Essential-Questions - US History Dual Credit PDF

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US History Dual Credit 11th edition Give Me Liberty
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Essential Questions for Teaching AP U.S. History (Sample)! Period 1: 1491-1607 1. To what extent, if any, did the arrival of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere in the 15th and 16th centuries trigger demographic and social changes in North America? 2. To what extent, if any, did the sustained contact of Europeans with Africans and American Indians in North American alter European views of society and economics?

Period 2: 1607-1754 1. Assess the relative importance of economic, religious, and political factors in motivating people to migrate from Britain to colonial America. 2. To what extent and why did the British, French, and Spanish colonists differ in their response to American Indians? 3. To what extent, if any, did clashes between the social and economic values of Europeans and American Indians cause changes in both cultures? 4. To what extent, if any, did religious beliefs determine the character of the thirteen British colonies? 5. To what extent, if any, did British economic policies determine the political and economic character of the thirteen colonies before 1763?

Period 3: 1754-1800 1. To what extent, if any, did changes in British policies toward the American colonies after 1763 cause the American Revolution? 2. To what extent, if any, were ideas of individual freedom and representative government established in colonial society before the American Revolution? 3. To what extent, if any, were the American colonists united in their opposition to the British during the American Revolution? 4. To what extent, if any, did the American Revolution change the economic, political, and social life of the American people? 5. To what extent, if any, did the failures of the Articles of Confederation lead to the Constitutional Convention of 1787? 6. The U.S. Constitution was created primarily from compromise rather than consensus. Support, modify, or refute this interpretation. 7. The creation of political parties in the 1790s was caused primarily by differences over foreign rather than domestic issues. Support, modify, or refute this interpretation. 8. To what extent, if any, did the ideas of self-government and personal liberty promoted by the United States in the late 1700s have an impact on other nations and societies?

Period 4: 1800-1848 1. To what extent, if any, did developments in American industry and transportation in the early 1800s create opportunities and problems for the United States? 2. Assess the relative importance of economic, political and ideological factors in creating a desire for territorial expansion in the United States between 1800 and 1848. Assess the relative importance of economic policies, states’ rights, and political 3. personalities in the reemergence of the two party system in the 1820s. 4. To what extent, if any, did the reform movements of the 1810-1848 period (e.g., public education, temperance, women’s rights, utopian socialism, and the abolition of slavery) bring about changes in American society and politics?

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5. To what extent, if any, was nativism in the antebellum period a product of changes in American economics, politics, and society? 6. To what extent, if any, did the economic changes caused by the market revolution in the early 1800s affect migration patterns, gender and family relations, and the distribution of political power in the United States? 7. To what extent, if any, did the policies of the U.S. government in the 1789-1848 period lead to the mistreatment of native Americans?

Period 5: 1844-1877 1. Sectional disagreements after 1848 became more difficult to compromise due to economic differences rather than differences over the morality of slavery. Support, modify, or refute this statement. 2. Repeated attempts at political compromise failed to calm tensions over slavery and often made sectional tensions worse. Support, modify, or refute this statement. 3. To what extent, if any, if any, was the Dred Scott decision the turning point event leading to the Civil War? 4. To what extent, if any, was slavery the main cause of the Civil War? 5. To what extent, if any, was a northern victory in the Civil War inevitable? 6. To what extent, if any, did the Civil War and Reconstruction cause a “revolution” in American economics, politics, and society? 7. To what extent, if any, did the Civil War bring about a “new birth of freedom”?

Period 6: 1865-1898 1. Assess the relative importance of developments in transportation, economics, and government policy in bringing about the westward migration of Americans after 1865. To what extent, if any, did the policies of the U.S. government after 1865 lead to the 2. mistreatment of native Americans? 3. Was the growth of industry in the late 1800s primarily detrimental or beneficial to American politics, economics, and society? 4. To what extent, if any, were Americans divided over changes brought about by the growth of industry in the late 1800s? 5. To what extent, if any, did the farmer’s protest movements of the late 1800s improve the lives of average American farmers? 6. To what extent, if any, did the labor unions of the late 1800s and early 1900s improve the lives of average workers? 7. To what extent, if any, did immigration to the United States in the late 1800s and early 1900s change American economics, politics, and society? 8. To what extent, if any, did the new cultural and intellectual movements of the Gilded Age challenge the social order in the United States?

Period 7: 1890-1945 1. To what extent, if any, did the Progressive reforms of 1901-1917 effectively address problems created by the growth of American industry? 2. To what extent, if any, were the lives of American women affected by the economic, political, and ideological developments between 1890 and 1920? 3. To what extent, if any, did the guarantees of the 14th and 15th Amendments protect African-Americans between 1890 and 1945? 4. To what extent, if any, did the United States successfully meet its objectives in World War I?

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5. To what extent, if any, did the urban-rural conflict over social values, both real and imagined, bring about changes in American politics and society in the 1920s? 6. To what extent, if any, were the laissez-faire policies of the U.S. government in the 1920s responsible for the Great Depression of the 1930s? 7. To what extent, if any, were federally-sponsored social welfare programs introduced in the 1930s an inevitable outcome of the industrial revolution? 8. To what extent, if any, did the United States adopt an isolationist foreign policy in the 1920s and 1930s? 9. To what extent, if any, was an Allied victory over Axis powers an inevitable outcome of World War II?

Period 8: 1945-1980 1. To what extent, if any, did the policies of the U.S. government in the 1945-1980 period successfully address the problems of the Cold War conflict with the Soviet Union? 2. To what extent, if any, were the 1950s an age of conformity in regard to politics, society, and culture? 3. To what extent, if any, did the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s successfully address the failures of Reconstruction? 4. To what extent, if any, did Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society successfully address the problems of American society? 5. The failures of the Vietnam War were due primarily to a misunderstanding of Vietnamese politics and culture rather than a reluctance to “win at all costs.” Support, modify, or refute this statement. 6. The social unrest of the 1960s was caused primarily by foreign rather than domestic issues. Support, modify, or refute the statement. 7. To what extent, if any, was liberalism in the 1960s under attack from the left as well as from a resurgent conservative movement?

Period 9: 1980 to the Present 1. To what extent, if any, did the policies of the Reagan Administration constitute a “revolution” in American government and economics? 2. To what extent, if any, did the end of the Cold War force the United States to redefine its foreign policy and role in the world? 3. To what extent, if any, did the policies of the Clinton Administration constitute a “Third Way” in government’s approach to creating economic prosperity? 4. To what extent, if any, were conservative goals from 1980 to 2010 limited by the popularity of some government programs and the cultural changes in American society?

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