Official AP US History Exam Discussion

Test Preparation
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<p>Welcome to the discussion...</p>

<p>Lets try to grade each others papers...</p>

<p>Let me start by posting mine:</p>

<p>DBQ:</p>

<p>The American Revolution did not have significant effect on politics,economics,and sociology in the USA. But economy was still slightly effected..</p>

<h2>For Economic i said:</h2>

<p>=Agriculture was promoted b4 Revolution and after revolution
=Economy became drastic after Revolution due to the Articles of Confderation.. No universal currency. Too many excise taxes.. Farmers mad (document used)</p>

<h2>Social</h2>

<p>=No new black rights (Document used)
=No new womens rights (Document Used)</p>

<h2>Political</h2>

<p>=No peace w/ Indians.. (document used)
*something else...</p>

<p>And for the essays, I said:</p>

<p>Mexico essay:</p>

<p>South wanted slavery in new territory to expand plantations.. Passed Calhoun Davis Proviso..
North wanted no slavery in new territory and wanted balance between slave states and free states to maintain balance... They passed Wilmot Proviso offering prohibition of slavery..
West was split over issue due to distinct society...</p>

<p>The debate was ended w/ Compromise of 1850 in which all three sides got part of their wants...</p>

<p>and</p>

<p>Immigration Essay:</p>

<p>In the early 1800s, immigrants were primarily Irish. In the late 1800s, they were primarily Russian, Southern and Eastern European...
(in the early 1800s, other small imigration incidents occured such as California Gold Rush, but irish was the most major one)</p>

<p>Irish came due to british oppression and potate famine
Russians came due to Pogroms..</p>

<p>Both faced problems:</p>

<p>Irish = conflicts w/ British
Russians = Red Scare</p>

<p>Both were disliked by lower class
Both brought family members over..
Both settled in towns..</p>

<p>Irish tended to work more in manual labor while Russians tended to live in more industrial labor...</p>

<p>Late 1800 immigration was more diverse and many more distinct communities were formed..</p>

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<p>What do you think???
Are these any good??</p>

<p>I fear getting below a 5...</p>

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<p>Of course, it was in essay format which i think i wrote pretty decently...</p>

<p>Are the essays w/ these ideas safe of being over 5??</p>

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<p>I agree with you that society did not change that much. For some reason though, I felt like it was weird to put down that nothing really changed.</p>

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<p>I said it did change, even though that's not very true.</p>

<p>Political- experiences surrounding the revolution led to a limited government with the people's interests and freedoms in mind in most aspects</p>

<p>Social- changing role for women ("republican mothers") and the beginning of Northern opposition towards slavery</p>

<p>Economic- More economic freedom allowed agriculture to thrive more. (This next one may be a stretch) Our victory in the revolution created an arrogance towards the Indians, which not only disrupted our current trade with them, but also provided the superior attitudes which we later used to justify expansion into and takeover of their territory under Manifest Destiny.</p>

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<p>So you can't ever discuss the multiple-choice??</p>

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<p>man i feel like i totally screwed up.
Political - rights and freedom guaranteed
bill of rights
TJ separation of state and religion</p>

<p>social-aggressive policies toward indians
treaty of paris
attack on indians</p>

<p>distinction between slave states and free states
northwest ordinance
3/5 compromise
slavery banned in new england
is this really weak?</p>

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<p>Remember, they specifically said events after the American Revolution from the TIME PERIOD of 1775-1800</p>

<p>Political- New govt. was formed with the Articles of Confederation. The AOC was unsuccesful which ultimately lead to forming of the Constitution in 1798. Bitterness with Indians was a major issue. </p>

<p>Socialism- Rising sense of nationalism. Earliest form of women rights and abolition took place during this period. </p>

<p>Economic- No national currency yet, causing problems for merchants. High tarrifs weakened foreign trade. Influx of chgeap British good undermined the value of domestically prouced goods. Govt. could not tax states. People more devoted towards the agricultural sector.</p>

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<p>Please give me some ideas on if I could have got an 8-9 on both of these essays:</p>

<p>Essay # 5 (civil rights and women):
Civil Rights (I covered all of these points):
-Jackie Robinson in 1947
-Plessy v Ferguson
-Brown v Board of Education
-7 Students in little rock arkansas
-Johnson's passing of civil rights act in 1964
-martin luther king movement (nonviolent opposition)
-march from selma to washington and the "i have a dream speech"
-Malcolm X was the opposite of MLK (black nationalism and power)
-Black Panthers
-Then I compared MLK to booker t washington (both waited for rights to be given to them through nonviolence)
-Then compared malcolm X to w.e.b dubois (both demanded rights and black nationalism)</p>

<p>Women's Rights (was running out of time so this was brief)
-Betty Friedan
-NOW committee
-remarked on marches for equality
-Talked about how it was similar to the movement of the NWP and Alice Paul demanding suffrage rights</p>

<p>Essay #3 (mexican war)
-Described origins of the mexican war with the fighting for the annexation of texas
-Talked about zachary taylor leading the charge and taking over
-Mentioned treaty of guadalupe hidalgo and how it gave america texas, new mexico, and california for 15 million
-North wanted no slavery in new territories and the south wanted slavery to be spread to new lands
-started sectionalism between the north and the south, and was the first time they had fully broken apart in their ideas
-I said the idea of popular sovereignty was made by charles sumner (i blanked so im sure this is wrong) and he said that it should be used in the new territories
-Wilmott proviso said all slavery should be banished in new terrotories
-This enfuriated the south, and can be traced back as the origin of the civil war
-Then I talked about the conclusions of it</p>

<p>How do these sound? I really need to get high scores on this, because I bombed the DBQ..</p>

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<p>Crpytic, I wouldn't say those economic aspects were caused by the Revolution. More so, they were fixed after it.</p>

<p>Kevin, the first four you listed for Civil Rights didn't occur during the 1960s and 1970s.</p>

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<p>Kevin43- Didn't the essay specifically want civil rights acts in the 60s and 70s?</p>

<p>If so Plessy v Ferguson, Brown v Board of Education, Jackie Robinson, Little Rock Nine would not be following the prompt...</p>

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<p>Chrisr88,</p>

<p>Yeah it said 60s and 70s, but I wrote it in a way that it tied to my main point. It is not like I just wrote about them, i said how it led to the big movement of MLK, it was kind of like the baseline of my paragraph.</p>

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<p>I suppose it could work that way, but I didn't dare tie in things before the 60s. My APUS teacher, who was an AP reader, slammed it into our brains that we would more than likely be hurt by doing so.</p>

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<p>How is my DBQ?
My 5 essay was kind of weak too.
civil rights
freedom riders
King's march
peaceful protests
voting rights act of 1964(but i think i wrote 65)
civil rights act of 1965(but i think i wrote 64)</p>

<p>women's right
defiance of traditional roles
glass ceiling
protests for equality
feminism</p>

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<p>Okay..I really think [url=<a href="http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/revolution/section10.rhtml%5Dthis%5B/url"&gt;http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/revolution/section10.rhtml]this[/url&lt;/a&gt;] states some main concepts they might have been looking for in the DBQ. And it actually shows there were changing ideas about society, blacks and women included.

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Even so, the fruit of egalitarian ideals were not extended to everyone. African Americans, making up almost twenty percent of the colonial population in 1776 (95 percent of African Americans in the colonies were slaves), did not gain access to the same opening of opportunity as did the poor. The five percent of African Americans who were free had no right to vote and were restricted by curfews and other discriminatory measures. However, the war did open up some opportunities to the African Americans. Some slaves utilized the confusion of war to run away and pose as free men. Others joined the Continental Army. At first banned from enlisting, by the end of the war, all states but Georgia and South Carolina eventually recruited black soldiers. While certain factions of the population, such as the Quakers, had always been critical of slavery, the declaration of Independence's wording brought more widespread criticism of the practice. Between 1777 and 1784, Rhode Island, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Connecticut all abolished slavery. A degree of civil rights was also extended. By the end of the 1780s free blacks that met property requirements could vote in every state, though slavery became an even more entrenched aspect of Southern life with Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin in 1793. </p>

<p>The political power of women did not change much during the revolution, though their social situation shifted somewhat to the better. Women played an important role in the war effort, serving as nurses and cooks, or staying at home to run farms and businesses. During the revolution, women were increasingly freed of the burden of arranged marriages and granted the right of divorce. The number of divorces in America rose rapidly during and immediately after the Revolutionary War. The idea of republican motherhood also sprang up during the revolution, which stipulated that women should educate themselves in the principles of liberty, independence, and democracy so as to inculcate the coming generation with these republican values. Overall, women gained much respect as intellectual and moral beings.

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<p>For my DBQ, I said the Revolution changed Econ and Poli, but no social:</p>

<p>Politic:
AoC, reflected hatred of centralized power
AoC incompetance lead to Constitution, which was unlike that of almost any other in the world (first amendment, division of powers, etc.)
Peaceful transition of power in 1800</p>

<p>Econ:
No protection from British anymore
Suffered from "dumping" of goods
Could now develop their own industries
Miscellaneous crap.</p>

<p>Social...nothing changed, this was my however. People tried to get change, but there was no social reform until later.</p>

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<p>anyone want to assess my essay?</p>

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<p>imiracle, political and social sounds good. Slavery might be seen as more of a social issue, but as long as you connected it to the economics of the time, it fits. Not so sure about the distinction between slave and free states.</p>

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<p>DO YOU THINK I WILL GET 5s on all of my essays???
My ESSAY IS FIRST in this forum..</p>

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<p>Varinance,</p>

<p>For economic, did you also discuss changes brought about by the establishment of the Constitution?</p>

<p>For social, there were no black or women rights gained, but there was a beginning of the opposition against slavery. Also, the role of women changed, in terms of them being "republican mothers". However, as long as you supported arguments in relation to yours thesis, you should be fine.</p>