How many of your APUSH classes studied Republican Motherhood in depth?

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<p>I had pretty much the same thesis as you did, The Wanderer.</p>

<p>But really, the DBQ didn't mandate that your whole essay had to be about Republican Motherhood or the CoD. It was a three-part question, I believe, and RepMotherhood was simply one part of that essay.</p>

<p>I focused one paragraph on RepMotherhood and the CoD, and then I went into how those movements didn't translate into the lives of female slaves, frontier women, or slaves. I also wrote about how RepMotherhood and CoD somewhat restricted middle-class women economically as opposed to lower-class and frontier women, and how the 2nd Great Awakening gave these middle-class women a voice in society.</p>

<p>So really, the whole essay wasn't about RepMotherhood or CoD. It was more about the women's movement in general from 1776 to the Civil War.</p>

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<p>my thesis was the same or very similar to the wanderer. this is the approach i took. although the essay asked many questions within one thats what i based my answer around.</p>

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<p>To the wanderer, then why am I looking at it in my American Pageant and it was used in Doc A? ;)</p>

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<p>stono rebellion...haha that stuck in my head cuz of the name</p>

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<p>Only one aspect of it was what you guys are discussing. the topic asked to discuss the changes in the lives of those women, not only how the aspect influenced them.</p>

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<p>I had never heard of republican motherhood before but I knew what motherhood meant and It was pretty easy to get the idea from the documents.</p>

<p>Is it ok to talk about exactly what I wrote yet?</p>

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<p>I had heard of it, but I wasn't too sure what it was. The documents helped me. It wasn't that bad, because it was the DBQ. I honestly would have had nothing to write if it was a FRQ.</p>

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<p>Did you guys mention the Lowell system?</p>

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<p>I did. That was my best point b/c I talked about this transition: Jefferson's foriegn policy -> embargo/non-intercourse/macon's bill #2 -> growth of domestic industry -> Lowell system</p>

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<p>We did Republican Motherhood really in depth in my AP U.S. History class (I had it last year). That is like the only thing that my teacher forced down our throats. But it was really handy because the DBQ last year was on the American Revolution so I discussed the new role of women and did like a 2 page paragraph discussing Republican Motherhood.</p>

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<p>My teacher kind of mentioned it in a "This is what it meant" kind of way. Nothing too in depth that I could write more than a couple of sentences on, anyway.</p>

<p>He predicted half of that DBQ. It's odd, 'cause he was leaning more towards immigration. Oh well. I didn't think it was that bad, since I've definitely seen and been forced to write worse in my APUSH class. It was definitely better than a topic of Native Americans--I can never keep all of the policies straight.</p>

<p>Definitely glad it was a DBQ. I'd have been so screwed if it was a FRQ.</p>

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<p>The DBQ prompt was so difficult (I don't mean to generalize, but for everyone I've talked to, it was definitely wacky) because the FRQ prompts were pretty easy. I know they might have been hard for some people, but overall, I've seen MUCH more horrible FRQ's. I was relieved to see them after the DBQ! I knew absolutely nothing about republican motherhood and an ounce about the cult of domesticity, so I had very little outside information to bring in. So I basically just said that black women were ahead of white women as far as women's rights...hopefully, I did well enough on the FRQ's to balance out a 2 or a 3 on the DBQ.</p>