<p>any advice for it can be pretty much anything so what should I do to prepare</p>
<p>Well, the trick is knowing and studying everything really well. But that’s useless advice, so I’m going to give you areas that are likely to be the DBQ.</p>
<ul>
<li>Labor unions, laws, strikes, etc</li>
<li>Jacksonian Era- the rise of the common man</li>
<li>Great Depression</li>
<li>Antebellum and progressive reforms</li>
<li>The plight of women</li>
<li>Causes of the American Revolution</li>
<li>Treatment of Indians from 1600s- to now</li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks for the topic recommendations. Any advice for the free response. I’ve read amsco twice so will I know enough stuff to come up with a decent essay (7-8/9)</p>
<p>DBQ-
very probable: 1820-1860. Certain it’s before the civil war.
Around war of 1812</p>
<p>WWII hasn’t been covered in a while. Actually nor has WWI. 2003 and 2006 both had comparisons between 1920s and 1950s.</p>
<p>Gilded age is markedly missing from the record. The last direct cold war frq was in 2004. </p>
<p>They gotta have some social trend essay. I think the civil rights mov. might be a posibility. Or, general discussion about minorities in the 20th century. Chapter 28 of amsco. </p>
<p>Pre- civil war:
Can you say expansion?? I think some form of nationalism vs sectionalism will be on there.
The federalist era has a big potential. </p>
<p>Chapters in amsco that I think need to be reviewed: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 25, 27, 28.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t doubt if there’s an FRQ that is heavily economic. </p>
<p>I thought there was a gilded age FRQ last year? I don’t remember…
At least yall know not to expect a DBQ surprise like ours on the vietnam war last year! Good luck!!!</p>
<p>Develop a concise and impressive writing approach to the essay.</p>
<p>Also understand that embellishing upon information provided by documents IS providing outside resources. Don’t be scared of talking about events relating to pictures or quotes provided, because in actuality, that’s exactly what they expect!</p>
<p>It’s very rare, to be honest, for a well-written honest to just copy and past portions of documents into the body of the essay and still run correctly. However, a good, impressive essay will completely integrate the documents into the core of the essay by CORRECTLY explaining the context and relevance of the documents provided!</p>
<p>If you have questions on what exact approaches ought to be taken to writing (the general writing of the essay), feel free to ask.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the advice guys. I was wondering if you guys know the types of free response questions they ask from each era so I can focus on those.</p>
<p>That’s a tough question to answer deepskii because unfortunately, they ask all kinds of question. Go to collegeboard and look over past FRQ and DBQs, that will clue you into the skills you need. If you learn the topics velleity and I gave you, you’re very likely to do well. Make sure you take a strong stance on the topic, no pussyfooting or beating around the bush. It’s better to use absolutes as well, instead of qualifying the prompt. If a question asks how successful something was, say it was successful or it failed. If the question asks for how well a minority was treated, say awful or great. Five paragraph essays divided into a political, economic or social/ideological split work well.</p>
<p>Except for recent history, tim and velleity basically listed all of US history. Most of the major topics, in any case. </p>
<p>But it’s still helpful, lol. Thanks guys :)</p>
<p>“It’s better to use absolutes as well, instead of qualifying the prompt”</p>
<p>I find this absolutely untrue…essay prompts are rarely ever written with a decisive answer in mind, and not much in american history itself was ever really a soaring success or a total failure. I think it’s much easier, and more accurate, to consider both sides of the issue you’re writing about. Plus, it gives you more factual information to pull from, since you don’t have to make it all correspond to one single viewpoint.</p>