<p>i couldn't remember which term (republican motherhood/cult of domesticity) was associated with which war, so i kind of generalized it. my class spent zero time on the topic.....i looked back in my notes and there's literally ONE sentence describing the idea. no details whatsoever</p>
<p>I agree that girls would know more about the DBQ, and it is slightly unfair. However history doesn't allow for generalizations and sexism, you should have known just as well. The DBQ dealt with US history, and an important aspect aswell.</p>
<p>so what was the republican mother?</p>
<p>The DBQ wasn't biased. It's a history course. Women are important to history.</p>
<p>I had only read about it on Alan Brinkely's textbook, which devoted like 3 paragraphs to it. Thankfully, I remembered.</p>
<p>The DBQ however was MESSED UP.</p>
<p>our class went over the topic, but i was looking forward to some topic that would have been more interesting to write to; to bring in more outside info, etc. Anyone else think there was a lack of variation in the documents?</p>
<p>i was kind of disappointed, and before i read the FR qs, i was scared they would be similar...as i turned out, i think i rocked both 3 and 4</p>
<p>yeah i used brinkley also. he didnt cover it much. i dont even know if the term republican motherhood is used, actually</p>
<p>I vaguely remembered our history teacher telling us that the Cult of Domesticity wouldn't be important so right then, I knew to read up on it. </p>
<p>Anyways, I think the Collegeboard would do better to select a topic that could be more open to interpretation. Isn't the DBQ supposed to test our ability to interprete documents and relate them to our own knowledge? </p>
<p>Now it's not like early gender roles in U.S. History weren't important but wouldn't it have been better to have a prompt that DID deal with trustbusting or labor unions? I mean come on, those two things were the focus of major political movements and presidential elections.</p>
<p>Note:You probably could have attributed women's rights to slavery but it would not be a strong point in an argument.</p>
<p>All I know is guys--from what I remember from Brinkley--is that the Democratic Republicans and Jefferson valued education, and that's where the Rep. Mother comes in. Aside from that...it's all up for grabs. Dumb question. They all were dumb.</p>
<p>i just mentioned cult of domesticity</p>
<p>i think i know what republican motherhood is but i didn't write too much about it in DBQ</p>
<p>never heard of republican motherhood at all till i looked at it today. Cult of domesticity however...</p>
<p>We really didn't cover it that much, and when we did, it was like ten thousand years ago..</p>
<p>However, even if you didn't know anything, if you know what the individual terms mean, you still shouldn't of had a problem. What is a "REPUBLIC" and what is a "MOTHER" (as seen in colonial times)? What is a "CULT" and what is "DOMESTICITY"?.... not that difficult.</p>
<p>I know in the prompt it said to talk about republican motherhood and the cult of domesticity, but you didn't have to write your whole essay ALL about those two topics, yes? There were actually only two documents that related to those two topics directly. The rest were on other things, and I spent most of my essay on those other things. I only had one paragraph on republican motherhood/cult of domesticity overall. </p>
<p>But anyway, my school got new textbooks this year because the teachers noticed the increasing tend towards social history, and the textbook actually did mention women a lot (including republican motherhood/cult of domesticity). So I think I did pretty well on the DBQ overall.</p>
<p>Laugh at those people who are blame their overlooking of an ENTIRE gender on sexism in the AP test. Yeah right!</p>
<p>hah... yesterday my teacher was talking about how she needs to do a better job teaching social change... and look at what the essay questions were!</p>
<p>(my interp, not reading anything) Republican Motherhood is the idea that women should be the teachers of "civic virtue" to their young (aka children). This includes values of responsibility, morality, and values to better the US. </p>
<p>Cult of Domesticity was an isolationist idea that the US was a free country and should not rely on British imports. So, (as in A) the woman makes her own clothing and doesn't drink tea. We avoiding foreign imports and sentiments. </p>
<p>Correct me if I'm wrong here. I don't feel it was gender biased, however, I think that I was lucky my teacher was into giving us random essays in class.</p>
<p>It was probably mentioned in my class... and I was probably sleeping during that time...</p>
<p>All I remembered were those excerpts from PR's review.</p>
<p>Osono Rebellion or something??? ***???? i had never heard of that...or Three Mile Island</p>
<p>If you think about it you really didnt need to know what the two quoted things were in the DBQ. The documents kidnda gave it away. The motherhood thing had to do with women who educated their sons and the domesticity was about how women were getting into more domestic industries and stuff.....i think??</p>
<p>I based my entire essay on republican motherhood and cult of domesticity. I had an aspect for each of my bodies and how this aspect fostered republican motherhood and cult of domesticity ONLY for white, middle-class women. </p>
<p>Anyways, the topic, I think, was meant to just screw people over. To be honest, the DBQ topic is not really important. I'm not trying to be sexist, but it just isn't very interesting/paramount to history in my opinion.</p>
<p>To the guy two above me: If you don't know what Three Mile Island is you should really starting reading up on the world around you. We didn't cover it either in class, but this event is too important to not have heard of it. I don't blame you though, most people aren't aware of such important things such as Three Mile Island which set America back in terms of energy production to this day.</p>
<p>To TMS3: You're a little off about cult of domesticity. It really has nothing to do with self-reliance. It has more to do with women just staying at home and not going out into the world.</p>
<p>-Tend to house to make it livable for husband
-Tend to house work
-Set example for children to follow</p>