Sunday, January 16, 2011

16 Essay questions from past APUSH Exams

These are Essay questions from past APUSH Exams, so this as real as it is going to get.

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


2)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.


3) Analyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era are forms from the1880s through 1920. Focus your essay on TWO of the following.
-Politics
-Social conditions
-Labor and working conditions


4) Explain the causes and consequences of TWO of the following population movements in the United States during the period 1945–1985.
-Suburbanization
-The growth of the Sun Belt
-Immigration to the United States


5)Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican values.


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


7)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


8)Explain the causes and consequences of TWO of the following population movements in the United States during the period 1945–1985.
-Suburbanization
-The growth of the Sun Belt
-Immigration to the United States

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


10) Analyze the political, economic, and religious tensions between immigrant Roman Catholics and native-born Protestants in the United States from the 1830s through the 1850s.

11)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

12)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.

13)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 

14)Analyze the impact of the market revolution(1815–1860) on the economies of TWO of the following regions.
-The Northeast

-The Midwest
-The South

15)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 the First World War? In your answer be sure to address TWO of the following.
-Economic development 

-Politics
-Race relations

16)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.

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