1. Themes American Diversity American Identity Culture Demographic Change
Economic Transformation
Environment
Globalization
Politics and Citizenship
Reform
Religion
Slavery and Its Legacy
War and Diplomacy

2. Scoring MC: 90 FRQs: 90 (2001) 5: 114-180 (>63%)
DBQ: 40.5
FRQs (2x): 24.75
(2001)
5: (>63%)
4: (>51%)
3: (>41%)
2: (>23%)
1: 0-41

3. Recent DBQ Topics 1999: Pre-Revolution Identity
2000: Labor Unions
2001: Ike and Cold War Fears
2002: Antebellum Reform (B: Era of Good Feelings
2003:New Deal (B: Progressive Reform
2004: French and Indian War (B: Interwar Foreign Policy
2005: AR Revolutionary? (B: Causes Civil War
2006: Women Post-AR (B: Begin Cold War
2007: Farmers 19th (B: Johnson and Great Society
2008: Vietnam (B: Immigration
2009: Revolutionary + EAR Slavery (B: Blacks +CW+RR
2010: Puritanism (B: Antebellum Western Expansion

4. Analyze the cultural and economic responses of TWO of the following groups to the Indians of North America before 1750.
British French Spanish (00)
Compare the ways in which 2 of the following reflected tensions in colonial society:
Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)
Pueblo Revolt (1680)
Salem witchcraft trials (1692)
Stono Rebellion (1739) (03B)

5. Compare and contrast the ways in which economic development affected politics in Massachusetts and Virginia in the period from 1607 to (2006)
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 (2002)

6. Evaluate the relative importance of the following as factors prompting Americans to rebel in 1776:
Parliamentary taxation
British military measures
Restriction of civil liberties
The legacy of colonial religious and political ideas
(1992)
To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution. (1999 DBQ: )

7. Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems that confronted the new nation (2003)
Although the power of the national government increased during the Early Republic, this development often 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,
Hartford Convention,
Nullification Crisis,
(2003B)

8. 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. (02)
“Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals.” Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to the years (2002)

9. In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820 to 1860? (2003)
In what ways and to what extent was industrial development from 1800 to 1860 a factor in the relationship between the northern and southern states? (2006B)