Section I - Part A: Multiple Choice | 50-55 Questions | 55 Minutes | 40% of Exam Score Questions appear in sets of 2-5. Students analyze historical texts, interpretations, and evidence. Primary and secondary sources, images, graphs, and maps are included. Section I - Part B: Short Answer | 4 Questions | 45 Minutes | 20% of Exam Score Questions provide opportunities for students to demonstrate what they know best. Some questions include texts, images, graphs, or maps. Section II - Part A: Document Based | 1 Question | 60 Minutes | 25% of Exam Score Analyze and synthesize historical data. Assess written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence. Section II - Part B: Long Essay | 1 Question | 35 Minutes | 15% of Exam Score Students select one question among two. Explain and analyze significant issues in U.S. history. Develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.

Skill Type Historical Thinking Skill I. Chronological Reasoning 1. Historical Causation 2. Patterns of Continuity and Change over Time 3. Periodization II. Comparison and Contextualization 4. Comparison 5. Contextualization III. Crafting Historical Arguments from Historical Evidence 6. Historical Argumentation 7. Appropriate Use of Relevant Historical Evidence IV. Historical Interpretation and Synthesis 8. Interpretation 9. Synthesis

Themes Identity Work, exchange, and technology Peopling Politics and power America in the world Environment and geography — physical and human Ideas, beliefs, and culture

Period Date Range Approximate Percentage of … AP Exam 1 1491–1607 5% 2 1607–1754 3 1754–1800 4 1800–1848 5 1844–1877 45% 6 1865–1898 7 1890–1945 8 1945–1980 45% 9 1980–present 5%

PERIOD 1: 1491–1607 On a North American continent controlled by American Indians, contact among the peoples of Europe, the Americas, and West Africa created a new world.

PERIOD 2: 1607–1754 Europeans and American Indians maneuvered and fought for dominance, control, and security in North America, and distinctive colonial and native societies emerged.

Recent DBQ Topics 1999: Pre-Revolution Identity 2000: Labor Unions 1877-1900 2001: Ike and Cold War Fears 2002: Antebellum Reform (B: Era of Good Feelings 2003:New Deal (B: Progressive Reform 2004: French and Indian War (B: Interwar Foreign Policy 2005: AR Revolutionary? (B: Causes Civil War 2006: Women Post-AR (B: Begin Cold War 2007: Farmers 19th (B: Johnson and Great Society 2008: Vietnam (B: Immigration 2009: Revolutionary + EAR Slavery (B: Blacks +CW+RR 2010: Puritanism (B: Antebellum Western Expansion 2011: Nixon (B: Antebellum politics 2012: Post-CW rise of Corporations 2013: Anti-slavery 1776-1852

Analyze the cultural and economic responses of TWO of the following groups to the Indians of North America before 1750. British French Spanish (00) Compare the ways in which 2 of the following reflected tensions in colonial society: Bacon’s Rebellion (1676) Pueblo Revolt (1680) Salem witchcraft trials (1692) Stono Rebellion (1739) (03B)

Compare and contrast the ways in which economic development affected politics in Massachusetts and Virginia in the period from 1607 to 1750. (2006) Compare the ways in which religion shaped the development of colonial society (to 1740) in TWO of the following regions: New England Chesapeake Middle Atlantic (2002)

Evaluate the relative importance of the following as factors prompting Americans to rebel in 1776: Parliamentary taxation British military measures Restriction of civil liberties The legacy of colonial religious and political ideas (1992) To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the Revolution. (1999 DBQ: 1750-1776)

Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems that confronted the new nation (2003) Although the power of the national government increased during the Early Republic, this development often faced serious opposition. Compare the motives and effectiveness of those opposed to the growing power of the national government in TWO of the following: Whiskey Rebellion, 1794 Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, 1798-99 Hartford Convention, 1814-1815 Nullification Crisis, 1832-1833 (2003B)

Historians have traditionally labeled the period after the War of 1812 the “Era of Good Feelings.” Evaluate the accuracy of this label, considering the emergence of nationalism and sectionalism. (02) “Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals.” Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to the years 1825-1860. (2002)

In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820 to 1860? (2003) In what ways and to what extent was industrial development from 1800 to 1860 a factor in the relationship between the northern and southern states? (2006B)