Practice Exam Questions

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Paper 1 is the source-based paper in which students study two ​case studies: the Civil Rights Movement in the United States (1954-1965) and Apartheid South Africa (1948-1964). The exam paper could be set on any one of the two ​case studies, it is therefore important that students revise both case studies thoroughly. The exam paper itself is ​one hour ​long and is comprised of ​four ​questions with a maximum mark of 24 to be gained from the paper.  Try to familiarise yourself with the different types of questions from the paper to understand what is expected:

Nov 2020	Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the success of the Bantustan system in achieving the aims of the South African government.
May 2020	Exam Cancelled - COVID!
Nov 2019	Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss the view that, by the end of 1964, the anti-apartheid movement had been significantly weakened.
May 2019	Using the sources and your own knowledge, to what extent do you agree that, during the 1950s, the struggle against apartheid represented a clash between black and white South Africans.
Nov 2018	Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the claim that the success of the Montgomery bus boycott represented a turning point in the struggle for African–American civil rights in the period from 1954 to 1965.
May 2018	​Using the sources and your own knowledge, discuss the reasons why legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, had not been effective in helping African-Americans to gain full voting rights.
Nov 2017	​Using the sources and your own knowledge, examine the view that government inaction in the US was the main obstacle to the establishment of civil rights between 1954 and 1965.
May 2017	​Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the impact of the Brown v Board of Education decision on desegregation in US schools up to the end of 1957.
Spec Paper	​Using the sources and your own knowledge, evaluate the success of the Freedom Summer in furthering the cause of black civil rights in the United States.