Fab 5

Report as inappropriate Your report has been received

Shared by: pengtt

Tags

Stats

views:: 27
posted:: 9/28/2011
language:: English
pages:: 15

Public Domain

Document Sample

Fab 5

Created in 2008 by:

 Central Organizer:  Document Based Question coordinator
Theodor
Alyson Curtis
Jocelyn Dressel
 Unit I – V Multiple Choice coordinator:  Essay coordinator
Thoma
Rose Dodge Emma Hooper
 Unit VI – X Multiple Choice coordinator:
Jill Boberick
UNITED STATES HISTORY
SECTION I
Time – 55 minutes
80 questions

Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers
or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding oval on the
answer sheet.

1. Most likely the first Americans were 5. “Sooners” were settlers who “jumped the gun”
a. Vikings from Scandinavia. to
b. Spanish explorers of the fifteenth century. a. pan gold in California.
c. people who crossed the land bridge from Eurasia to b. stake claims in the Comstock Lode in Nevada.
North America. c. claim land in Oklahoma.
d. Portuguese sailors of Prince Henry the Navigator. d. drive the first cattle to Montana and Wyoming.
e. refugees from Africa. e. grab town sites in the Dakotas.

2. All of the following are guarantees provided by the Bill 6. The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was a
of Rights except reaction against
a. the right to vote for all citizens. a. capitalism.
b. freedom of speech. b. new immigration laws passed in 1924.
c. freedom of religion. c. the nativist movements that had their origins
d. freedom of the press. in the 1850s.
e. right to a trial by a jury. d. race riots.
e. the forces of diversity and modernity that
3. The purpose behind the spoils system was
were transforming American culture.
a. to press those with experience into governmental
service.
b. to make politics a sideline and not a full-time
business. 7. The Taft-Hartley Act delivered a major blow
c. to reward political supporters with public office. to labor by
d. to reverse the trend of rotation in office. a. outlawing strikes by public employees.
e. the widespread encouragement of a bureaucratic b. creating a serious inflationary spiral.
office-holding class. c. banning labor’s political action committees.
d. outlawing the “closed” (all-union) shops.
4. Harriet Tubman gained fame e. forbidding union organizers to enter
a. by helping slaves to escape to Canada. workplaces
b. in the gold fields of California.
c. as an African-American antislavery novelist.
d. as an advocate of the Fugitive Slave Law.
e. by urging white women to oppose slavery. 8. When he became attorney general, Robert
Kennedy wanted to refocus the attention of the FBI
on
a. organized crime and civil rights.
b. communist spies and terrorism.
c. political corruption and campaign law violations.
d. illegal immigration and drug trading.
e. automobile theft and illegal weapons
9. The leader that helped the Pilgrims survive was 14. The 1919 steel strike resulted in
a. John Smith. the eight-hour States declared war on Germany
a.22. The United workday.
b. John Winthrop. the response to demands by American munitions
b.a. in right to bargain collectively.
c. Roger Williams. higher
c.makers.wages.
d. William Laud. a grievous setback crippling the union movement
d.b. as a result of treaty obligations.
e. William Bradford. for a decade.Wall Street bankers demanded it.
c. because
a after Mexico signed an alliance with Germany.
e.d. “general strike” in Seattle and Pittsburgh.
e. after German U-boats sank four unarmed
American merchant vessels
10. Alexander Hamilton’s financial program for the
economic development of the United States favored 15. Match each postwar American program below with
a. agricultural interests. its primary purpose.
b. trade with France. A. Point Four 1. assist communist-threatened Greece
c. the wealthy. and
d. the poor. B. NATO Turkey
e. the middle class. C. Truman Doctrine 2. promote economic recovery of
Europe
D. Marshall Plan 3. aid underdeveloped nations of Latin
America, Asia, and Africa
11.The “nullification crisis” of 1832–1833 4. resist Soviet military threat
erupted over a. A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
a. banking policy. b. A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
b. internal improvements. c. A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
c. tariff policy. d. A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
d. public land sales. e. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
e. Indian policy.
16. Black leaders in the 1960s included , an advocate of
peaceable resistance; , who favored black separatism;
and , an advocate of “Black Power.”
a. Malcolm X; Stokely Carmichael; Martin Luther King, Jr.
12.The most brazen scheme for territorial expansion
b. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Malcolm X; Stokely Carmichael
in the 1850s was expressed in the
c. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Stokely Carmichael; Malcolm X
a. Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
d. Stokely Carmichael; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Malcolm X
b. Wilmot Proviso.
e. Malcolm X; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Stokely Carmichael
c. Kansas-Nebraska Act.
d. Gadsden Purchase.
e. Ostend Manifesto.

13. In the long run, the group that did the most to shape
the modern West was the
a. trappers.
b. miners.
c. railroad men.
d. cowboys.
e. hydraulic engineers.
17 .By 1775, most governors of American colonies were
a. appointed by colonial proprietors.
b. appointed by the king.
c. elected by popular vote.
d. elected by the vote of colonial legislatures.
e. appointed by the British Parliament.

18.In Jay’s Treaty, the British
a. pledged to stop seizing American ships.
b. released Americans from their pre-Revolutionary War debt
23. In waging war against Japan, the United States relied
obligations to British merchants.
mainly on a strategy of
c. promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest.
a. heavy bombing from Chinese air bases.
d. refused to pay damages for seizures of American ships.
b. invading Japanese strongholds in Southeast Asia.
e. were denied most favored nation status.
c. fortifying China by transporting supplies from India over
the Himalayan “hump.”
d. “island hopping” across the South Pacific while bypassing
19. Eli Whitney was instrumental in the invention of the
Japanese strongholds.
a. steamboat.
b. cotton gin. e. turning the Japanese flanks in New Guinea and Alaska.
c. railroad locomotive.
d. telegraph.
e. repeating revolver. 24. The “three P’s” that largely explain the cultural upheavals
of the 1960s are
a. poverty, political radicalism, and protest against authority.
20. Hinton R. Helper’s book The Impending Crisis of the South b. public schools, parietal rules, and parental restrictions.
argued that those who suffered most from slave labor were c. population bulge, protest against Vietnam, and prosperity.
a. African-Americans. d. patriotism, prowar enthusiasm, and perfectionism.
b. southern planters. e. the “pill,” pot, and popular rock music
c. northern Republican abolitionists.
d. western farmers.
e. nonslave holding southern whites.

21. The 1896 presidential election marked the last time that
a. rural America would defeat urban America.
b. the South remained solid for the Democratic party.
c. a third party candidate had a serious chance at the White
House.
d. factory workers would favor inflation.
e. a serious effort to win the White House would be made
with mostly agrarian votes.
25. The soldier and explorer whose leadership earned 30. With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the great majority of
him the title “Father of New France” was Americans
a. Samuel de Champlain. a. earnestly hoped to stay out of the war.
b. Robert de La Salle. b. favored entering the war in support of the Allies.
c. Antoine Cadillac. c. supported the Central Powers.
d. Des Moines. d. had close cultural, linguistic, and economic ties with the Central Powers.
e. Edward Vincennes. e. favored U.S. mediation of the conflict

26. Upon becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the
31. Which of the following was not among the qualities of the American
Republicans in Congress immediately repealed
participation in World War II?
a. the Alien and Sedition Acts.
a. a group of highly effective military and political leaders
b. the charter of the National Bank.
b. an enormously effective effort in producing weapons and supplies
c. the excise tax on whiskey.
c. a higher percentage of military casualties than any other Allied nation
d. the funding and assumption of the national debt.
d. the preservation of the American homeland against invasion or
e. money to fund the naval build-up.
destruction from the air
e. the maintenance and re-affirmation of the strength of American
democracy
27. Most early railroads in the United States
were built in the
a. North.
b. Old South. 32. During the 1952 presidential campaign, Republican
c. lower Mississippi Valley. candidate
d. Far West. Dwight Eisenhower declared that he would to help to end
e. Appalachian Mountains. the Korean
War.
a. use atomic weapons
b. blockade the China coast and bomb Manchuria
28.The presidential candidate of the new Constitutional c. open negotiations with Mao Zedong
Union party in 1860 was d. order United Nations troops to invade North Korea
a. Stephen A. Douglas. e. personally go to Korea
b. William Seward.
c. John Bell.
d. Jefferson Davis.
e. James Crittenden.

29. The place that offered the greatest opportunities for
American women in the period 1865–1900 was
a. the big city.
b. the West.
c. suburban communities.
d. rural America.
e. New England.
33. Mercantilists believed that 30. progressive movement was instrumental in getting both
38. TheWith the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the
a. a nation needed to import more goods than it exported. great majority of Eighteenth
the Seventeenth and Americans amendments added to the
b. power came from a small colonial empire. Constitution. The Seventeenth called for , and the Eighteenth
a. earnestly hoped to stay out of the war.
25. The Proclamation of 1763 was issued mainly to
c .the mother country produced raw materials and colonies b. for .
called favored entering the war in support of the Allies.
a. oppress the colonists.
produced the finished product. a. prohibition; woman suffrage
c. supported the Central Powers.
b. punish the Indians.
d. a country’s economic wealth could be measured by the d. had close of senators; prohibition
b. direct electioncultural, linguistic, and economic ties with
c. show the power of Parliament.
amount of gold and silver in its treasury. c. woman suffrage; income taxes
the Central Powers.
d. allow western settlement by the colonists.
e. colonies drained a country of its resources. d. income taxes; direct election of senators
e. favored U.S. mediation of the conflict
e. work out a fair settlement of the Indian problem.
e. woman suffrage; direct election of senators.

34.The chief justice who carried out, more than any other
federal official, the ideas of Alexander Hamilton concerning
a powerful federal government was 39. The 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Actthe
31. Which of the following was not among
a. James Madison. a. raised America’s tariff schedule.
qualities of the American participation in World War II?
b. William Marbury. a. a group of highly effective efforts to implement
b. inhibited President Roosevelt’s military and political leaders
26. Upon the his Good enormously effective effort in producing weapons and
27. Most early railroads in the United States were built in becoming president, Thomas Jefferson and the
b. an Neighbor policy.
c. John Marshall.
a. North. c. increased America’s foreign trade.
Republicans in Congress immediately repealed
supplies
d. Samuel Chase.
b. Old South. d. Sedition Acts.
c. most strongly opposed in the South and West.
a. the Alien and was a higher percentage of military casualties than any other
e. John Jay.
c. lower Mississippi Valley. e. the aimed at isolating Italy and Germany
b. the charter of was National Bank.
Allied nation
d. Far West. c. the excise tax on whiskey.
d. the preservation of the American homeland against invasion
e. Unitarians endorsed the
35. Appalachian Mountains.concept of
d. the funding and or assumption of the national debt.
a. the deity of Christ.
e .money to fund the naval build-up. air
destruction from the
b. original sin. 40. Thethe maintenance and re-affirmation of the strength of
c. salvation through good works. e. new militancy and restlessness among many members
African-American community after 1945 was generated by
of theAmerican
d. predestination. presidency
a. thedemocracy of Harry Truman.
e. the Bible as the norm of doctrine. b. World War II.
c. the appointment of Thurgood Marshall, chief legal counsel of
the NAACP, to the Supreme Court.
36. The greatest weakness of the South during
d. Dwight Eisenhower’s commitment to civil rights.
the Civil War was its
e. the agitation of A. Philip Randolph.
a. military leadership.
b. navy.
c. slave population.
d. The place
29.economy. that offered the greatest opportunities for
American system.
e. political women in the period 1865–1900 was
a. the big city.
b. the West.
c. suburban communities. in the late nineteenth century
37. The term Richardsonian
d. rural America.
pertained to
e. New England.
a. sculpture.
b. novels.
c. painting.
d. music.
e. architecture.
41. The soldier and explorer whose leadership earned him 46. The panic of 1907 stimulated reform in policy.
the title “Father of New France” was a. banking
a. Samuel de Champlain. b. tariff
b. Robert de La Salle. c. land-use
c. Antoine Cadillac. d. industrial
d. Des Moines. e. stock-trading
e. Edward Vincennes.

42. The case of Marbury v. Madison involved the 47. Fascist aggression in the 1930s included Mussolini’s
question of who had the right to invasion of , Hitler’s invasion of , and Franco’s overthrow of
a. commit the United States to entangling alliances. the republican government of .
b. impeach federal officers for “high crimes and misdemeanors.” a. Egypt; France; Poland
c. declare an act of Congress unconstitutional. b. Albania; Italy; Austria
d. purchase foreign territory for the United States. c. Ethiopia; Czechoslovakia; Spain
e. appoint Supreme Court justices. d. Belgium; the Soviet Union; France
e. Ethiopia; Norway; Portugal

43.The original prophet of the Mormon religion was
a. Ralph Waldo Emerson. 48. In the epochal 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of
b. Brigham Young. Education of Topeka, the Supreme Court
c. Charles G. Finney. a. declared that the concept of “separate but equal” facilities
d. the angel Moroni. for blacks and whites was unconstitutional.
e. Joseph Smith. b. upheld its earlier decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.
c. rejected desegregation.
d. supported the “Declaration of Constitutional Principles”
issued by Congress.
44. The North’s greatest strength in the Civil War was its e. ordered immediate and total integration of all American
a. ethnic unity. schools.
b. military leadership.
c. navy.
d. high morale.
e. economy.

45. The only transcontinental railroad built without government aid
was the
a. New York Central.
b. Northern Pacific.
c. Union Pacific.
d. Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe.
e. Great Northern.
54. The alternative route to Panama seriously considered as
49. The first law ever passed by Parliament for raising tax
the location for a canal between the Atlantic and Pacific
Revenues in the colonies for the crown was the
Oceans was
a. Stamp Act.
a. Colombia.
b. Declaratory Act.
b. Nicaragua.
c. Townshend Acts.
c. British Honduras.
d. Quartering Act.
d. Mexico.
e. Sugar Act.
e. Costa Rica.

50. The British policy of impressment was a kind of
a. naval blockade.
b. economic boycott.
c. forced enlistment. 55. The 1932 Democratic party platform on which Franklin
d. diplomatic pressure. Roosevelt ran for the presidency called for
e. punishment for the United States. a. repeal of prohibition.
b. deficit spending.
c. higher tariffs.
d. adherence to the gold standard.
e. breaking up monopolistic corporations
51. The majority of southern whites owned no slaves because
a. they opposed slavery.
b. they could not afford the purchase price.
c. their urban location did not require them.
d. their racism would not allow them to work alongside
African-Americans. 56. All of the following were harbingers of the emerging
e. they feared the possibility of slave revolts. new life-style of leisure and affluence except
a. easy credit.
b. fast-food production.
c. new forms of recreation.
52. In the Civil War, the South won the battle of d. a franker treatment of sexuality.
a. Vicksburg. e. the maturity of radio.
b. Bull Run.
c. Gettysburg.
d. Atlanta.
e. Lookout Mountain.

53. The first major product of the oil industry was
a. kerosene.
b. gasoline.
c. lighter fluid.
d. natural gas.
e. heating oil.
57. In a republic, power 62. Teddy Roosevelt promoted the “Bad Neighbor” policy
a. comes from the aristocrats. primarily by
b. comes from a select few based on religion. a. building the Panama Canal.
c. comes from the people themselves. b. making Puerto Rico a U.S. colony.
d. resides in property owners. c. involving the United States in the border dispute between
e. belongs only to the educated. Venezuela and Britain.
d. adding the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
e. sending U.S. troops to the Dominican Republic

58. The most devastating defeat suffered by the British
during the War of 1812 took place at the Battle of
a. New Orleans. 63. Most Dust Bowl migrants headed to
a. Oklahoma.
b. Horseshoe Bend.
b. Arizona.
c. Tippecanoe.
c. Nevada.
d. the Thames.
e. Fallen Timbers. d. Oregon.
e. California

59. The idea of transporting blacks back to Africa was
a. proposed by William Lloyd Garrison. 64. During the past two decades, the gap between the rich and
b. never carried out. the poor in the United States
c. advocated by Frederick Douglass. a. changed very little.
d. suggested by the African nation of Liberia. b. became more equitable for minorities.
e. the result of the widespread loathing of blacks in America. c. widened.
d. was more equitable than in any other industrialized nation
in the world.
60. The group in the North most dangerous to the e. closed somewhat.
Union cause was the
a. Northern Peace Democrats.
b. Radical Republicans.
c. Northern War Democrats.
d. Union Party.
e. African-Americans.

61. One reason for the extremely high voter turnouts and partisan
fervor of the Gilded Age was
a. the parties’ differences over economic issues.
b. sharp ethnic and cultural differences in the membership of the
two parties.
c. battles between Catholics and Lutherans.
d. differences over the issue of the civil service.
e. sectional tensions between the Northeast and Midwest.
65. America’s first entangling alliance was with 70. During the Spanish-American War, the entire Spanish fleet
a. Great Britain. was destroyed at
b. France. the Battle of
c. Spain. a. Havana.
d. Holland. b. Santiago.
e. Russia. c. Guantanamo.
d. Samoa.
e. Manila Bay.
66. The Rush-Bagot agreement
a. required the Indians to relinquish vast areas of tribal lands
north of the Ohio River.
b. ended the traditional mutual suspicion and hatred between 71. The nonbusiness group that realized the most
the United States and Great Britain. significant, lasting gains from World War I was
c. limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes. a. labor.
d. provided for Canadian independence from Great Britain. b. blacks.
e. gave Florida to the United States. c. the Ku Klux Klan.
d. women.
e. veterans.
67. The Aroostook War was the result of
a. a short-lived insurrection in British Canada.
b. the Caroline incident.
c. the offer of asylum to the crew of the Creole. 72. Ronald Reagan planned to reduce the size of
d. a dispute over the northern boundary of Maine. government by
e. a fishing dispute between Britain and the U. S. a. cutting back on military expenditures.
b. not allowing the government to intrude into people’s
private lives in such areas as abortion and pornography.
68. The main purpose of the Black Codes was to c. shrinking the federal budget and lowering taxes.
a. guarantee freedom for the blacks. d. refusing to replace officials who retired.
b. ensure a stable labor supply. e. eliminating welfare and education programs
c. allow blacks to marry.
d. prevent blacks from becoming sharecroppers.
e. create a system of justice for ex-slaves.

69. The sequence of presidential terms of the “forgettable presidents”
of the Gilded Age (including Cleveland’s two nonconsecutive terms)
was
a. Cleveland, Hayes, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, Garfield.
b. Garfield, Hayes, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, Cleveland.
c. Cleveland, Garfield, Arthur, Hayes, Harrison, Cleveland.
d. Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, Cleveland.
e. Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, Cleveland, Arthur, Cleveland.
73. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 78. Arrange the following events in chronological order:
a. provided for the survey and sale of public lands in the Old (A) American declaration of war on Spain, (B) sinking of
Northwest. the Maine, (C) passage of the Teller Amendment, (D) passage
b. established a procedure for governing the Old Northwest of the Platt Amendment.
territory. a. A, B, D, C
c. banned slavery from all territories of the United States. b. D, C, B, A
d. cleared the way for ratification of the Articles of c. B, A, D, C
Confederation. d. B, A, C, D
e. gave control over land to the territories in which they were e. C, D, A, B
located.
79. America’s major foreign-policy problem in the 1920s
was addressed by the Dawes Plan, which
a. ended the big-stick policy of armed intervention in Central
74. The Tariff of 1816 was the first in American history America and the Caribbean.
a. to be enacted. b. established a ratio of allowable naval strength between the
b. intended to raise revenue. United States, Britain, and Japan.
c. that aimed to protect American industry. c. condemned the Japanese aggression against Manchuria.
d. to impose customs duties on foreign imports. d. aimed to prevent German re-armament.
e. designed to protect agriculture e. tried to solve the tangle of war-debt and war-reparations
payments

75. During the Mexican War, the Polk administration was called upon
several times to respond to “spot” resolutions indicating where American
blood had been shed to provoke the war. The resolutions were frequently
introduced by
a. Abraham Lincoln.
b .Henry Clay. 80. The one major social movement born in the 1960s
c. Robert Walker. that retained and gathered momentum in the 1970s and
d. David Wilmot. after was
e. Lewis Cass. a. the hippie movement.
b. the peace movement.
c. the feminist movement.
d. the civil rights movement.
76. The Fourteenth Amendment guaranteed e. the antipoverty movement
a. citizenship to freed slaves.
b. land for former slaves.
c. freedom to slaves.
d. freed slaves the right to vote.
e. education to former slaves.

END political beneficiary
77. The greatestOF SECTION I of the backlash
against President Cleveland in the Congressional elections
of 1894 were
a. the Republicans.
b. the Populists.
c. the “goldbug” Democrats.
d. the Greenback Labor Party.
e. the Knights of Labor.

END OF SECTION I
UNITED STATES HISTORY
SECTION II
Part A
(Suggested writing time – 45 minutes)
Percent of Section II score – 45

Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of
Documents (A-H) and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. High scores will be earned only by
essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period.

1. Assess the statement "the Cold War greatly influenced the infrastructure and intelligence,
including education, of the United States." Take a position on this statement and support your
argument with your knowledge and the documents given below.

Document A

The efforts of these and other early groups received little attention until the U.S.S.R launched Sputnik, the
first space satellite, in the fall of 1957. The American press treated Sputnik as a major humiliation, and
called attention to the low quality of math and science instruction in the public schools. Congress
responded by passing the 1958 National Defense Education Act to increase the number of science, math,
and foreign language majors, and to contribute to school construction.

-David Klein A Brief History of American K-12 Mathematics Education

Document B

The Federal Civil Defense Act puts the responsibility for civil defense jointly on the Federal Government
and the States. Until this year, there has been little interest, and less money available for civil defense, so
that it has not been necessary to define responsibilities precisely. Now we have launched a major program.
Under this program, the Federal Government has assumed four responsibilities: First, to keep track of the
nature of the threat which the Civil Defense Program must be designed to meet; second, to prepare
information about the threat and how it can be met; third, to bear a major part of the costs of civil defense
activities, where such sharing will stimulate State and local and private activities; and, fourth, to provide
technical assistance through State and local channels for civil defense planning.

- excerpt from Fallout Protection

Document C
Space exploration and satellite technology could feed into the Cold War on both fronts. Satellite-borne
equipment could spy on other countries, while space-faring accomplishments could serve as propaganda to
tout a country's scientific prowess and military potential. The same rockets that might send a human into
orbit or hit a specific spot on the Moon could send an atom bomb to a specific enemy city.
Document D
Much of the technological development required for space travel applied equally well to wartime rockets
such as Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Along with other aspects of the arms race, progress in
space appeared as an indicator of technological and economic prowess, demonstrating the superiority of the
ideology of that country. Space research had a dual purpose: it could serve peaceful ends but could also
contribute to military needs.

Document E
Concern regarding the Soviet Union and the difficulty of getting information from its closed society, which few
agents could penetrate, led to solutions based on advanced technology. Among the first success was with the
Lockheed U-2 aircraft, which could take pictures and collect electronic signals from an altitude above Soviet air
defenses' reach.SR-71

Document F

From my viewpoint, foreign policy is based primarily on one consideration: the need for the US to obtain
raw materials and to preserve profitable foreign markets. Out of this comes the need to make certain that
those areas of the world where there are essential raw materials are accessible to us.

-General Eisenhower on American motives in 1951

McAleavy, Tony. Twentieth Centurty History International Relations since 1919. 2nd. Dubai: Cambridge
University Press, 2002.

Document G
We are firmly convinced that the time is approaching when socialist countries will outstrip the most
developed capitalist countries in the volume of industrial production.

- October, 1958, Khrushchev on Soviet communism overtaking the West

McAleavy, Tony. Twentieth Centurty History International Relations since 1919. 2nd. Dubai: Cambridge
University Press, 2002.

Document H

END OF DOCUMENTS FOR QUESTION 1

UNITED STATES HISTORY
SECTION II
Part B and Part C
(Suggested total planning and writing time – 70 minutes)
Percent of Section II score – 55

Part B

Directions: Choose ONE question from this part. You are advised to spend 5 minutes planning and 30 minutes
writing your answer. Cite relevant historical evidence in support of your generalizations and present your arguments
clearly and logically.

Question A
Analyze the differences between the Spanish settlements in the Southwest and the English settlements in
New England in the seventeenth century in terms of TWO of the following:
1. *Politics
2. *Religion
3. *Economic Development

Question B
Explain why and how the role of the federal government changed as a result of the Civil War with respect
to TWO of the following during the period 1861-1877:

o Race relations
o Economic development
o Western expansion
Part C

Question D

Analyze the ways in which the federal government sought support on the home front for the war effort
during the First World War.

Question E

Compare and contrast the programs and policies designed by reformers of the Progressive era to those
designed by reformers of the New Deal period. Confine your answer to programs and policies that
addressed the needs of those living in poverty.

END OF EXAMINATION