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Wow, the curve seems really difficult for AP US history. For euro last year, I felt like I got a 2/9 DBQ and still got a 5 (and according to the calculator, that is totally feasible). However, for APUSH curve, getting a 2/7 DBQ score would pretty much kill any chance of a 5 even if I aced all the other parts (even with 50/55 mc, 10/12 saq and 6/6 leq). Also keep in mind that this test was considered a lot easier than last year’s, so the curve might be even harsher than I described.
Also, since the SAQs are released, what did you guys get for #2-4? I didn’t get the same SAQ #1 as college board published.
@ambitionsquared For #3B, I talked about Boss Tweed but I don’t know if he counts since he’s not necessarily a businessman, while for #3C I talked about J.P. Morgan. For #2, I think I talked about how the colonies were similar in that they were partly founded to benefit the economies of the European civilizations via the Columbian exchange, while they were different in that Spanish colonies were founded to spread religion while English colonies were founded due to religious persecution. For #4 I think I talked about Common Sense, the Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party.
Yeah, I didn’t have question 1 that they released On the short answer… What happens if we did (or did not) do well on the question we had?
On the DBQ and Long essay booklet where I wrote my essays, I accidentally wrote the first two letters of my first name instead of my last name in the “last name” section. I crossed them out and wrote the first two letters of my last name under the boxes. Will this be a problem if everything else is correct and I put my number label on the booklet?
For #2, I said Spanish and English both pursued wealth from North America’s natural resources, but differed in that Spanish colonists didn’t intent to settle in new world while English colonists did. This led to Spanish intermarrying while English maintained a separation between themselves and Native Americans.
For #3, I used Frederick Taylor and Andrew Carnegie (would these work?)
For #4, I used Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act of 1765 (and ensuing Stamp Act Congress)
for #2 I had no idea, but I said that one of the main motives of the Spanish was to spread their religion while britain’s main goal was economic benefits for the mother country??? and this lead to worse relations between spanish and natives as they tried to convert natives to Christianity ??? but conflicts between natives and British colonists was mostly over land ???
for #3 I used boss tweed and the idea of social darwinism
4 I used the ending of Salutary Neglect, the Intolerable Acts, and the idea that colonists were "virtually" but not directly represented in British Congress
My FRQs were about westward expansion (super easy), the assembly line (really didn’t know how to approach it), revolutionary war (also super easy), and increase in population based on a graph from 1720-1780. We are allowed to talk about FRQ since CB released them, right?
What if we included more than one difference. Like that the Spanish settled to spread christianity and to discover gold while the english settled due to religious persecution. Would we be penalized for this?
Probably not but the reader could say that since u didn’t technically follow the directions and the word one is in caps, they could take a point off; however, I highly doubt they would.
Usually they read the first difference you put down and disregard the second one. You get graded for what comes first. However the way you worded it sounds like they won’t disregard anything because the second part about the Spanish is incorporated into the difference
In number 2 part c I said spanish colonies finally disappear and did not bring help to the em[pire, but English created a settlement and was available to keepsettle people in the colonies
In question 4 i have the same two example with you, for the third example I just mention the finishing of french-indain war was also a factor because this made British become the domination power of america and motivate them to start a stricter control to colonies, though I should mention the common sense.
Do you think my answers are right?
the question referring to captains of industry/robber barons asks for an event, person, or development, so stating something about the poverty that still existed, the growing income gap between the rich and the poor should work too. shouldnt be limited to certain people that support it
and wow, I thought the andrew jackson question was easy, but that immigration one wouldve been cake.
for the colonies one, would saying they were both motivated by wealth work? and for difference, i talked about how the spain focused on the economienda system and subjugation of natives, while english preferred to expel them, i believe adam norris’s videos said exactly this.
what kind of thesis did you guys write for the women dbq causes? would causes such as continued discrimination in politics in economics, increased willingness to rebel due to the independence from ww2, and an overall sentiment of rebellion/counterculture during the era work?
I didnt expect the Dbq to be on something so recent
My class never got to the 1950s, and I never learned about the womens rights movement of the 1950s-70s
Even the REA crash course book I was using didn’t talk about it
so my dbq was a disaster
I answered the question, although I kind of guessed and based my answer on prior historical events that were similar to this one
i basically said that the movement was largely driven by the women’s newfound sense of importance in society after experiencing their ability to work in different fields during wartime while the men were away at war (during wwii/Cold war/vietnam war)
I barely had an outside info besides some descriptions about the authors/events of the documents
I did include a concession, well developed thesis, attempted a synthesis/connection to another time period by comparing it to the women’s rights movement of the early 1900s and the 19th amendment
HOWEVER I Made a really bad mistake in interpreting the document about the amendment that didnt get passed- I put down that it was a victory for the women because it was passed, but I found out later that it was approved by congress but never ratified
What would be the highest score that I can get with such a terrible essay?
My SAQ #1 wasn’t the one that CB released, so I won’t talk about it
For #2, I said the similarity was mercantilism, the difference was that Spain was for religious expansion while England was to get away from all that and establish differing religious colonies, and, as a result, the Spanish lived with natives and intermarried to teach religion, but the English were separated from the natives.
For #3, the interpretation was simple, part b I said Jay Gould and part c I just guessed and said andrew carnegie
For #4, I gave the proclamation line, issues of taxation (I think I gave stamp act and tea act as specific examples) and issues of representation (virtual vs actual)
DBQ was passable. Didn’t know any outside information besides the feminine mystique, roe v wade and NOW, so just threw that in and used plenty of POV. My synthesis was to the suffragette movement of the early 20th century and late 1900s. Probablh a 5/7, maybe a 6. I chose FRQ #2, talked about how the amendments changed very little. Politically, before, there was never a true concern over slaves rights, because slavery existed, so policy pertained to where slavery could exist and where it couldnt while after, the radical republicans would lose power, stopping their enforcement, and the South used poll taxes, grandfather clauses and literacy tests to restrict their implementation. Socially, before, it was slavery, but after, Jim crow laws resulted in segregation and share cropping kept blacks in a stagnant position. Used other details but can’t really recall them as i only had 25 min so I just threw it together. Synthesis was to policies that affected civil rights again under the great society. Think I got a 5, maybe a 6 on that one. My teacher neglected to talk about WWI, so Q3 wouldve been a nightmare.
