<p>I have a FRQ in class this week for my AP US History class. A free response question(FRQ) is basically an essay. My teacher gave me a list of three topics that she is going to choose from to give us.</p>
<ol>
<li>Successes and Limitations of Progressivism</li>
<li>Ways in which farmers/laborers responded to the Gilded Age (address political, social, and economic responses)</li>
<li>Sectional Crisis leading up to the Civil War</li>
</ol>
<p>I'm not quite sure what to write about for each. So far, I've only come up with general ideas to write about, nothing too specific.</p>
<p>The Progressive era is around 1900-1920. I think I will address Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson's policies. The trust busting. Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle". Women's Sufferage. African- American rights. Organizations like the NAACP. And people like Booker T. Washington. Child Labor laws.</p>
<p>For The Gilded Age, I don't have much. Mostly that farmers and laborers were still working long hours and receiving low wages. Politicians were corrupt, so there was little representation</p>
<p>For the Sectional Crisis, I think that the Civil War was inevitable. Events such as the Compromise of 1850, the Wilmot Proviso, Kansas- Nebraska act, etc. There were too many disputes about slavery and it's expansion and containment.</p>
<p>For each of these topics, what should I add or elaborate on? What are the most important ideas for each time period? I need to prepare to write about any of these essays.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>