AP EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. AP EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS A40 9.4.27

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

3. COLONIAL “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 occur?

4. Revolution In what ways did the French and Indian War (1754-63) alter the political, economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies? Use your knowledge of the period 1740-1766.

5. REVOLUTION Evaluate the relative importance of the following as factors promoting Americans to rebel: parliamentary taxation, restriction of civil liberties, British military measures and the legacy of colonial religious and political ideas.

6. REVOLUTION 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.

7. Articles of Confederation 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, economic conditions and Western lands.

8. CONSTITUTION “The United States Constitution of 1787 represented a betrayal of the ideals that inspired the American Revolution. Instead, it represented an economic and ideological victory for the traditional American political elite.” Assess the validity of this assertion.

9. EARLY REPUBLIC – JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANISM With respect to the federal Constitu-tion, the Jefferson Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists.To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison?

10. EARLY REPUBLIC – JEFFERSONIAN REPUBLICANISM Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican Party dominated national affairs in the period from 1800 to 1824. To what degree did developments during this period reflect the political, economic and social ideals of Jefferson and the Republicans?

11. Era of Good Feelings 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.

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

13. DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION/JACKSON Analyze the extent to which the following influenced the development of democracy between 1820 and 1840 • Changes in electoral politics • Jacksonian economic policy • Second Great Awakening • Westward movement

14. INDIANS: To what extent were government actions toward the Plains Indians in the second half of the 19th century a continuation of the policies and actions of the Jackson Administration toward the “Five Civilized Tribes” in the 1830s?

15. ECONOMIC GROWTH “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.

16. IMMIGRATION Describe the patterns of immigration in the periods listed below. Compare and contrast the responses of Americans to immigrants in these periods. • 1820-1860 • 1880-1924 • 1965-2000

17. REFORM: Analyze the ways in which THREE of the following reform movements influenced the development of American society in the period 1820-1860: • anti-slavery • education, • temperance, • Second Great Awakening, • utopian experiments

19. WOMEN – 19TH CENTURY How and why did the lives and status of northern middle-class women change between 1776 and 1876?

20. EXPANSION Discuss the impact of territorial expansion on national unity between 1800 & 1850.

21. Expansion & Division Analyze the effective-ness of political compromise in reducing sectional tensions in the period from 1820 to 1861.

22. CIVIL WAR & RECONSTRUCTION In what way, and to what extent, did constitutional and social developments between 1860 and 1877 amount to a revolution?

23. CIVIL WAR CONSEQUENCES Evaluate the impact of the Civil War on the political & economic development of the following regions: The South, the North, the West(Focus on the period 1865-1900)

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

25. Labor Analyze the impact of any TWO of the following on the American industrial worker between 1865 and 1900: Government actions, Immigration, Labor unions, Technological changes

26. INDUSTRIALIZATION - WORKERS & FARMERS Analyze the ways farmers and industrial workers responded to industrialization in the Gilded Age (1865-1900)

27. LABOR “The size, character, and effectiveness of the organized labor movement changed significantly during the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century.” Apply this statement to the following periods: a) 1870-1915, b) 1915-1935, c) 1935-1950

28. Populists Analyze the reasons for the emergence of the Populist Movement in the late nineteenth century

29. JACKSON & POPULISTS In what ways were the late nineteenth-century Populists the heirs of the Jacksonian Democrats with respect to overall objectives AND specific proposals for reform?

30. Imperialism To what extent was late 19th-century and early 20th-century US expansionism a continuation of past US expansionism and to what extent was it a departure?Use your knowledge of US history to 1914 to construct your answer.

31. Progressives 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.

32. AFRICAN AMERICANS 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 your knowledge of the period 1877-1915, assess the appropriateness of each of these strategies in the historical context in which each was developed.

33. AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS Compare the goals and strategies of the African American reform movement of the period 1890-1910 to the goals and strategies of the Black reform movements in the period 1950-1970.

34. Women 1840-1890 “From the 1840s through the 1890s, women’s activities in the intellectual, social, economic & political spheres effectively challenged traditional attitudes about women’s place in society.” Assess the validity

35. Women 1890-1925 To what extent did economic and political developments as well as the assumptions about the nature of women affect the position Of American women during the period 1890-1925?

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

37. 1920s The 1920s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on the one hand and traditional values and nostalgia on the other. What led to the tension be-tween old and new AND in what ways was the tension manifested?

38. 1920s & 1950s Compare and contrast U.S. society in the 1920s and 1950s with respect to the following: Race relations, role of women, consumerism

39. New Deal 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

40. PROGRESSIVES & NEW DEAL Compare and contrast the programs and policies designed by reformers of the Progressive era to those designed by reformers of the New Deal period.Be sure to include in your answer the programs and policies that addressed the needs of those living in poverty.

41. NEW DEAL & GREAT SOCIETY In what ways did the Great Society resemble the New Deal in its origins, goals, and social and political legacy? Cite specific examples and policies in support of your argument.

42. Foreign Policy 1920-41 How and for what reasons did U.S. foreign policy change between 1920 and 1941?

43. Cold War/Foreign Policy Analyze the success & failures of the U.S. Cold War policy of containment as it developed in the following regions of the world during the period 1945-1975: E&SE Asia, Europe, Latin America & Middle East

44. 20TH CENTURY REFORM “Reform movements of the twentieth century have shown continuity in their goals & strategies.” Assess the validity of this statement for the following pairs of reform movements: Progressivism & the New Deal; Women’s Suffrage & post-WWII Feminism; The New Deal & the Great Society

45. WOMEN’S RIGHTS “Reform movements of the twentieth century have shown continuity in their goals and strategies.” Assess the validity of this statement for the following reform movements: • Women’s Suffrage and • post-Second World War Feminism