AP US History-0235/01 Assignments

Complete questions 1-50 from the Regents attached below.  

Complete the ENTIRE Regents exam attached below. 

Assignment includes:
All multiple choice questions
Thematic Essay
DBQ Questions and Essay

Complete the Thematic Essay prompt attached below. 

Complete the Thematic Essay prompt attached below.  

Complete the documents attached below and complete the essay that follows.  

Complete the DBQ questions attached below and complete the essay assignment that follows.  

Read the prompt attached below and write the essay that follows.  This is a thematic essay so there are no documents to use.

1) Complete the questions 7-20 we started in class.
2) Complete the short answer questions attached below.  

Answer questions 17-20 from the multiple choice work we started in class.  
Answer questions 1-4 from the short answers attached below.  

Complete the questions attached below.  

Read pages 870-873 from your textbook, then answer the following questions.  
1) Do you think that Ford made a good
decision in pardoning Nixon? Explain
why or why not.  


2) 

How were the actions taken by
Presidents Ford and Carter to
address the country’s economic
downturn similar? How did they
differ?



3) 

Do you agree with President Carter
that human rights concerns should
steer U.S. foreign policy? Why or
why not?

Complete DBQ assignment on Nixon.  

Work on DBQ from former AP exam.  Write full paragraphs.

Answer question 4 parts A-C on page 852 of your textbook.  

Complete all questions attached below.  

Complete the DBQ Assignment and Essay attached below.  

Complete the DBQ questions and essay attached below.  

1)Read pages 699-710 in your textbookComplete the questions attached below based on the political cartoons seen in the handout.  

1) Read pages 674-679 and 686-690 from your textbook.
2) Complete the Great Depression DBQ questions attached below.  

1)Read pages 671-674 of your textbook.
2) Answer questions 1-3 on page 673

1)Define Harlem Renaissance

2) What factors contributed to the emergence of the Harlem Renaissance?

3) How did the Harlem Renaissance shape the way African Americans viewed themselves?

1) Read The Cinema reading on page 657 and answer questions 1-3

2) Read the Dance Halls reading on page 659-660 and answer questions 1-3

1) Read pages 637-642 in your textbook.  
2) Read the document attached below on the Palmer Raids and the Red Scare.
3) Answer questions 1-3 on pages 3 AND 4 of the document.  

Complete the questions attached below.

Answer all of the questions based on the documents attached below.  

1) Answer questions 1-3 on page 632 of your textbook.
2) Explain how the role of the federal government changed during World War I. 
3) What are the constitutional issues raised by the government's response to anti-war sentiments.  

1) Read pages 620-623 in your textbook.  
2) Explain why the assassination of Francis Ferdinand led to more than a localized quarrel.
3) Explain why President Wilson initially opposed US involvement in World War 1 and why he later changed his mind.  
4) How did Wilson use the war to bolster his election prospects?
 

Complete all of the questions attached below.  This will be counted as a HW assignment. 

1) Answer questions 1-3 on page 567. 
2) Answer questions 1-3 on page 571. 

1) How was U.S. policy toward China
different from U.S. policy toward the
Philippines? To what can you
attribute the difference?
2) How did U.S. foreign policy at the
turn of the century affect actions
taken by the United States toward
China? Think About:
• why the United States wanted
access to China’s markets
• the purpose of the Open Door
notes
• the U.S. response to the Boxer
Rebellion

1) What do you think were the similarities and differences between
Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy and
Wilson’s missionary diplomacy? Use
evidence from the text to support
your response. Think About:
• the goal of each of these foreign
policies
• how the policies defined the role
of U.S. intervention in international affairs
• how the policies were applied  


2)

What do you think were the similarities and differences between
Roosevelt’s Big Stick policy and
Wilson’s missionary diplomacy? Use
evidence from the text to support
your response. Think About:
• the goal of each of these foreign
policies
• how the policies defined the role
of U.S. intervention in international affairs
• how the policies were applied

Answer questions 1-3 on page 564.

Read the Documents attached below and answer questions 1-16 that follow.   Will count as a HW assignment. 

Complete the questions attached below.

Complete the questions to the DBQ attached below.  

Complete the following questions on a separate Google Doc. 

Read pages 581-593Answer questions 1-3 on page 586

Read the article on page 526 of your textbook and answer questions 1-3 on page 527.

Read the following speech from Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise". Answer the following questions as you go along.

1)What did Booker T. Washington ask of the African-American members of his audience? What did he ask of the white members of his audience?

2) According to Washington, what did African Americans in the South need to do to achieve economic and social equality? How would you characterize this approach? Use evidence from the speech to characterize it.

3) Many African Americans agreed with Washington's approach, yet many others were very critical of it, referring to the speech as the "Atlanta Compromise." Defend each side of the debate using evidence from the speech.

Complete the questions attached below. 

1) Read pages 509-521 from your textbook.

2) Answer questions 1-3 on page 512

Complete the questions attached below on a separate Google Doc. 

1)  Read pages 481-489 from your textbook.  
2)  Answer Question 5 on page 507.

Please complete all questions attached below.  Assignment will be locked.  

Attached is DBQ on railroads.  Answer questions to documents 1-8 on a separate Google Doc.  You do not have to write the essay, only answer the document questions

Read pages 542-551 from your textbook then answer the following questions on a separate Google Doc.  

1)  Briefly describe ONE key goal of the People’s Party (Populist Party) in the 1890s.
2)  Briefly explain ONE reason for the emergence of the People’s Party (Populist Party) in the 1890s.
3)  Briefly describe ONE key historical similarity or difference between the People’s Party (Populist Party) in the 1890s and Jacksonian Democrats in the 1820s and 1830s.

Answer questions 1-3 on page 466 of your textbook

Complete the DBQ assignment attached below on a separate google doc.  

1) Read pages 418-446
2)Complete questions 1-5 on page 447 on a separate Google doc.

Complete the questions attached below on a separate google doc.  

Complete the DBQ questions attached below.  There are a total of 8 documents and 16 questions.  Complete on a separate Google Doc.  Prepare for your essay section tomorrow in class.

On a Google Doc, complete a full 5 paragraph essay on the Civil War.  Make sure to use at least 5 documents and use outside information to get full credit.  Grammar counts.   

Answer questions 1-5 on page 417 of your textbook.  

Answer the following questions on a separate Google Doc. 

1)What was the Union strategy during the Civil War? 
2. How did the Battle of Bull Run impact the North and the South? 
3. What is the “Anaconda Plan”?
4. Why might Antietam be considered the most important battle of the Civil War? 
5. What was the purpose, provisions and impact of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Complete the assignment attached below

Read the primary source attached below and answer questions 1-3 that follow.  

Answer questions 1-3 on page 391 of your textbook. 

Answer the questions attached below on a separate Google Doc.  

Using the documents, write an essay on the Causes of the Civil War.  Make sure to read all of the directions and follow the prompt.

Read the document attached and answer all questions that follow. 

Complete all the questions attached below.  

Attached is a DBQ on the Mexican American War.  Read the Documents and answer the questions that follow.  

1) Read pages 360-363 in your textbook. 
2) Why did the Mexican government offer land to American settlers?  Why did Americans want to move to Mexico?
3) Write a short paragraph explaining why the US did not annex Texas in 1836.

1) Read pages 359-364 from your textbook
2)Answer question 4 on page 382 of your textbook.  Parts A,B,C

Work on the DBQ questions attached below.  Only answer the the Document Questions. 

Using the attachment below, read the Frederick Douglass speech we spoke about in class.  Answer all of the questions that follow.  There is a total of 30 questions.  Complete on a separate Google Doc.

1) Read pages 307-318 in your textbook.   
2)Answer questions 1-3 on page 319. 

Read the Debating the Past section on page 248 of your textbook.  Answer questions 1-3 that follow.  

Read the stations and answer the questions that follows.  

Complete:
Station 1- Questions 1&2
Station 2- Question 1
Station 3- Questions 1-3
Station 4- Question 2
Station 5- Question 2
Station 6- Skip
Station 7- Questions 1&2

Using your notes and textbook answer the 3 questions from the attachment below.  

Using the image ,answer (a), (b), and (c).
Briefly describe ONE perspective about politics in the 1830s expressed in the image.
Briefly explain ONE specific event or development that led to the perspective expressed in the image.
Briefly explain ONE specific effect of the political developments referenced by the image.

Read The Global Industrial Revolution on page 206 of your textbook and answer questions 1-3.  

Attached is a DBQ file.  Please read documents 1-9 and answer the questions that follow.  You do not have to write the essay section.

Read pages 211 - 215
Answer the following questions:
1) Why was Louisiana such an attractive prize to so many?
2) Why was Jefferson in particular tempted by it?
3) Who was generally opposed to the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory?
4) Describe the Constitutional questions raised by the acquisition of Louisiana.  
 

1) Explain the Significance: 
a. strict construction
b. John Marshall
c. judicial review
d. Louisiana Purchase 
e. Lewis and Clark Expedition
f. embargo


2) What was the historical significance of Thomas Jefferson winning the presidency?  What was it the first time occurring?


3) What power did Marbury v. Madison give to the Supreme Court?


4) Why did Jefferson decide to buy the Louisiana Territory?  What was its purpose?

Answer all the questions attached below.

Attached is an Anti-Federalist essay written during the discussion of the Constitution.  This is the most popular criticism of the new Constitution and establishment of a stronger, larger central government.  This essay is commonly seen on AP exams from essays.  Read Brutus I and complete the following questions.  

1)   Which form of government (a large national republic or a confederation of small republics) is more likely to preserve and protect personal liberties and why?


2)   Can a larger republic, based on the principle of consent of the governed, sufficiently protect the rights and liberties of the individual states and people, or is a confederation the only method of securing such liberty?


3)    Should the federal legislature be able to repeal state laws in order to impose federal laws for the purpose of promoting the general welfare or common defense of the nation? If so, why? If not, why?


4)Brutus argues that in a republic, “the manners, sentiments, and interests of the people should be similar…if not, there will be a constant clashing of opinions and the representatives of one part will be constantly striving against the other.”  Should a republic be made up of a small group of like-minded people? Or, is diversity of opinion beneficial to the success of a federal government?

Read the excerpts from Federalist Papers 10 and 51.  Answer the questions that follow each

Read pages 168-174 in your textbook then answer the following questions.

1) Briefly explain ONE way in which the Constitution represented a conservative defense of existing economic elites.  

2) Identify rights and powers belonging to (a) the people (b) state governments (c) the national government under the Constitution

3) Describe what Crevecoeur (pg.174) means when he asks, "What then is the American, this new man?"

Using the excerpts below, answer (a), (b), and (c).
a) Briefly describe ONE major difference between Beard’s and Berkin’s historical interpretations of the drafting of the United States Constitution.

b) Briefly explain how ONE specific historical event, development, or circumstance in the period 1776–1800 that is not directly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Beard’s interpretation.

c) Briefly explain how ONE specific historical event, development, or circumstance in the period 1776–1800 that is not directly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Berkin’s interpretation.

1) Why did the Continental Congress have trouble paying for the war?

2) Before officially joining the war effort, how did European countries help Americans fight the British?

3) Why were the French at first reluctant to make an alliance with the colonies?

4) What factors do you think are most important in explaining the American victory in the Revolution War?

1) Which groups participated in the colonial independence movement, and how did the Enlightenment impact the arguments and ideals at the root of the drive for independence from Britain? Pay special attention to groups based on gender, class, region, and trade.

2) How did Enlightenment philosophers and ideas inspire many American political thinkers to emphasize individual talent over hereditary privilege?

3) How do both Common Sense and the Declaration of Independence illustrate the colonists’ belief in republican government and the natural rights of man?

Now that we are learning about the American Revolution, we need to take a look at the document that declared us free from England.  Read the Declaration of Independence and answer the questions that follow.

Read the documents attached below and answer all of the questions that follow.  

Using the link below, read the article about the Townshend Acts and the committees of correspondence and answer the questions that follow.  
1) In your own words, explain the role and function of the committees of correspondence.

2) Why do you think Massachusetts became a leader in the American Revolution?
3) What was the most consequential outcome of the Townshend Acts?

Using the primary and secondary sources provided answer the questions that go along with documents 1-4.  All work should be done on Google Docs and submitted here.  Read the Boston Gazette and London Chronicle sources and be prepared to discuss them in class tomorrow.

Read pages 122-127 from the document attached below.  Answer the following questions.  
1) What does the phrase “no taxation without representation” mean? Is it still relevant today?


2)Explain the theory of virtual representation in your own words. Was it valid?


3) Why did the colonists react so vehemently to the passage of the Stamp Act? How important do you think the Stamp Act was in the eventual outbreak of the American Revolution?

Attached is a DBQ on the French and Indian War.  
Please read each of the 8 documents and answer the question that follows.  
All work should be submitted on Google Classroom. 

Please turn in all parts of the summer assignment here.  If any sections were handwritten please include a photo of the completed work.    

Answer all questions on a Google Doc.

1) What did the British hope to gain by issuing the Proclamation of 1763?

2) How did the French and Indian War lead to tension between the colonists and the British government?

3) If you had been a Native American living in the Northeast during the French and Indian War, would you have formed a military alliance with France or with Great Britain?
Support your choice with reasons.

4) What if the outcome of the French and Indian War had been different and France had won? How might
this have affected the 13 colonies?
Think About:
- the actual outcome of the Treaty of Paris
- France’s patterns of colonization
- France’s relations with Native Americans

Attached is the Christopher Columbus Reading that we worked on together in class.  
For homework today please do the following:
1) Read primary source 2 by Ramon Rivera.
2) Answer analysis questions 1-3 on page 5.  
3) Complete the writing prompt comparing and contrasting the two sources on page 6.

Submit all work on Google Classroom before class begins.

Please make sure to turn in the signed student contract tomorrow during class.