AP US History

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AP US History

• Review of key info

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Answer these Q orally

• 1) When is the test? Friday, May 6
• 2) What should you bring the day of the test?
  Pencils, pens (for essays), watch
• 3) How many multiple choice questions will you
  answer on the test? 80
• 4) How many minutes do you have in order to work
  on the MC section? 55
• 5) Should you guess? Why or why not? Yes! There
  is no penalty for guessing

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• 6) How long is the mandatory reading period for
  the DBQ essay portion? 15 minutes
• 7) How much time are you given for writing the
  essays (in addition to 6)? 1 hour, 55 minutes
• 8) How many essays will you write? 3

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• 9) What is the first thing you should do when you
  read the essay prompts? Restate Q in your own
  words
• 10) What is a thesis? Roadmap answer to your
  restated Q
• 11) What are buckets? Ideas for paragraphs
• 12) What are two key components, besides a
  thesis, that must be in your DBQ response?
  Documents, outside knowledge

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PLEASE REMEMBER

• Testing will be at Northeastern Illinois
  University
• Arrive at RHS by 7AM
• You will walk to NEIU together
• Testing in LWH building, room 3109

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Patterns in essay Q

• COLONIAL PERIOD TO END OF FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
  (1763)

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• Spanish, French, British settlement patterns
• American Indian interaction with settlers (either
  related to the 3 countries above or N/S colonies)
• Geography, religion, social life, politics,
  economic development
• Regional differences in British colonies
• Specific events (see 2003 alt Q)
• Britains motivations for colonization

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• 1763-1787 REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND AMERICAN
  CONSTITUTION

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• British acts/colonial reactions that escalated
  tensions rank order importance
• Reasons why colonies won Revolutionary War
• Articles of Confederation motivations for
  structure, positives/negatives (assess)
• Articles vs. Constitution
• Constitutional compromises, motivations of
  writers, influences

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• 1787-1823 FEDERALIST ERA, JEFFERSONIAN PERIOD,
  ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS

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• Constitution in action first decade
• Election of 1800 revolutionary nature
• Assessment of specific Founding Fathers
• Domestic and foreign affairs of 1790sreview
  these!

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• 1824-1850 JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY, SOCIAL REFORMS,
  UTOPIAS, MANIFEST DESTINY

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• Republican, free soil partiesmotivations
• Immigration (which groups political, economic,
  social tensions)
• Market transportation revolutions
• Jacksonian era of common man, political
  developments/parties
• 2nd Great Awakening (compare to 1st)
• Reform movementshow successful
• Manifest destiny Mex-Amer War

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• 1850-1877 EVENTS LEADING TO CIVIL WAR CIVIL WAR
  AND RECONSTRUCTION

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• How and why certain events contributed to war
  most important?
• Changing role of federal government (economics,
  West, race)
• Consequences of war for farming, industry, labor,
  transportation (1997)
• Impact on South regional differences in
  development
• Reconstructionsuccess/failure, impact on blacks
• Something about Lincoln?

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HOMEWORK!

• 1) Make a list of trends you see in 1860-1917,
  1914-1945, 1945 to present sections
• 2) Make a list of time periods you need to be
  able to compare
• 3) Skim DBQ questions list 3 predictions you
  have about what the DBQ will be this year (ranked
  1-3) 5 to winner!

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• 1860-1917 GILDED AGE, EXPANSIONISM, POPULISM,
  PROGRESSIVISM

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• Westward expansion, transportation, end to
  frontier/Native life on Plains
• Womens roles/specific people in Progressivism
  (2007 alt also 1994)
• Theodore Roosevelt government roles
• Progressive reforms and how successful
  political, economic, social
• City life new immigration patterns unions
• Farmers and Populism
• Spanish-American War/Monroe Doctrine revisited

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• 1914-1945 WWI, ROARING 20s, DEPRESSION/NEW DEAL,
  WWII

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• Home front during wartime for different groups,
  government role
• Changing role of government
• End of Progressivism
• WWI entry, objectives, outcome, treaty
• 20s cultural topics, Red Scare
• 30s life changes, success/failure of New Deal,
  specific programs
• 40s isolation to war
• review literature of time period!

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• COLD WAR, 1945 ONWARD 1950s-1980s IN AMERICA

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• Population movements
• Cold War events success/failure of containment
  in Asia, Latin America, Europe, etc. McCarthy
• 1950s conformity, consensus
• 1960s change, rebellion, disillusionment 1968
• Korea, Vietnam War, Civil Rights Movement
• 1970s diminishing of US power, silent majority
• 1980s conservatism
• Groups women, blacks, Latinos, etc.
• Presidencies Eisenhower, Kennedy (New Frontier),
  Johnson (Great Society), etc.
• Gulf War and some current events (for MC)

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COMPARISONS

• Colonial/revolutionary period vs. constitutional
  era
• Religion Puritans, 2 GAs
• Patterns in territorial expansion (first ½ of
  19th c, 1840s vs. 1890sMex-Amer vs.
  Spanish-Amer)
• Government role in business, expansion
• Slavery issues to 1865 regional trends/freedom
• Supreme court case trends
• Industrial development/inventions and
  transportation over time (1900s)
• Reform 1840s to 1890s
• Immigration/nativism 1840s to 1890s, recent

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• Womens role over time (colonial to post-CW era,
  CW era to 20th c 1950s to 1960s)
• Major political elections/periods (yuck)
• Political parties over time
• Civil Rights CW/Reconstr. vs. 1960s
• Population movements over time
• 1920s vs. 1950s, 1950s vs. 1960s
• New Deal vs. Great Society
• Foreign policy/home frontworld wars
• Labor movement over time (1985)

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MOST RECENT DBQs (so it probably wont be these
topics).

• Puritans/New England 1630-1660s
• Territorial expansion, 1800-1855
• African-Americans 1775-1830
• African-Americans Civil War 1860s
• Vietnam War 1960s-1970s
• Immigration 1880-1925
• Agriculture 1865-1900
• Johnson 1960-1970
• Womanhood 1770s-1860
• Tensions with Soviets 1940-1949