Sample DBQ prompts Explain the reasons why a new conservatism rose to prominence in the United States between 1960 and 1989. To what extent were the reform efforts of the Progressive Era aimed at maintaining the existing society and to what extent did they bring about radical changes? Compare and contrast the roles of the federal government and the civil rights activists in achieving the goals of the civil rights movement from 1945 and 1968. What was the economic, political, and social context of the conflict between congressional Republicans and President Andrew Johnson in regard to plans for Reconstruction in the South? To what extent was the demand for no taxation without representation both the primary force motivating the American revolutionary movement and a symbol for democracy? Both nationalism and sectionalism increased during the Era of Good Feelings. How did both of these beliefs develop concurrently, and did one become of greater importance in the economics and politics of the period.