DBQ: (Form A)
1. Analyze the international and domestic challenges the United States faced between 1968 and 1974, and evaluate how President Richard Nixon’s administration responded to them.
(Form B)
1. Explain the ways that participation in political campaigns and elections in the United States changed between 1815 and 1840, and analyze forces and events that led to these changes.
2010
DBQ: (Form A)
1. In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political, economic, and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s?
(Form B)
1. The issue of territorial expansion sparked considerable debate in the period 1800–1855.
Analyze this debate and evaluate the influence of both supporters and opponents of territorial expansion in shaping federal government policy.
2009
DBQ: (Form A)
From 1775 to 1830, many African Americans gained freedom from slavery, yet during the same period the institution of slavery expanded. Explain why BOTH of those changes took place. Analyze the ways that BOTH free African Americans and enslaved African Americans responded to the challenges confronting them.
(Form B)
In what ways did African Americans shape the course and consequences of the Civil War?
Confine your answer to the years from 1861 to 1870.
2008
DBQ (Form A)
Analyze the ways in which the Vietnam War heightened social, political, and economic tensions in the United States. Focus your answer on the period 1964 to 1975.
(Form B)
For the years 1880 to 1925, analyze both the tensions surrounding the issue of immigration and the United States government’s response to these tensions.
Use the following documents and your knowledge of the period from 1880 to 1925 to construct your answer.
2007
DBQ (Form A)
Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy and economic conditions changes American agriculture in the period 1865 – 1900.
In your answer be sure to evaluate farmers’