AQA GCSE HISTORY 8145/1A/D PAPER 1 SECTION A/D
AMERICA 1920-1973 OPPORTUNITY AND EQUALITY
EXAM QUESTION PAPER
(AUTHENTIC MARKING SCHEME ATTACHED)
GCSE
HISTORY
Paper 1 Section A/D: America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and inequality
Interpretations booklet
Interpretations A and B for use in answering Questions 01, 02 and 03
Interpretation A
Adapted from an article by Michael Ventura about 1950s America, written in 1999.
Ventura was a teenager during the 1950s. He went on to be a music journalist. From the 1970s to the 2010s he
worked for magazines that specialised in promoting new styles of music.
Interpretation A
not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions
5 Interpretation B
Adapted from an interview given by Frank Sinatra in the late 1950s.
Sinatra was a world-famous, award-winning singer in the 1940s with thousands of young fans. This popularity
became known as ‘Sinatramania’. However, by the early 1950s his style of music was less popular, and he lost his
recording contract.
Interpretation B
not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions
5 END OF INTERPRETATIONS
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Answer all six questions. box
Read Interpretations A and B in the Interpretations Booklet.
0 1 How does Interpretation B differ from Interpretation A about popular culture,
including Rock and Roll, in post-war America?
Explain your answer based on what it says in Interpretations A and B.
[4 marks]
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0 2 Why might the authors of Interpretations A and B have a different interpretation box
about popular culture, including Rock and Roll, in post-war America?
Explain your answer using Interpretations A and B and your contextual knowledge.
[4 marks]
4
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AMERICA 1920-1973 OPPORTUNITY AND EQUALITY
EXAM QUESTION PAPER
(AUTHENTIC MARKING SCHEME ATTACHED)
GCSE
HISTORY
Paper 1 Section A/D: America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and inequality
Interpretations booklet
Interpretations A and B for use in answering Questions 01, 02 and 03
Interpretation A
Adapted from an article by Michael Ventura about 1950s America, written in 1999.
Ventura was a teenager during the 1950s. He went on to be a music journalist. From the 1970s to the 2010s he
worked for magazines that specialised in promoting new styles of music.
Interpretation A
not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions
5 Interpretation B
Adapted from an interview given by Frank Sinatra in the late 1950s.
Sinatra was a world-famous, award-winning singer in the 1940s with thousands of young fans. This popularity
became known as ‘Sinatramania’. However, by the early 1950s his style of music was less popular, and he lost his
recording contract.
Interpretation B
not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions
5 END OF INTERPRETATIONS
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Answer all six questions. box
Read Interpretations A and B in the Interpretations Booklet.
0 1 How does Interpretation B differ from Interpretation A about popular culture,
including Rock and Roll, in post-war America?
Explain your answer based on what it says in Interpretations A and B.
[4 marks]
4
*02*
IB/M/Jun22/8145/1A/D
, 3
Do not write
outside the
0 2 Why might the authors of Interpretations A and B have a different interpretation box
about popular culture, including Rock and Roll, in post-war America?
Explain your answer using Interpretations A and B and your contextual knowledge.
[4 marks]
4
Turn over ►
*03*
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