Actual DBQ and Essay Questions 1991-2010 compiled by Tony Miller (Organized by historical chronology) Part A (DBQ) 1. Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur? (1993) 2. 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
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1820 The Compromise in Missouri. In 1803‚ the Congress was obliged to come up with a policy to give way to the growth of slavery in the western region. Missouri’s request for statehood as a slave state sparked an unpleasant countrywide discussion. The Congress reached a succession of agreements that became known as the Missouri Compromise. Missouri was acknowledged as a slave state and Maine was acknowledged as a free
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fracturing of the United States and the beginning of the Civil War were driven by a combination of deep-rooted issues‚ including the contentious debate over slavery and states’ rights‚ economic disparities between the North and South‚ and the failure of compromise efforts to reconcile these conflicting interests. The institution of slavery was at the center of the growing divide between the Northern and Southern states. As the country grew
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The Civil War in America‚ Cause and Consequences The Civil War in the United States of America is one of the most frequently studied wars of any in American History. This terrible war put brothers from the North against brothers from the South and the result was both awful and catastrophic. When counting the dead and wounded on both sides‚ including the destruction of houses‚ farms‚ and the livelihood of people on both sides‚ the Civil War was the most terrible and bloodiest war in American
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List of Real AP Essay Exam Questions (2001-2014) Chapter Question 4 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? 4 Analyze the origins and development of slavery in Britain’s North American colonies in the period 1607 to 1776. 4 Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct
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List several evils that the reformers of the period 1820-1860 tried to eliminate. Gender inequality and slavery were the two biggest evils that reformers tried eliminating in the time period. The abolition of slavery had many reformers behind it. Two very important men trying to achieve this were Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison‚ a white man‚ going to show there was support from all types of people. Two of the women’s rights advocates were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sarah Grimke. They
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April 12‚ 1861 was the first day of the Civil War. This was the war that would determine what kind of nation we would be. The causes of this war is mainly the lack of ability to compromise‚ and the poignant subject of slavery. When Abraham Lincoln‚ the first republican president‚ won the election in 1860 he guaranteed to keep slavery out of the territories. This caused an immediate uproar in the southern slave states‚ leading to seven of them seceding from the nation and creating their own; the confederates
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which relied completely on slavery. Eli Whitney’s cotton gin exploited this‚ seeing the introduction of over 3.9 million slaves to assist in cotton production. This saw the south production of cotton increase from 160 million pounds in 1820 to 2.3 billion pounds in 1860‚ a growth of 230%. With the south now able to produce cotton at much higher rates‚ increased demands worldwide were made‚ making the per capita wealth in the South $3‚978 compared to the North’s $2‚040. In response to this‚ the North
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The article of confederation Adopted on November 15th 1777 but fully implemented on March 1st 1781 « 1754 League of friendship » The text -Article I : Name of the new country -Article II : It guarantees the sovereignty of the States -Article III : Definition of the Confederation as a « League of Friendship » + mutual defense -Article IV : Rights and privileges of the people + statis of criminals Article V : Congress Article VI : Area for which the states are not responsible.
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Tom’s Cabin‚ the Fugitive Slave Act‚ Bleeding Kansas‚ the Dred Scott decision‚ and John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry‚ drove the regions further apart. Although the North and the South tried to reconcile their differences with major political compromises in 1820 and in 1850‚ both attempts failed. The cotton gin transformed the slave South completely in the early 1800s‚ when plantation owners abandoned almost all other crops in favor of the newly profitable cotton. To
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