AP Questions‚ 1980-2007 1 List of AP and AP-related questions from the past twenty-seven years. [Compiled by Steve Armstrong] (Updated‚ May 14‚ 2007) Questions labeled “AP” are Copyright © 1980-2005 College Entrance Examination Board and Educational Testing Service. All rights reserved. 1607-1763 AP 2007 Alternate The Colonial Period The French and Indian War (1754-1763) altered the relationship between Britain and its North American colonies. Assess this change with regard to TWO of the following
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harmony during President Monroe’s two terms. These issues include sectionalism‚ foreign policy of isolationism and the rights of states vs. the rights of the federal government. During Monroe’s two terms‚ sectionalism‚ an excessive regard for sectional or local interest‚ increased greatly. This increase in sectionalism is due to acts like the Tariff of 1816. A tell tale sign that the Tariff of 1816 was going to cause sectionalism was that in the U.S. House of Representatives‚ the bill was passed
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nature‚ but did not present any organized belief system. In Philadelphia‚ Richard Allen founded an African American church‚ and in 1830 held the first annual convention of free African-Americans. People started to believe society could be improved by following these simple ideas. It was during the 1830’s that Americans started funding tax-supported public schools. By the 1850’s‚ every state was establishing these schools by law. These laws were more
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and they are ridiculed by society for speaking the truth. i think this article helped because it showed me the truth and how our minds can be manipulated in such a way where we are oblivious to the truth. Transcendentalism as a social movement‚ 1830-1850‚ by Anne C. Rose‚ New Haven‚ Yale University Press‚ 1981‚ xxi‚ 258 pp. $22.50. The reputation of the American Transcendentalists has had its ups and downs ever since Octavius Brooks Frothingham‚ who is one of their contemporaries. He is still respected
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emotion and imagination; believer in one’s self ability to penetrate the inner essence of things; promoted the belief of individualism; influenced social/humanitarian reforms; * Early-mid 19th century education- previously most common with wealthy; 1830s‚ demands for tax-supported public schools; Horace Mann‚ education public; slow increase in women’s educational opportunities beyond elementary school such as Emma Willard’s Troy Female Seminary(1821) and Mary Lyon’s Mount Holyoke Female Seminary(1837);
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the validity of this phrase is questioned. Many people might believe that the period after the war of 1812 was an "Era of Good Feelings" because of the nation’s gain of nationalism and expansion of the country‚ but it was not because of growing sectionalism and state issues. After the War of 1812‚ America gained a pride from winning the war known as nationalism. This pride caused them to feel inferior to other countries such as Great Britain. This is pointed out in Document H when it is mentioned
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describes the harsh judgment that was passed upon woman during this trialing time in American history. A similarly influential author‚ Margaret Fuller was one of the innovators of the feminist movement in America. Her influence on the social views of 1830’s America spread‚ from her climb up journalism ladder to her place in the Italian Revolution‚ is indisputable. Fuller’s family was obviously a very influential part of her life throughout‚ and will shape her to be the very impactful individual she
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The lifestyle of the American workforce revolutionized in multiple ways in the years spanning the period of 1820-1850. Factors of workplace dynamics‚ gender politics‚ and religious influences intersected to change life dramatically for Northern laborers across industries. However‚ not all workers experienced identical effects of these shifting dynamics. Specifically‚ operatives at the Lowell mills in Massachusetts had a relatively distinct life experience when compared with their counterparts who
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United States. Although Nationalism seemed to unify the nation‚ there was more of an underlying indication of a much larger problem‚ Sectionalism. Sectionalism is a relation to a geographic area. So whereas people could have felt patriotic towards the United States‚ they related more towards the region they lived in and not the country they were a part of. This sectionalism also indicates a difference in the economic‚ social and political stances of regions such as the North and the South‚ and the “era
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revolution contribute to the development of a national market economy in the United States. 3. Describe the Jackson presidential administrations. Was he successful? 4. Compare the United States’ foreign policy toward Mexico and Great Britain in the 1830s and 1840s. How do you account for the similarities and differences in America’s actions towards these countries? 5. Evaluate the causes
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