A-level HISTORY Component 2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877

A-level HISTORY Component 2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877 Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes Materials For this paper you must have: • an AQA 16-page answer book. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7042/2J. • Answer three questions. In Section A answer Question 01. In Section B answer two questions. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 80. • You will be marked on your ability to: – use good English – organise information clearly – use specialist vocabulary where appropriate. Advice • You are advised to spend about: – 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A – 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B. 2 IB/M/Jun21/7042/2J Section A Answer Question 01. Source A From John Calhoun’s speech to the Senate introducing his ‘Resolutions On The Slave Question’, 19 February 1847. Land acquired from Mexico is the common property of the States of this Union. Such lands are called ‘the territories of the United States’. These territories are held jointly for their common use. And it is not consistent with the Constitution, or justice, that any law could stop the citizens of the Union from emigrating with their property to the territories