2011
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Analyze the origins and development of slavery in Britain’s North American colonies I the period 1607 to 1776
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Compare and contrast the ways that many Americans expressed their opposition to immigrants in the 1840s—1850s with the ways that many Americans expressed their opposition to immigrants in the 1910s—1920s.
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To what extent did political parties contribute to the development of national unity in the United States between 1790 and 1840.
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African American leaders have responded to racial discrimination in the United States in a variety of ways. Compare and contrast the goals and strategies of African American leaders in the 1890s—1920s with the goals and strategies of African American leaders in the 1950s—1960s.
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2010
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Analyze the political, diplomatic, and military reasons for the United States victory in the Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775-1783.
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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 and working conditions
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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.
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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
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2009
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Analyze the ways in which British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 intensified colonials’ resistance to British rule and their commitment to republican values.
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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
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Analyze the social, political, and economic forces of the 1840s and early 1850s that led to the emergence of the Republican Party.
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Analyze the home-front experiences of TWO of the following groups during the Second World War.
African Americans
Japanese Americans
Jewish Americans
Mexican Americans
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2008
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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
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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
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Analyze the impact of the market revolution (1815-1860) on the economies of TWO of the following regions.
The Northeast
The Midwest
The South
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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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2007
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Settlers in the eighteenth-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
Regulator movement
Shays’ Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion
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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
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In what ways did the Second Great Awakening in the North influence TWO of the following?
Abolitionism
Temperance
The cult of domesticity
Utopian communities
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“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)
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2006
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Analyze the differences between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English colonies in New England in the seventeenth century in terms of TWO of the following:
Politics
Religion
Economic development
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Historians have argued that Progressive reform lost momentum in the 1920’s. Evaluate this statement with respect to TWO of the following.
Regulation of business
Labor
Immigrants
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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
Economic development
Westward expansion
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While the United States appeared to be dominated by consensus and conformity in the 1950’s, some Americans reacted against the status quo. Analyze the critiques of United States society made by TWO of the following.
Youth
Civil Rights Activists
Intellectuals
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2005
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Compare and contrast the ways in which economic development affected politics in Massachusetts and Virginia in the period from 1607 to 1750.
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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
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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?
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Analyze the extent to which TWO of the following transformed American society in the 1960s and 1970s.
The Civil Rights movement
The Antiwar movement
The women’s movement
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2004
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Analyze the impact of the American Revolution on both slavery and the status of women in the period from 1776-1800.
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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.
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Analyze the effectiveness of political compromise in reducing sectional tensions in the period 1820 to 1863.
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Analyze the successes and failures of the United States Cold War policy of containment as it developed in TWO of the following regions of the world during the period 1945 to 1975.
East and Southeast Asia
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
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2003
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Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems that confronted the new nation.
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Evaluate the impact of the Civil War on political and economic developments in TWO of the following regions.
The South
The North
The West
Focus your answer on the period between 1865 and 1900.
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In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820 to 1860?
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Compare and contrast United States society in the 1920s and 1950s with respect to TWO of the following:
Race relations
Role of women
Consumerism
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2002
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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
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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.
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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
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How did the African American Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s address the failures of the Reconstruction?
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2001
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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?
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How and why did transportation developments spark economic growth during the period from 1860 to 1900 in the United States?
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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
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Describe and account for the rise of nativism in American society from 1900 to 1930
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2000
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Analyze the cultural and economic responses of TWO of the following groups to the Indians of North America before 1750.
British
French
Spanish
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To what extent did the United States achieve the objectives that led it to enter the First World War?
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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
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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
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1999
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How did TWO of the following contribute to the re-emergence of a two party system in the period 1820 to 1840?
Major political personalities
States’ right
Economic issues
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In what ways did economic conditions and developments in the arts and entertainment help create the reputation of the 1920's as the Roaring Twenties?
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How were the lives of the Plains Indians in the second half of the nineteenth century affected by technological developments and government actions?
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Assess the success of the United States policy of containment in Asia between 1945 and 1975.
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1998
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Analyze the extent to which religious freedom existed in the British North American colonies prior to 1700.
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To what extent and why did the United States adopt an isolationist policy in the 1920s and 1930s?
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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
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“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
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1997
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Analyze the extent to which the American Revolution represented a radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions. Confine your answer to the period 1775 to 1800.
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Analyze the economic consequences of the Civil War with respect to any TWO of the following in the United States between 1865 and 1880.
agriculture
labor
industrialization
transportation
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Discuss the impact of territorial expansion on national unity between 1800 and 1850.
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How do you account for the appeal of McCarthyism in the United States in the era following the Second World War?
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1996
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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
western lands
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Analyze the ways in which the Great Depression altered the American social fabric in the 1930s.
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Analyze the extent to which TWO of the following influenced the development of democracy between 1820 and 1840.
Jacksonian economic policy
changes in electoral politics
Second Great Awakening
westward movement
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Analyze the influence of TWO of the following on American-Soviet relations in the decade following the Second World War.
Yalta Conference
Communist revolution in China
Korean War
McCarthyism
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1995
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For the period before 1750, analyze the ways in which Britain’s policy of salutary neglect influenced the development of American society as illustrated in the following.
Legislative assemblies
Commerce
Religion
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Analyze the reasons for the emergence of the Populist movement in the late 19th century.
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Analyze the ways in which supporters of slavery in the 19th century used legal, religious, and economic arguments to defend the institution of slavery.
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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
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1994
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Analyze the ways in which TWO of the following influenced the development of American society.
Puritanism during the 17th century
the Great Awakening during the 18th century
the Second Great Awakening during the 19th century
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Compare and contrast the attitudes of THREE of the following toward the wealth that was created in the United States during the late 19th century.
Andrew Carnegie
Eugene V. Debs
Horatio Alger
Booker T. Washington
Ida M. Tarbell
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Evaluate the relative importance of domestic and foreign affairs in shaping American politics in the 1790s.
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To what extent did the decade of the 1950s deserve its reputation as an age of political, social, and cultural conformity?
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1993
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Compare the expansionist foreign policies of Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James K. Polk. To what extent did their policies strengthen the United States?
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Identify THREE of the following New Deal measures and analyze the ways in which each of the three attempted to fashion a more stable economy and a more equitable society.
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Securities and Exchange Commission
Wagner National Labor Relations Act
Social Security Act
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In what ways did the early 19th century reform movements for abolition and women’s rights illustrate both the strengths and the weaknesses of democracy in the early American republic
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Describe THREE of the following and analyze the ways in which each of the three has affected the status of women in American society since 1940.
Changing economic conditions
The rebirth of an organized women’s movement
Advances in reproductive technology
The persistence of traditional definitions of women’s roles
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