, but rather because of enemies from within’. This is clearly true in the State Department. I have here in my hand a list of 205 names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who are still working and shaping policies in the State Department.

From a speech by Senator Joseph McCarthy in February 1950. The State Department is the part of the US government in charge of foreign affairs.

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

A cartoon published in an American newspaper in May 1954. The man standing in the middle is Joseph McCarthy.

8* ‘Malcolm X achieved more for Black Americans than Martin Luther King.’ How far do you agree

with this view?