AQA AS HISTORY Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 Component 2M Society in
Crisis, 1906–1929 QP MAY 2023
AS
HISTORY
Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957
Component 2M Society in Crisis, 1906–1929
Tuesday 23 May 2023 Afternoon Time allowed: 1 hour 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
7041/2M.
• Answer two questions.
In Section A answer Question 01.
In Section B answer either Question 02 or Question 03.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 50.
• 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:
– 50 minutes on Section A – 40
minutes on Section B.
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Section A
Answer Question 01.
Source A
From an editorial in the Daily Mail, 3 November 1927. This newspaper, which was owned
by the right-wing Lord Rothermere, ran a year-long campaign against widening the
franchise.
The great majority of Conservative voters are convinced that ‘votes for flappers’ will mean
‘votes for the Labour Party’. The last extension of the franchise has already created an
enormous mass of voters who, no doubt, are well-meaning enough but do not have the
political sense needed to make democracy work. These irresponsible voters sway this
way and that and are always liable to vote for anyone who will promise them the most at
other people’s expense. With the help of the flapper vote the socialists believe that the 5
number of Conservative MPs in the next parliament will be so small that the Conservative
Party will be deprived of all effective political influence.
Source B
From the diary of William Bridgeman, July 1929. Bridgeman had been a Conservative MP
since 1906 and a Cabinet minister from 1922. He was a close political ally of Baldwin.
The 1929 election was lost not from any wave of resentment against the government or
against Baldwin, nor because of any one particular piece of policy or legislation. I put the
defeat down to a desire for change, or the swing of the pendulum as some call it, and to
the wild promises of the Liberals and Labour. Of course, the money of Lloyd George and
his insistence on fighting every seat helped Labour. They could not have won if we had
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made arrangements to avoid three-cornered contests. In many constituencies a split anti-
socialist vote gave Labour the seat. I think Baldwin’s failing was his optimism; he was too
relaxed, expecting we would win easily.
0 1 With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, which
of these two sources is more valuable in explaining the outcome of the 1929
election?
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