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Downloaded from hlayiso.com HISTORY GRADE 11 MAY 2019 Time: 2 Hours Total: 100 PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY 1. This paper consists of 4 pages. Please check that your question paper is complete. 2. Read the questions carefully. 3. Answer ONE question from Section A, and ONE question from Section B. 4. Accurate and adequate factual knowledge is essential; equally important is the ability to use relevant information critically in answering the questions. 5. Start each question on a new page. 6. Number your answers exactly as the questions are numbered in the question paper. 7. It is in your interest to write legibly. Work in an orderly way and present your answers as neatly as possible.

Downloaded from hlayiso.com History: November 2019 Page 2 of 4 SECTION A DISCURSIVE ESSAY Answer ANY ONE question from this section. A discursive essay showing evidence of analysis, interpretation, explanation and argument is required. It should be approximately 800 – 900 words in length. THEME CHALLENGES TO CAPITALISM: THE SOVIET UNION QUESTION 1 The New Economic Policy was effective in fulfilling its aims to maintain a Communist government in the USSR from 1921 to 1928. Critically assess the validity of this statement. . [70] Before you start:  What are you being asked to assess in this essay?  What were the aims & methods of the New Economic Policy?  Were the aims achieved or were there failures too? OR QUESTION 2 The hardships of Collectivisation and the Five Year Plans were justified by their success in protecting and developing the USSR between 1928 and 1945. Critically assess the validity of this statement. [70] Before you start:  What are you being asked to assess in this essay?  What were the aims of the Five Year Plans and Collectivisation? Note the two words “protecting and developing” used in the question.  What did these programmes achieve? Note the two words “protecting and developing” used in the question. 70 marks

Downloaded from hlayiso.com History: November 2019 Page 3 of 4 SECTION B EXTENDED WRITING Answer ANY ONE question from this section. Extended writing should be approximately 350 – 400 words in length. You should use your own knowledge and you may refer to the stimulus material to answer the questions. THEME CHALLENGES TO CAPITALISM: AMERICA QUESTION 3 These are photographs of cars and women in New York during the 1920s. https://www.google.co.za/url?sa=i&source https://l.imgt.es/resource-preview- Explain how the American economic, political and social structure of the 1920s was to play a role in causing the Great Depression from 1929 onwards by answering the following questions. a. What was the impact of increased consumerism and innovation in the American economy during the 1920s? b. What social issues existed in American during the 1920s? c. How did the Republican Party’s policy of Laissez Faire affect the American economy in the 1920s? [30] OR QUESTION 4

Downloaded from hlayiso.com History: November 2019 Page 4 of 4 The photograph below shows a badge created during the 1932 American election campaign. It shows Franklin D. Roosevelt and his campaign promise of a New Deal. https://www.google.co.za/url?sa=i&source=imgres&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved= Explain the significance of the New Deal in America from 1933 to 1939 by answering the following questions: a. Why did the American people vote for Roosevelt and his New Deal in the 1932 elections? b. What strategies did Franklin D. Roosevelt implement in America as part of his New Deal? c. How successful was the New Deal between 1933 and 1939? [30] 30 marks Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)