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The College Board
Advanced Placement Examination
UNITED STATES HISTORY
SECTION I1
Part A
(Suggested writing time-45
minutes)
Percent of Section I1 score-45
Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of
Documents A-H g your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only by
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essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period.
1. Analyze the changes that occurred during the 1960's in the goals, strategies, and support of the movement for African American civil rights.
Use the documents and your knowledge of the history of the 1960's to construct your response
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Document A
Source: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) statement of purpose, April 1960
We affirm the philosophical or religious ideal of nonviolence as the foundation of our purpose, the presupposition of our faith, and the manner of our action. Nonviolence as it grows from Judaic-Christian traditions seeks a social order of justice permeated by love. Integration of human endeavor represents the crucial first step towards such a society.
Through nonviolence, courage displaces fear; love transforms hate. Acceptance dissipates prejudice; hope ends despair. Peace dominates war; faith reconciles doubt. Mutual regard cancels enmity. Justice for all overthrows injustice. The redemptive community supersedes systems of gross social immorality.
Copyright O 1995 by College Entrance Examination Board and Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
Document B
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Source: Martin Luther King, Jr., letter from the Birmingham jail, 1963
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My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
I think I should indicate why I am here in Birmingham since you have been influenced by the view which argues against "outsiders coming in." I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian
Leadership
Advanced Placement Examination
UNITED STATES HISTORY
SECTION I1
Part A
(Suggested writing time-45
minutes)
Percent of Section I1 score-45
Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of
Documents A-H g your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only by
&
essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period.
1. Analyze the changes that occurred during the 1960's in the goals, strategies, and support of the movement for African American civil rights.
Use the documents and your knowledge of the history of the 1960's to construct your response
I
Document A
Source: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) statement of purpose, April 1960
We affirm the philosophical or religious ideal of nonviolence as the foundation of our purpose, the presupposition of our faith, and the manner of our action. Nonviolence as it grows from Judaic-Christian traditions seeks a social order of justice permeated by love. Integration of human endeavor represents the crucial first step towards such a society.
Through nonviolence, courage displaces fear; love transforms hate. Acceptance dissipates prejudice; hope ends despair. Peace dominates war; faith reconciles doubt. Mutual regard cancels enmity. Justice for all overthrows injustice. The redemptive community supersedes systems of gross social immorality.
Copyright O 1995 by College Entrance Examination Board and Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved.
Document B
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Source: Martin Luther King, Jr., letter from the Birmingham jail, 1963
I
My Dear Fellow Clergymen:
I think I should indicate why I am here in Birmingham since you have been influenced by the view which argues against "outsiders coming in." I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian
Leadership