An AP U.S. History Document-Based Question (DBQ) Packet What is a DBQ? {Material borrowed from Collegboard.com} The AP U.S. History test consists of a multiple-choice section and an essay section. There are three essays to answer on the test‚ one of which is the DBQ. The DBQ an essay question that requires you to answer the question using the sources provided. You are given a mandatory 15-minute reading period at the beginning of the free-response section‚ and most of that time is
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#2‚ Chapter 3 of AP U.S. History. 8/9/2014. Mr. Mcfeely. 1) Puritans did not want to separate from the Church of England. They wanted to "purify" it of practices they considered too Catholic. The Puritans believed that the holy Church did not abide by the biblical commands strong enough‚ and so they didn’t like that virtuous morals. Pilgrims‚ on the other hand‚ were also called Separatists because they wanted to break all ties with the Church of England. They soon‚ fled from England around the
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The original political parties in America differed on their views of National Bank VS State banks. After many months of battling‚ they started to come up with their banks in September 17‚ 1787. Hamilton who was leading the federalist decided that it was a good idea to create a strong national bank. On the other hand‚ Jefferson who was leading the democratic-republicans thought it was a better idea to create a state bank. Hamilton believed that getting a national bank would be a place for the federal
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Civil war began in 1787? Though the Civil War itself did not begin in 1787‚ many events from that point lead up to it. Such events like the creation of the “Northwest Ordinance of 1787”. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was a system of government for the territory North of Ohio. In these territories slavery would be prohibited. While in the south cotton was becoming very profitable after the invention of the cotton gin in 1793. The southern economy depended solely on cotton production. They
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The social structure of 1800’s Russia was a rigid hierarchy. According to the 1879 census 82% of the population were peasants‚ 4% was the working class‚ 1.5% were the middle classes‚ and 12.5% were the upper classes. The peasants were small farmers that used outdated methods. They were mostly former serfs that were freed in the 1861 serf emancipation under Alexander II. This “freedom” was accompanied by a land redistribution that hurt more than helped because most of the land went to the nobles and
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Protocols of Reading in the Mid 1800’s There is nothing better than devouring a good book. We hungrily flip through pages‚ possibly even just scan the text purely to see what action lies ahead. However‚ in the 19th century‚ protocols of reading were much different than our current practices. Books‚ magazines and newspapers were seen as precious and it was a treat to be able to read for a few minutes at night. The cultural context of the 1850’s will be crucial in order to determine common practices
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Clay was fourth- threw support to John Quincy Adams- thought Jackson would be a threat John Quincy Adams chose Henry Clay as secretary of state- charge of a corrupt bargain to get public office new system of political parties were risen- Jackson and Crawford would unite as the Democratic party system- determined to place Andrew Jackson in the White House in 1828- the Whigs Adams had one of the most distinguished pre-presidential careers of any president- ambassador to many foreign countries senator
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this world for the better by finding cures and inventing useful things. What if these women hadn’t had the opportunity to perform these actions? The women’s rights reform was an extremely important topic in the 1800’s. A variety of many feminists fought for women’s rights. In the 1800’s‚ women had little to no rights compared to men. Women did not have the right to vote‚ own property‚ have a suitable education‚ join the military‚ decide whom they marry‚ or have a say in the number of children they
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The first two political parties were the Federalists and the Republicans or the Democratic-Republicans. The conflict between Jefferson and Hamilton gave rise to the two political parties by polarizing factions on opposite political sides. The parties were shaped during the administration of the country’s first President George Washington. Issues of disagreement arose from these two politicians in national government versus state government‚ views on the Constitution‚ the French Revolution‚ and Hamilton’s
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disease had very little chance of survival and were all too often subjected to excruciating and brutal breast augmentation surgeries‚ even when much of the time they were already terminal and the surgery made no difference at all. Robert Shadle and James S. Olson’s story about our ill fated heroin Nabby Smith recants a particularly horrifying fight with this villain of a disease at a time when medical knowledge was limited‚ and Breast Cancer posed an imminent threat to the lives of otherwise healthy middle
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