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3 Discuss the nature of the relationship between the English and the Native Americans, the techniques used by both sides to assert their interests, and the reasons the English were ultimately victorious.

DBQ N American Pageant pA106

3 Discuss any TWO of the following as they pertain to self-government in the New England settlements prior to 1650: Constitutionalism, Democracy, and Freedom of Religion.

E N Cracking p200

4 Analyze the origins and development of slavery in Britain’s North American colonies in the period 1607 to 1776.

E Y 2011 Q2

4 Early encounters between American Indians and European colonists led to a variety of relationships among the different cultures. Analyze how the actions taken by BOTH American Indians and European colonists shaped those relationships in TWO of the following regions. Confine your answer to the 1600s: New England, Chesapeake, Spanish Southwest, New York and New France.

E Y 2008 Q2

4 Examine the challenges the Virginians faced and the ways in which their efforts changed the colony socially and economically over the 17th century.


4 Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur?

DBQ Y 1993

4 In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political, economic, and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s?

DBQ Y 2010

4 Discuss the differences between the northern, middle, and southern English colonies. How do you account for those differences?

DBQ N (p40)

4 Analyze the extent to which religious freedom existed in the British North American colonies prior to 1700.

E Y 1998

4 How did economic, geographic, and social factors encourage the growth of slavery as an important part of the economy of the southern colonies between 1607 and 1775?

E Y 2001 Q2

4 Compare the ways in which TWO of the following reflected tensions in colonial society: Bacon’s Rebellion (1676), Pueblo Revolt (1680), Salem Witch Trials (1692), Stono Rebellion (1739).

E Y 2003B Q2

4 Compare and contrast the ways in which economic development affected politics in Massachusetts and Virginia in the period from 1607 to 1750.

E Y 2005 Q2

4 Analyze the differences between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English colonies in New England in the 17th century in terms of two of the following: politics, religion, economic development.

E Y 2006 Q2

5 Choose two of the following and analyze their impact on colonial North American development between 1620 and 1776: Puritanism, the Enlightenment, the 1st Great Awakening.

E Y 2014 Q2

5 Analyze the role of trans-Atlantic trade and Great Britain’s mercantilist policies in the economic development of the British North American colonies in the period from 1650 to 1750.

E Y 2013 Q2

5 Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society (to 1740) in TWO of the following regions: New England, Chesapeake, Middle Atlantic.

E Y 2002 Q2

5 Analyze the impact of the Atlantic trade routes established in the mid 1600s on economic development in the British North American colonies. Consider the period 1650-1750.

E Y 2002B Q2

5 “Throughout the colonial period, economic concerns had more to do with settling of British North America than did religious concerns.” Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to economic and religious concerns.

E Y 1990

5 “Geography was the primary factor in shaping the development of the British colonies in North America.” Assess the validity of this statement for the 1600s.

E Y 2005B Q2

6 Compare and contrast the British, French, and Spanish imperial goals inNorth America between 1580 and 1763.

E Y 2011B Q2

6 Analyze the cultural and economic responses of TWO of the following groups to the Indians of North America before 1750: British, French, Spanish.

E Y 2000 Q2

6 Analyze the relationship between Great Britain and its American colonies prior to 1763.

E N Fast Track p380 Q2

6 Compare the relationships of TWO of the following colonial powers with the Native Americans up to 1770: French, British, Spanish.

E N Kaplan p357

6 Evaluate the influence of religion on the development of colonial society in TWO of the following regions: Spanish Southwest, New England, New France.

E Y 2010B Q2

7 Analyze the effect of the French and Indian War and its aftermath on the relationship between Great Britain and the British colonies. Confine your response to the period from 1754 to 1776.

E Y 2012 Q2

7 Evaluate the extent to which the Seven Years’ War (French and Indian War, 1754–1763) marked a turning point in American relations with Great Britain, analyzing what changed and what stayed the same from the period before the war to the period after it.

E Y 2015 Q2

7 In what ways did the French and Indian War (1754-1763) alter the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies? Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1740-1766 in constructing your response.

DBQ Y 2004

7 Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republicanvalues.

E Y 2009 Q2

7 The French and Indian War (1754-1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess this change with regard to TWO of the following in the period between 1763 and 1775. Land acquisition, politics, economics.

E Y 2007B Q2

7 Although the thirteen colonies were founded at different times by different people with different motives and with different forms of colonial charters and political organization, by the Revolution the thirteen colonies had become remarkably similar. Evaluate this statement.

E Y 1978

7 “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpation, all having, in direct object, the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states.” Evaluate this accusation made against King George III in the Declaration of Independence.

E Y 1988

7 Explain the reaction of the American colonists to TWO of the following acts of Parliament: Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act (1765), Coercive Acts (1774)

E N Anonymous p40 Q2

8 To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution?

DBQ Y 1999

8 Analyze the political, diplomatic, and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775-1783.

E Y 2010 Q2

8 Evaluate the extent of change in ideas about American independence from 1763 to 1783.

DBQ Y 2017

9 To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American society? In your answer, be sure to address the political, social and economic effects of the revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800.

DBQ Y 2005

9 “From 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation provided the United States with an effective government.” Using the documents and your knowledge of the period, evaluate this statement.

DBQ Y 1985

9 Analyze the ways in which the political, economic, and diplomatic crises of the 1780sshaped the provisions of the United States Constitution.

E Y 2011B Q3

9 Analyze how the ideas and experiences of the revolutionary era influenced theprinciples embodied in the Articles of Confederation.

E Y 2009B Q2

9 Analyze the reasons for the Anti-Federalists’ opposition to ratifying the Constitution.

E Y 2008B Q2

9 Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems that confronted the new nation.

E Y 2003 Q2

9 Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of government with respect to any TWO of the following: foreign relations,

E Y 1996

western lands, economic conditions. 9 Analyze the impact of the American Revolution on both slavery and the status of

women in the period from 1775 to 1800.E Y 2004 Q2

9 To what extent was the US Constitution a radical departure from the Articles of Confederation?

E Y 2005 Q3

9 Analyze the extent to which the American Revolution represented a radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions. Confine your answer to the period between 1775 and 1800.

E Y 1997

9 The United States Constitution of 1787 represented an economic and ideological victory for the traditional political elite. Assess the validity of this statement for the period 1781 to 1789.

E Y 2006B Q2

9 The ability and the willingness the Framers had for compromise was reflected in the creation of a constitution that successfully addressed the needs of the young republic. Explain how TWO of the following reflect the validity of this statement: representation, slavery, democratic rights.


9 The Articles of Confederation created a government with a number of weaknesses. These problems manifested themselves in a number of key episodes. Discuss how three of the following events showed the strength or weakness of the new government: Treaty of Paris, Land Ordinance, Shays’ Rebellion, Annapolis Convention, Northwest Ordinance.

E N Petersons p95 Q1

9 To what extent was the American Revolution a radical break with the past and to what extent was it a conservative attempt to preserve the status quo?

E N Cracking p289 Q2

10 The debate over the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 revealed bitter controversies on a number of issues. Discuss the issues involved and explain why these controversies developed.

DBQ Y 1977

10 Settlers in the 18th century American backcountry sometimes resorted to violent protest to express their grievances. Analyze the causes and significance of TWO of the following: March of the Paxton Boys, Regular movement, Shays’ Rebellion, Whiskey Rebellion.

E Y 2007 Q2

10 How do you account for the development of political parties in the United States E N Divine p69

during the period 1787-1800?10 To what extent did the Federalist administrations of George Washington and John

Adams promote national unity and advance the authority of the federal government?

E N Anonymous p37

10 Discuss the differences between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson concerning the ideal relationship between the federal government and the states’ governments.


11 Analyze the contributions of TWO of the following in helping establish a stable government after the adoption of the Constitution. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington.

E Y 2002 Q3

11 Before he was president, Thomas Jefferson believed that a strict interpretation of the Constitution firmly bound the actions of the federal government. To what extent did Jefferson adhere to this belief during his two terms in office?


11 Determine to what extent Jefferson, after entering the White House, maintained or altered his earlier philosophy of government.


12 With respect to the federal Constitution, the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad construction of the Federalists. To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison?

DBQ Y 1998

12 Historians have traditionally labeled the period after the War of 1812 the “Era of Good Feelings.” Evaluate the accuracy of this label, considering the emergence of nationalism and sectionalism. Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1815-1825 to construct your answer.

DBQ Y 2002B

12 Analyze the ways in which the United States sought to advance its interests in world affairs between 1789 and 1823.

E Y 2013 Q3

12 To what extent did the War of 1812 constitute a “second American Revolution”? In your answer be sure to address EACH of the following: Foreign Relations, Economic Development. Limit your answer to the period through the 1820s.

E Y AP Central Practice Test

12 To what extent was the election of 1800 aptly named the “Revolution of 1800”? Respond with reference to TWO of the following areas: economics, foreign policy,

E Y 2004B Q2

judiciary, politics. 12 Analyze the ways in which TWO of the following represented a shift in the ideals

of “Jeffersonian Democracy” during the period 1800-1824: The Louisiana Purchase, Marbury v. Madison, The War of 1812, The Monroe Doctrine.


13 Compare and contrast the Democratic Party and the Whig Party of the 1830s and 1840s. Focus on two of the following: the role of federal government in the economy, social reform, westward expansion.

E Y 2014

13 Explain the ways that participation in political campaigns and elections in theUnited States changed between 1815 and 1840, and analyze forces and events thatled to these changes

DBQ Y 2011B

13 The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830s was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790s than a change in that policy. Assess the validity of this generalization with reference to the moral, political, constitutional, and practical concerns that shaped national Indian policy between 1789 and the mid-1830s.

DBQ Y 1980

13 Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of opportunity. In light of the following documents and your knowledge of the 1820s and 1830s, to what extent do you agree with the Jacksonians’ view of themselves?

DBQ Y 1990

13 How did TWO of the following contribute to the reemergence of a two-party system in the period 1820-1840? Major political personalities, states’ rights, economic issues.

E Y 1999 Q2

13 The Jacksonian Period (1824-1848) has been celebrated as the era of the “common man.” To what extent did the period live up to its characterization? Consider TWO of the following in your response: Economic Development, Politics, Reform Movements.

E Y 2001 Q3

14 Analyze the political, economic, and religious tensions between E T 2009B Q3

immigrant RomanCatholics and native-born Protestants in the United States from the 1830s throughthe 1850s.

14 In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820-1860?

E Y 2003 Q3

14 Analyze the impact of the market revolution (1815-1860) on the economies of two of the following regions: Northeast, Midwest, South.

E Y 2008 Q3

14 Compare the experiences of TWO of the following groups of immigrants during the period 1830 to 1860. English, Irish, German.

E Y 2007B Q3

14 “Developments in transportation, rather than in manufacturing and agriculture, sparked American economic growth in the first half of the 19th century.” Assess the validity of this statement.

E Y 1989

14 Evaluate the extent to which the market revolution marked a turning point in women’s lives in the United States.

E Y 2017

15 How and why did the lives and status of Northern middle class women change between 1776 and 1876?

DBQ Y 1981

15 In what ways did the 2nd Great Awakening in the North influence TWO of the following: abolitionism, temperance, cult of domesticity, utopian communities

E Y 2007 Q3

15 “Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals.” Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to the years 1825-1850.

DBQ Y 2002

15 What factors led to the women’s rights movement in the antebellum era and what goals were women seeking?

DBQ N Petersons p212

15 Identify the major reform movements in the United States during the period 1820-1850.

DBQ N Divine p267

15 After 1815, American society was shaped by an economic “market revolution” and a religious “2nd Great Awakening.” These developments significantly affected women and contributed to their changing status both inside and outside the home. Discuss the evolution of women’s roles and women’s opportunities in the family, the workplace, and society.


15 To what extent and in what ways did the roles of women change in American society between 1790 and 1860? Respond with reference to TWO of the following areas: domestic, economic, political, social.

E Y 2004B Q3

15 To what degree were the reform movements of the 1840s liberal or conservative? E N Anonymous p40 Q3

16 Analyze the causes of growing opposition to slavery in the United States from 1776 to 1852. In your response, consider both underlying forces and specific events that contributed to the growing opposition.

DBQ Y 2013 DBQ

16 From 1775 to 1830, many African Americans gained freedom from slavery, yet during the same period the institution of slavery expanded. Explain why BOTH of those changes took place. Analyze the ways that BOTH free African Americans and enslaved African Americans responded to the challenges confronting them.

DBQ Y 2009 DBQ

16 By the 1840s many northern Americans had come to see slavery as an evil, while many southerners defended the institution as a positive good. What arguments did each side marshal in support of its case?


16 Use TWO of the following categories to analyze the ways in which African Americans created a distinctive culture in slavery: Family, Music, Oral traditions, Religions.

E Y 2008B Q3

16 Compare and contrast the experience of slaves on tobacco plantations in the early 17th century Chesapeake region with that of slaves on 19th century cotton plantations in the Deep South. What forces transformed the institution of slavery from the early 17th century to the 19th century?

E Y 2010B Q3

16 Analyze the ways in which supporters of slavery in the 19 th century used legal, religious, and economic arguments to defend the institution of slavery.

E Y 1995

16 “American social reform movements from 1820 to 1860 were characterized by unyielding perfectionism, impatience with compromise, and distrust of established social institutions. These qualities explain the degree of success or failure of these movements in achieving their objectives.” Discuss with reference to antislavery and ONE other reform movement of the period 1820-1860.

E Y 1979

17 To what extent did the debates about the Mexican War and its aftermath reflect the sectional interests of New Englanders, westerners and southerners in the period from 1845 to 1855?

E Y 2005 Q3

17 Evaluate the extent to which the Mexican-American War (1846–1848) marked a turning point in the debate over slavery in the United States, analyzing what changed and what stayed the same from the period before the war to the period after it.

E Y 2015 Q3

17 Explain the impact of Manifest Destiny upon the 1840s. E N Anonymous p378 Q3

17 “Although Americans perceived Manifest Destiny as a benevolent movement, it was in fact an aggressive imperialism pursued at the expense of others.” Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to American expansionism in the 1840s.

E Y 1990

18 Prior to the Civil War, politicians were associated with both their political stand and the region that they represented. Explain how each of the following represented a political position based upon the region of the country he represented. Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay


18 Discuss the impact of territorial expansion on national unity between 1800 and 1850.

E Y 1997

18 Analyze how western expansion contributed to growing sectional tensions between the North and the South. Confine your answer to the period from 1800 to 1850.

E Y 2012

19 To what extent was President-elect Abraham Lincoln responsible for the defeat of the Crittenden proposal on the territorial expansion of slavery?

DBQ Y 1974

19 John Brown’s raid on the federal armory at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia in October 1859 involved only a handful of abolitionists, freed no slaves, and was over in two days. Although many Northerners condemned the raid, by 1863 John Brown had become a hero and martyr in the North. To what extent and in what ways do the views about John Brown expressed in the documents illustrate changing North-South relations between 1859 and 1863?

DBQ Y 1982

19 By the 1850s the Constitution, originally framed as an instrument of national unity, DBQ Y 1987

had become a source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it had created. Using the documents and your knowledge of the period 1850-1861, assess the validity of this statement.

19 In the early 19th century, Americans sought to resolve their political disputes through compromise, yet by 1860 this no longer seemed possible. Analyze the reasons for this change. Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1820-1860 in constructing your response.

DBQ Y 2005B

19 What issues arose in the period 1848-1860, ultimately leading to the outbreak of civil war in 1861?

DBQ N Divine p113

19 To what extent was the breakup of the Union in 1861 a result of the conflict over slavery and to what extent was it due to other factors?

DBQ N Cracking p284

19 Analyze the ways in which controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the coming of the Civil War. Confine your answer to the period 1845-1861.

E Y 2010 Q3

19 Analyze the social, political, and economic forces of the 1840s and early 1850s that led to the emergence of the Republican Party.

E Y 2009 Q3

19 Assess the moral arguments and political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of TWO of the following. Missouri Compromise, Mexican War, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska-Act.

E Y 2000 Q3

19 Analyze the effectiveness of political compromise in reducing sectional tensions in the period 1820-1861.

E Y 2004 Q3

19 In what ways and to what extent was industrial development from 1800 to 1860 a factor in the relationship between the northern and the southern states?

E Y 2006B Q3

19 For the period between 1844 and the Civil War, evaluate the impact of slavery as a political issue on the history of any THREE of the political parties: Democratic Party, Free Soil Party, Know-Nothings, Republican Party, Whig Party


19 Explain the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act upon national politics, 1854-1860. E N Anonymous p337 Q3

21 Discuss the relationship between Lincoln’s goals of preserving the Union and freeing the slaves.


21 “I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races.” How can this statement of Abraham Lincoln be reconciled with his 1862 Emancipation Proclamation?

E Y 1988

22 In what ways did African Americans shape the course and consequences of theCivil War? Confine your answer to the years from 1861 to 1870.

DBQ Y 2009B

22 Discuss the political, economic, and social reforms introduced in the South between 1864 and 1877. To what extent did these reforms survive the Compromise of 1877?

E Y 1992

22 How do you account for the failure of Reconstruction to bring social and economic equality of opportunity to the former slaves?

E Y 1983

22 To what extent were the goals of Reconstruction regarding African-Americans achieved by 1900?

E Y 2014

23 Documents A-H reveal some of the problems that many farmers in the late 19 th

century (1880-1900) saw as threats to their ways of life. Using the documents and your knowledge of the period, explain the reasons for agrarian discontent and evaluate the validity of the farmers’ complaints.

DBQ Y 1983

24 In the post-Civil War United States, corporations grew significantly in number, size, and influence. Assess the impact of big business on the economy and politics and the responses of Americans to these changes. Confine your answer to the period 1870 to 1900.

DBQ Y 2012

24 To what extent and for what reasons did the policies of the federal government from 1865 to 1900 violate the principle of laissez-faire, which advocated minimal governmental intervention in the economy? Consider with specific reference to the following three areas of policy: railroad land grants, control of interstate commerce, and antitrust activities.

DBQ Y 1979

24 How successful was organized labor in improving the position of workers in the period from 1875 to 1900? Analyze the factors that contributed to the level of success achieved.

DBQ Y 2000

24 Analyze the impact of technological innovations on the lives of TWO of the following groups. Confine your answer to the period 1865-1920: factory workers, middle-class urban residents, Midwestern farmers.

E Y 2013 Q4

24 Choose TWO of the following organizations and explain their strategies for advancing the interests of workers. To what extent were these organizations successful in achieving their objectives? Confine your answer to the period from 1875 to 1925. Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, Socialist Party of America, Industrial Workers of the World

E Y 2009 Q4

24 The period 1870 to 1900 experienced more conflict than consensus over labor relations. Assess the validity of this statement with respect to TWO of the following: Government, Industrialists, Organized Labor.


24 Analyze the ways in which farmers and industrial workers responded to industrialization in the Gilded Age (1865-1900).

E Y 2003B Q4

24 Analyze the impact of any TWO of the following on the American industrial worker between 1865 and 1900: Government actions, immigration, labor unions, technological change.

E Y 1998

25 Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois offered different strategies for dealing with the problems of poverty and discrimination faced by black Americans at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Using the documents and your knowledge of the period 1877-1915, assess the appropriateness of each of these strategies in the historical context in which each was developed.

DBQ Y 1989

25 Following Reconstruction, many southern leaders promoted the idea of a “New South.” To what extent was this “New South” a reality by the time of World War I? In your answer be sure to address two of the following: Economic Development, Politics, Race Relations.

E Y 2008 Q4

25 Identify and analyze the factors that changed the American city in the 2nd half of the 19th century.

E Y 2002B Q3

26 To what extent did the natural environment shape the development of the West beyond the Mississippi and the lives of those who lived and settled there? How important were other factors? Use both evidence from the documents and your knowledge of the period from the 1840s through the 1890s to compose your answer.

DBQ Y 1992

26 Historians have often portrayed the capitalists who shaped post-Civil War industrial America as either admirable “captains of industry” or corrupt “robber barons”. Evaluate which of these descriptions is a more accurate characterization of these capitalists.


26 Analyze the reasons for the emergence of the Populist movement in the late 19th

century. E Y 1995

26 Why did farmers express discontent during the period from 1870-1900, and what impact did their new attitudes and actions have on national politics?


26 How were the lives of the Plains Indians in the 2nd half of the 19th century affected by technological developments and government actions?

E Y 1999 Q3

26 Although the economic development of the Trans-Mississippi West is popularly associated with hardy individualism, it was in fact largely dependent on the federal government. Assess the validity of this statement.

E Y 1991

26 Evaluate the impact of the Civil War on political and economic developments in TWO of the following regions: South, North, West. Focus your answer on the period between 1865-1900.

E Y 2003 Q4

26 Explain why and how the role of the federal government changed as a result of the Civil War with respect to TWO of the following during the period 1861-1877: race relations, westward expansion, economic development.

E Y 2006 Q3

26 How and why did transportation developments spark economic growth during the period from 1860 to 1900 in the United States?

E Y 2001 Q2

26 For whom and to what extent was the American West a land of opportunity from 1865 to 1900?

E Y 2006B Q4

26 “Although the economic growth of the United States between 1860 and 1900 has been attributed to a government policy of laissez-faire, it was in fact encouraged and sustained by direct government intervention.” Assess the validity of this statement.

E Y 1998

26 To what extent did the coalition that comprised the Populists achieve its goals? E N Fast Track p413 Q4

26 Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy, and economic DBQ Y 2007 Q1

conditions changed American agriculture in the period 1865-1900. In your answer be sure to evaluate farmers’ responses to these changes.

27 Analyze the factors that influenced the Senate in ratifying the Treaty of Paris in 1899 and assess their relative significance.

DBQ Y 1975

27 To what extent was late 19th century and early 20th century US expansionism a continuation of past expansionism and to what extent was it a departure?

DBQ Y 1994

28 Between 1900 and 1918 to what degree did the attitudes expressed in Supreme Court decisions concerning government regulation of business and working conditions reflect the attitudes of the political leaders of the nation? Why or why not were they in agreement?

DBQ N Barron’s p237

28 What were the main issues, ideas, and events of the Progressive Era during the period 1900-1915?

DBQ N Divine p175

29 Evaluate the effectiveness of the Progressive Era reformers and the federal government in bringing about reform at the national level. In your answer be sure to analyze the successes and limitations of these efforts in the period 1900-1920.

DBQ Y 2003B

29 “Between 1880 and 1915 labor leaders voiced sharp disagreement over the proper goals and strategies workers should follow to improve their position in American society.” Assess the validity of this statement.


29 Explain how TWO of the following individuals responded to the economic and social problems created by industrialization during the late 19th and early 20th

centuries. Jane Addams, Andrew Carnegie, Samuel Gompers, Upton Sinclair.

E Y 2007B Q4

29 To what extent did the Supreme Court advance or inhibit Progressive regulation of corporations in the period 1885 to 1920?

DBQ N Anonymous p374

29 At the turn of the century, several nations were competing for internal empires. After the Spanish-American War, the United States government sought to extend and solidify its influence in the Western hemisphere. Analyze the effects of American foreign policy in Latin America in the period 1899 to 1917.

DBQ N Anonymous p332

29 Analyze the effectiveness of Progressive Era reformers in addressing problems of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In your answer, focus on reform efforts in TWO of the following areas: State and federal government, the workplace, living

E Y 2010B Q4

conditions in cities.29 Analyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s

through 1920. Focus your essay on TWO of the following: Politics, Social Conditions, Labor/Working Conditions.

E Y 2010 Q4

29 To what extent did the role of the federal government change under President Theodore Roosevelt in regard to TWO of the following: labor, trusts, conservation, world affairs.

E Y 2007 Q4

29 How successful were progressive reforms during the period 1890 to 1915 with respect to TWO of the following: industrial conditions, urban life, politics?

E Y 2005B Q4

29 Analyze the reasons for the popularity of the Progressive movement during the first two decades of the twentieth century.


30 It was the strength of the opposition forces, both liberal and conservative, rather than the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles. Using the documents and your knowledge of the period 1917-1921, assess the validity of this statement.

DBQ Y 1991

30 Compare and contrast the foreign policies of Theodore Roosevelt andWoodrow Wilson.

E Y 2011 Q4

30 Analyze the ways in which the federal government sought support on the home front for the war effort during the First World War.

E Y 2007B Q5

30 “The United States entered World War I not ‘to make the world safe for democracy’ as President Wilson proclaimed, but to safeguard American economic interests.” Assess the validity of this statement.

E Y 1989

30 Assess the relative influence of THREE of the following in the American decision to declare war on Germany in 1917. Germany naval policy, American economic interests, Woodrow Wilson’s idealism, allied propaganda, America’s claim to world power.

E Y 1995

30 Which factor – self-interest or idealism – was more important in driving American foreign policy in the years 1895 to 1920?


30 When World War I broke out, the United States declared its policy of neutrality. DBQ N Cracking p194

Was the United States ever neutral in the conflict, and if so, when did it change to a policy favoring the Allies?

30 Analyze the primary causes of the population shift from a rural to an urban environment in the United States between 1875 and 1925.

E Y 2004B Q4

30 Historians have argued that Progressive reform lost momentum in the 1920s. Evaluate this statement with respect to TWO of the following: regulation of business, labor, immigrants.

E Y 2006 Q4

31 Analyze the origins and outcomes of the intense cultural conflicts of the 1920s. In your response, focus on TWO of the following: Immigration, Prohibition, Religion.

E Y 2012 Q4

31 How did TWO of the following help shape American national culture in the 1920s? Advertising, entertainment, mass production.

E Y 2006B Q5

31 Analyze the factors that influenced Congress to pass the Immigration Act of 1924. DBQ Y 197331 What accounts for the success of the prohibition movement in the United States

during the era of progressive reform, 1900-1919?DBQ Y 1978

31 The 1920s have been characterized as a decade of economic, social, and cultural change. Analyze the extent to which the First World War and consumerism affected United States society during this period.

DBQ Y AP Central Practice Test

31 The 1920s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on one hand and traditional values and nostalgia on the other. What led to the tension between old and new, and in what ways was the tension manifested?

DBQ Y 1986

31 In what ways did economic conditions and development in the arts and entertainment help create the reputation of the 1920s as the Roaring Twenties?

E Y 1999 Q4

31 To what extent did the United States achieve the objectives that led it to enter World War I?

E Y 2000 Q4

31 Describe and account for the rise of nativism in American society from 1900 to 1930.

E Y 2001 Q5

31 Explain how TWO of the following influenced US foreign policy during the 1920s: social and economic issues within the United States, war debts and reparations, political ideology.


32 Analyze the causes of the Great Depression. E N Anonymous

p338 Q433 President Franklin D. Roosevelt is commonly thought of as a liberal and President

Herbert Hoover as a conservative. To what extent are these characterizations valid?DBQ Y 1984

33 Analyze the responses of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration to the problems of the Great Depression. How effective were these responses? How did they change the role of the federal government? Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1929-1941 to construct your essay.

DBQ Y 2003

33 Discuss the Great Depression and its impact on the United States. DBQ N Divine p19233 How successful were the programs of the New Deal in solving the problems of the

Great Depression? Assess with respect to TWO of the following: Relief, Recovery, Reform.

E Y 2002B Q4

33 When Franklin Roosevelt became president of the United States, he took a number of steps to jump-start the economy. Some experts have suggested that the steps taken by Roosevelt would not have turned the economy around without the impact of World War II. In a coherent essay discuss the validity of this claim.

E N Peterson p96 Q5

33 Analyze the various groups, individuals, and movements that either challenged or presented an alternative program to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.


33 Discuss the effects of New Deal reform legislation by examining TWO of the following acts: Social Security Act, Wagner Act, Fair Labor Standards Act


34 How and for what reasons did United States foreign policy change between 1920 and 1941?

DBQ Y 2004B

34 “American foreign policy leading up to involvement in the Second World War was greatly influenced by the continuing debate over the ‘lessons’ of the 1914-1929 period.” Assess the validity of this statement by considering the issues of American foreign policy in the period from 1914 to 1929 and the appropriateness of these “lessons” to the period from 1930 to 1941.


34 To what extent did the goals of American foreign policy change in the years 1930-1941? For what reasons did these goals change?


35 The United States decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-WWII era rather than

DBQ Y 1988

a strictly military measure designed to force Japan’s unconditional surrender. Evaluate this statement using the documents and your knowledge of the military and diplomatic history of the years 1939 through 1947.

35 It is often claimed that the major American wars of the last 150 years have resulted in the most important social and political gains of minorities and women. Evaluate this statement with regard to the experiences of minorities and women during World War II.

DBQ N Kaplan p352

35 Analyze the home-front experiences of TWO of the following groups during theSecond World War. African Americans, Japanese Americans, Jewish Americans,Mexican Americans.

E Y 2009 Q5

35 In what ways did World War II unleash the movements for racial and gender equality?


36 Analyze developments from 1941 to 1949 that increased suspicion and tension between the United States and the Soviet Union.

DBQ Y 2006B

36 “Harry Truman was a realistic, pragmatic President who skillfully led the American people against the menace posed by the Soviet Union.” Assess the validity of this generalization for President Truman’s foreign policy from 1945 to 1953.

E Y 1984

36 Evaluate the success of the containment policies of the Truman administration. E N Anonymous p338 Q5

37 What were the Cold War fears of the American people in the aftermath of the Second World War? How successfully did the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower address these fears?

DBQ Y 2001

37 To what extent did the decade of the 1950s deserve its reputation as an age of political, social, and cultural conformity?

E Y 1994

37 Evaluate the impact of the Second World War on the United States in the 1950s and 1960s in terms of TWO of the following: Education, International Relations, Science and Technology.


37 How do you account for the appeal of McCarthyism in the United States in the era E Y 1997

following World War II? 37 What were the major issues and events of the Cold War during the period 1945-

1960?DBQ N Divine p212

37 While the United States appeared to be dominated by consensus and conformity in the 1950s, some Americans reacted against the status quo. Analyze the critiques of United States society made by TWO of the following: youth, civil rights activists, and intellectuals.

E Y 2006 Q5

37 Discuss the impact of the second “Red Scare” on American politics in the 1950s. E N Kaplan p357 Q438 Explain the causes of the rise of a women’s rights movement in the period 1940-

1975.DBQ Y 2016

38 How do the attitudes and impressions in the documents indicate that racism was still prevalent in the United States from World War I to the 1960s?

DBQ N Fast Track p375

38 Historians tend to portray the 1950s as a decade of prosperity, conformity, and consensus, and the 1960s as a decade of turbulence, protest, and disillusionment. Do you agree or disagree with this view?


38 Analyze the extent to which TWO of the following transformed American society in the 1960s and 1970s: civil rights movement, antiwar movement, women’s movement.

E Y 2005 Q5

38 1968 was a turning point for the United States. To what extent is this an accurate assessment? In your answer, discuss TWO of the following: national politics, Vietnam War, civil rights.

E Y 1998

38 Between 1954 and 1975 various groups in the United States engaged in protest. Analyze the reasons that protest emerged in this period for TWO of the following groups: African-Americans, college students, Latino Americans, women.

E Y 2013 Q5

38 Analyze the changes that occurred during the 1960s in the goals, strategies, and support of the movement for African American civil rights.

DBQ Y 1995

38 Discuss, with respect to TWO of the following, the view that the 1960s represented a period of profound cultural change. Education, Gender Roles, Music, Race Relations

E Y 2000 Q5

38 In what ways did the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson respond to the DBQ Y 2007B

political, economic, and social problems of the United States? Assess the effectiveness of these responses. Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1960-1970 to construct your response.

38 Why did American public opinion turn against the war in Vietnam by the late 1960s?


38 Despite the mixed records of Presidents John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon and the divisions within the civil rights movement, the 1960s is a notable decade in US history for the profound success of the black civil rights movement. Assess the validity of this statement.


38 Although the 1960s are usually considered the decade of greatest achievement for black civil rights, the 1940s and 1950s were periods of equally important gains. Assess the validity of this statement.

E Y 1991

38 Analyze the ways in which the Vietnam War heightened social, political, and economic tensions in the United States. Focus your answer on the period 1964 to 1975.

DBQ Y 2008

39 Analyze the international and domestic challenges the United States faced between 1968 and 1974, and evaluate how President Richard Nixon’s administration responded to them.

DBQ Y 2011

39 Analyze the ways in which the events and trends of the 1970s diminished the nation’s economic power and international influence, and challenged Americans’ confidence in both.

E Y 2009B Q5

39 To what extent did American society’s views of women change from the World War I era to the mid 1970s?

DBQ N Fast Track p408

39 Analyze the effects of the Vietnam War on TWO of the following in the United States in the period from 1961 to 1975: the presidency, the population between 18 and 35 years old, Cold War diplomacy.

E Y 2010B Q5

39 Analyze the successes and failures of the United States Cold War policy of containment as it developed in TWO of the following regions in the world during the period 1945-1975. East and Southeast Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East.

E Y 2004 Q5

39 Assess the success of the United States policy of containment in Asia between 1945 and 1975.

E Y 1999 Q5

39 Describe and account for the changes in the American presidency between 1960 and 1975, as symbolized by Kennedy’s “Camelot”, Johnson’s Great Society, and Nixon’s Watergate. In your answer, address the powers of the presidency and the role of the media.

E Y 2003B Q5

39 “Between 1960 and 1975, there was great progress in the struggle for political and social equality.” Assess the validity of this statement with respect to TWO of the following groups during that period: African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, women.

E Y 2004B Q5

39 Analyze the ways in which TWO of the following contributed to the changes in women’s lives in the United States in the mid-twentieth century. Wars, literature and/or popular culture, medical and/or technological advances.

E Y 2005B Q5

39 Discuss TWO cultural and social changes that America experienced during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

E N Kaplan p357 Q5

39 Discuss the ways in which TWO of the following changed both the social fabric and political structure of America during the 1960s: social and economic issues within the US, the civil rights movement, the women’s movement, the Vietnam War


40 In the years 1964-2000, what factors contributed to the resurgence of conservatism in American politics and government?


Thematic Evaluate the extent to which the ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution marked a turning point in the history of US politics and society.

E Y 2016

Thematic Evaluate the extent to which US participation in the First World War marked a turning point in the nation’s role in world affairs.

E Y 2016

Thematic Explain the reasons why a new conservatism rose to prominence in the United States between 1960 and 1989.

DBQ Y 2015 Q1

Thematic Explain the social, economic, and foreign policy goals of New Right conservatives from the 1960s to the 1980s and assess the degree to which the Reagan administration succeeded in implementing these goals in the 1980s.

E Y 2014 Q5

Thematic To what extent did political parties contribute to the development of national unity in the United States between 1790 and 1840 ?

E Y 2011 Q3

Thematic Compare and contrast the ways that many Americans expressed their opposition toimmigrants in the 1840s–1850s with the ways that many Americans expressed theiropposition to immigrants in the 1910s–1920s.

E Y 2011 Q4

Thematic African American leaders have responded to racial discrimination in theUnited States in a variety of ways. Compare and contrast the goals and strategiesof African American leaders in the 1890s –1920s with the goals and strategies ofAfrican American leaders in the 1950s –1960s.

E Y 2011 Q5

Thematic Explain the origins of TWO of the following third parties and evaluate their impact on United States politics and national policies. The People’s Party (Populists), 1892; The Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party), 1912; The States’ Rights Party (Dixiecrats), 1948; The American Independent Party, 1968

E Y 2009B Q4

Thematic “Landslide presidential victories do not ensure continued political effectiveness or legislative success.” Assess the validity of this statement by comparing TWO of the following presidential administrations. Franklin Roosevelt (1936), Lyndon Johnson (1964), Richard Nixon (1972), Ronald Reagan (1984)

E Y 2007 Q5

Thematic Americans have sometimes resorted to using extralegal means to promote change. Assess the extent to which such measures were effective by analyzing EACH of the following: Boston Tea Party, John Brown’s raid at Harper’s Ferry.


Thematic Describe the patterns of immigration in TWO of the periods listed below. Compare and contrast the responses of Americans to immigrants in these periods: 1820 to 1860, 1880 to 1924, 1965 to 2000.

E Y Q4

Thematic In what ways was the change in the political control of the federal government a E N Barron’s p242

result of economic issues in TWO of the following presidential elections? McKinley’s defeat of Cleveland in 1896, Wilson’s defeat of Taft in 1912, Roosevelt’s defeat of Hoover in 1932, Reagan’s defeat of Carter in 1980

Q4

Thematic Discuss the impact of TWO of the following wars on the domestic politics in the United States: War of 1812, Mexican War, Spanish-American War

E N Kaplan p357 Q3

Thematic Analyze the ways in which TWO of the following shaped American politics after the 2nd World War: anticommunism in the 1940s and 1950s, the women’s liberation movement, the ‘silent majority’ in the 1970s.

E Y 2002B Q5

Thematic Social changes impact societies on an irregular basis. It has been said that the Jacksonian and post-World War I periods were times of great social change. Support or refute the statement.


Thematic Compare and contrast the women’s rights movement of the 1840s–1860s with thewomen’s rights movement of the 1960s–1980s.

E Y 2011B Q5

Thematic “Vice-presidents who have succeeded to the presidency on the death of the President have been less effective in their conduct of domestic and foreign policy than the men they replaced.” Assess the validity of this statement for any TWO of the following pairs: McKinley and Roosevelt, Roosevelt and Truman, Kennedy and Johnson.

E Y 1989

Thematic Explain the causes and consequences of TWO of the following population movements in the United States during the period 1945-1985: Suburbanization, Growth of the Sun Belt, Immigration to the United States

E Y 2010 Q5

Thematic The issue of territorial expansion sparked considerable debate in the period1800–1855. Analyze this debate and evaluate the influence of both supporters and opponents of territorial expansion in shaping federal government policy.

DBQ Y 2010B

Thematic How did the African American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s address the failures of Reconstruction?

E Y 2002 Q5

Thematic In 1945, Winston Churchill said that the United States stood at the summit of the E Y 1992

world. Discuss the developments in the thirty years following Churchill’s speech which called the global preeminence of the United States into question.

Thematic Compare and contrast United States foreign policy after the First World War and after the Second World War. Consider the periods 1919-1928 and 1945-1950.

E Y 2002 Q4

Thematic Evaluate the impact of TWO of the following in diffusing tensions during the 19 th

century: Compromise of 1820, Compromise of 1833, Compromise of 1877. E N Anonymous

p337 Q2Thematic Compare and contrast the programs and policies designed by reformers of the

Progressive Era to those designed by reformers of the New Deal period. Confine your answer to programs and policies that addressed the needs of those living in poverty.

E Y 2004 Q4

Thematic Although the power of the national government increased during the early republic, this development faced serious opposition. Compare the motives and effectiveness of those opposed to the growing power of the national government in TWO of the following: Whiskey Rebellion (1794), Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions (1798-1799), Hartford Convention (1814-1815), Nullification Crisis (1832-1833)

E Y 2003B Q3

Thematic Compare and contrast United States society in the 1920s and the 1950s with respect to TWO of the following: race relations, role of women, consumerism.

E Y 2003 Q5

Thematic Discuss the impact of third-party candidates in TWO of the following elections: 1912, 1948, 1968.


Thematic Prior to American involvement in both World War I and World War II, the United States adopted an official policy of neutrality. Compare the policy and its modification during the period 1914-1917 to the policy and its modification during the period 1939-1941.

E Y 1982

Thematic During the past four decades, historians consistently have rated Washington, Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt as the greatest presidents. Assess the greatness of any TWO of these chief executives, making clear the criteria on which you base your judgment.

E Y 1985

Thematic Discuss the changing ideals of American womanhood between the American Revolution and the outbreak of the Civil War. What factors fostered the emergence of “republican motherhood” and the “cult of domesticity”? Assess the extent to

DBQ Y 2006

which these ideals influenced the lives of women during this period. In your answer be sure to consider issues of race and class.

Thematic Analyze the extent to which the Spanish-American War was a turning point inAmerican foreign policy.

E Y 2008B Q4

Thematic Compare and contrast the post-WWI Red Scare with the anticommunism crusade after World War II.


Thematic “Both the Mexican-American War and the Spanish-American War were premeditated affairs resulting from deliberately calculated schemes of robbery on the part of a superior power against weak and defenseless neighbors.” Assess the validity of this statement.

E Y 1986

Thematic Analyze the ways in which TWO of the following influenced the development of American society: Puritanism in the late 17th century, the Great Awakening in the 18th century, The 2nd Great Awakening in the 19th century.

E Y 1994

Thematic Presidential elections between 1928 and 1948 revealed major shifts in political party loyalties. Analyze both the reasons for these changes and their consequences during this period.

E Y 2008 Q5

Thematic Compare the expansionist foreign policies of Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James K. Polk. To what extent did their policies strengthen the United States?

E Y 1993

Thematic Compare the debates that took place over the American expansionism in the 1840s with those that took place in the 1890s, analyzing the similarities and differences in the debates of the two eras.

E Y 1992

Thematic Although historically represented as distinct parties, the Federalists and the Whigs in fact shared a common political ideology, represented many of the same interest groups, and proposed similar programs and policies. Assess the validity of this statement.

E Y 1991

Thematic Compare and contrast the attitudes of THREE of the following toward the wealth that was created in the United States during the late nineteenth century: Andrew Carnegie, Horatio Alger, Ida Tarbell, Eugene Debs, Booker T. Washington.

E Y 1994

Thematic In what ways were the late 19th century Populists the heirs of Jacksonian Democrats with respect to overall objectives and specific proposals for reform.

E Y 1989

Thematic Analyze the extent to which the 1920s and 1950s were similar in TWO of thefollowing areas: Impact of technology, Intolerant attitudes, Literary developments.

E Y 2008B Q5

Thematic For the years 1880 to 1925, analyze both the tensions surrounding the issue of immigration and the United States government’s response to these tensions. Use the following documents and your knowledge of the period from 1880 to 1925.

DBQ Y 2008B

Thematic Compare and contrast the Cold War foreign policies of TWO of the following presidents: Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon.

E Y 2012 Q5

Thematic How and why did the goals of United States foreign policy change from the end of the First World War to the end of the Korean War?

DBQ Y 2014 Q1

Thematic Evaluate the extent to which the ratification of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote, marked a turning point in women’s history.

E Y 2017 Q3