AP World History DBQ Essay Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-8. (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) Write your answer on the lined pages provided. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay that: Has a relevant thesis and supports that thesis with evidence from the documents. Uses all of the documents. Analyzes the documents by grouping them in as many appropriate
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DBQ Essay Slavery was a growing problem. Slavery became an even more of disrespect‚ on the uproar in the Southern economy. Though efforts to securely save the union were ever existing‚ they were outweighed by the opinions brought upon by divisions among societies in the North and South‚ group reforms in the North‚ involving the North in runaway slave issues‚ the idea of nullification‚ political differences‚ and the increased population and influx of antislavery immigrants in the North‚ creating
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In the early 20th century‚ America was trying to cure many of the wrongs that society had created in the industrial age during the 19th century. At first the progressive movement began at the local level with changes being brought upon the expansion of high school and suppressing the red light district. The movement gradually moved onto the state and eventually the national level. The Progressive Era reformers and the government were fairly successful in bring about reform at the national level.
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United States expansionism in the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century is both a continuation and a departure of past United States expansionism. Expansionism in the United States has occurred for many reasons. Power (from land)‚ religion‚ economics‚ and the ideas of imperialism and manifest destiny are just a few reasons why the U.S. decided to expand time and again throughout the course of its 231 year history. Expansionism has evolved throughout the years as the inhabitants of the
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In the early nineteenth century the United States began to split‚ but as mid-century came around‚ people became more polarized in their views and the union started to separate drastically. During the period of 1850‚ until 1861 when the Confederate States of America was formed‚ the union was clearly divided between the North and South. Although the Constitution was not the only factor leading to sectional tension in America‚ there are many strong points in the North and South favoring the statement
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Death was everywhere in early Jamestown. During the early seventeenth century‚ many English colonists came to the New World and settled in to present day Virginia through the Chesapeake Bay. Of the 110 colonists‚ only 40 survived by the end of the winter. Due to this rapid rate of fatalities‚ the question has been asked; “Early Jamestown: Why did so many colonists die?” Early referring to 1607-1611‚ the first few years the colonists were in Jamestown. Colonists died in Early Jamestown because of
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In response to Russian Empire’s and Austria-Hungary’s declaration of war against each other after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria‚ Germany declared war on Russia on August 1‚ 1914. Three days later‚ the German Reichstag declared Burgfrieden or “civil peace” which declared for people to set aside their conflicts aside and unite to defend the country. Most Germans expecting a rapid victory‚ enthusiastically supported the war. Their views‚ however‚ shifted from ebullience to one of
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“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms‚ it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” This statement that created by President Abraham Lincoln demonstrates the necessity of the Civil War. If the United States were to remain divided‚ the strength of these two nations would be degraded and allow the continuation of an immoral practice; slavery. “Politicians‚ business leaders‚ newspaper editors‚ and others desperately sought a last-ditch compromise that would
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The ideas of Americans transitioned greatly in the mid-1800’s. This time period became known as the Antebellum years. After Andrew Jackson’s presidency‚ his ideas of the common man continued to spread. This lead to a new way of thinking that broke tradition. Many diverse people who found different inspirations help reform America. These ideas stemmed from different areas including religion‚ education‚ and equality. Religious reform is one of the most notable and evident reforms of the time period
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Document A: George Henry Evans wrote the document to represent the working class men. In the document‚ Evans argues that the working class should have the same rights as other classes. He even quotes a part of the Declaration of Independence to support his argument. At the time‚ the democrats deprived the working class men from their rights‚ and they abused the working class men instead of protecting their rights. It was during the first year of Jackson’s presidency that the working class organized
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