Cambridge IGCSE History American BES 0409 — 2020 Oct/Nov Paper 2 · Variant 0

1 Study Source A. What can you learn from this source about law and order in the West? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [6]

2 Study Source B. How useful is this source to a historian studying the enforcement of law and order in mining towns? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [7]

3 Study Source C. How reliable is this source as evidence of the workings of the legal system in the West? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [7]

4 Study Sources D and E. Why do these sources differ in their view of the outlaw Billy the Kid? Explain your answer using details from the sources and your knowledge. [10]

5 Study all the sources. “Vigilante groups played the main role in enforcing law and order in the West.” To what extent do you agree? Explain your answer using details from all the sources and your knowledge. [15] [Total: 45] Depth Study B: The Women’s Suffrage Movement 1866–1920 Read the background information and then answer all the questions. Use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources, as appropriate. Background information During the first decade of the twentieth century the demand for female suffrage gathered pace and grew in strength. Not all women, however, welcomed the call for an extension of the franchise.

6 Study Source A. What can you learn from this source about the attitudes of the anti-suffragists towards the suffragists? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [6]

7 Study Source B. How useful is this source to a historian studying the arguments used by anti-suffragists in their campaign to oppose the vote? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [7]

8 Study Source C. How reliable is this source as evidence of anti-suffragist opposition to the Nineteenth Amendment? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [7]

9 Study Sources D and E. Why do these sources differ in their accounts about the level of support for the suffrage cause? Explain your answer using details from the sources and your knowledge. [10]

10 Study all the sources. “During the early twentieth century the campaign for female suffrage attracted increasing support from women across America.” To what extent do you agree? Explain your answer using details from all the sources and your knowledge. [15] [Total: 45] Depth Study C: The United States and the World 1880–1917 Read the background information and then answer all the questions. Use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources, as appropriate. Background information In the years immediately before 1917 there was great debate within America about the future direction of US foreign policy. The key debate was over whether to intervene in the war in Europe.

11 Study Source A. What is the message of this source? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [6]

12 Study Source B. How useful is this source to a historian studying the role of the US in world affairs before the First World War? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [7]

13 Study Source C. How reliable is this source as evidence of the reaction within the United States to the news of the sinking of the Lusitania in May 1915? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [7]

14 Study Sources D and E. Why do these sources differ in their view of how the United States should respond to the sinking of the Lusitania? Explain your answer using details from the sources and your knowledge. [10]

15 Study all the sources. “Before 1917 most Americans wanted the United States to play a peaceful role in international affairs.” To what extent do you agree? Explain your answer using details from all the sources and your knowledge. [15] [Total: 45] Depth Study D: American Society and Popular Culture c.1920–1970 Read the background information and then answer all the questions. Use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources, as appropriate. Background information During the 1960s American society underwent many changes. While some embraced these changes, others resisted and held on to a more traditional lifestyle.

16 Study Source A. What can you learn from this source about the counter-culture of the 1960s? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [6]

17 Study Source B. How useful is this source to a historian studying the reasons why some Americans adopted alternative lifestyles during the 1960s? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [7]

18 Study Source C. How reliable is this source as evidence that a generation gap developed during the 1960s? Explain your answer using details from the source and your knowledge. [7]

19 Study Sources D and E. Why do these sources differ in their attitudes to the counter-culture of the 1960s? Explain your answer using details from the sources and your knowledge. [10]

20 Study all the sources. “During the 1960s many Americans broke away from tradition by adopting alternative lifestyles.” To what extent do you agree? Explain your answer using details from all the sources and your knowledge. [15] [Total: 45]