AP US History 2nd six weeks

What weight is allotted to the DBQ in determining of your total AP exam score? 

25%

What possible time periods could the historical focus of your DBQ prompt and documents be from? 

Possible DBQ prompts and topics can only come from the American Revolution to the 1980’s (Units 3-8)

Which set of points from the DBQ rubric are identical to their counterparts on the LEQ rubric?

Contextualization and Thesis

What significant foreign policy initiative of the United States is being demonstrated as unsuccessful in the stimulus above? 

The Truman Doctrine and policy of containment

the image represents communism spreading from the Soviet Union to China which diametrically opposed what the US was attempting to accomplish.

The “loss” of China to communism represented an upsetting failure to Americans for all of the following reasons, EXCEPT?  

It meant that thousands of years of Chinese culture stood to be erased as a part of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

Mao did instigate a cultural revolution but it didn't attempt to erase China's past, and even if it did the United States wouldn't have been majorly concerned at that loss.

Which of the following historical developments could be most directly described as an effect, taken by the United States, of the actions depicted to the image above? 

The issuing of NSC-68 which warned of impending attacks with weapons of mass destruction and encouraged a military buildup to ensure national defense

in fear of losing the war on communism the United States diverted their efforts from one of containment to use of overwhelming force and superiority to defeat the Soviets

Which of the following best describes the marketing techniques of early advertising executives? 

Using targeted advertising that appealed to different sections of society to sell specific goods

Which of the following prevailing mid-century philosophies is most directly supported by the two images in the stimulus above? 

Consumerism

advertising makes its annual earnings by selling goods to consumers, but once a consumers needs have been met by purchasing a product where does that leave manufactures and advertisers? Consumerism ensures that there will always been needs that people must satiate. 

The National Indian Youth Council (NIYC) can be uniquely characterized as using which of the following to progress their movement 

Employed direct action tactics and more combative rhetoric.

this type of question can be directly supported by evidence within the stimulus. Remember especially with secondary source stimulus sets you should be reading the document carefully as often times the questions will use evidence contained directly in it .

Both the NIYC and Chicano movement shared all of the following characteristics except... 

The existence of these groups was only because of the efforts taken on behalf of white college students who used their position in society to advocate for others.

while for the larger Civil Rights movements of the 1960's there was a role to be played by white college students, both of these movements developed from a more grass-roots origin.

All minority groups from the 1960’s benefited as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which focused on what primary issue? 

Outlawing discrimination in housing

this act prohibited discrimination in regards to the selling or renting of housing to peoples on a basis of race, religion, national origin, or sex.

The Kerner Commission explained urban riots as the result of which of the following 

 

Black frustration with the hopelessness of urban poverty .

after years of peaceful protests, non-violent advocacy the system had still failed to adequately meet the social equity demands of marginalized people within society sot they turned to another more direct approach, rioting and demonstrations.

How did American liberals change their views of poverty during the 1960s?  

More and more saw poverty from the failure of individuals to take full advantage of the American system.

At the same time of the Kerner Report, the American south, or the Sun Belt, was experiencing economic changes, all of the following led to the economic development of the Sun Belt EXCEPT? 

 

A resurgence in southern agriculture

there was massive government and private investment in the South which served to shift the economy away from agriculture to more highly educated professions that required higher education and paid substantially more.

Greece and Turkey were early flashpoints in the Cold War.  How did the United States respond to unrest in Greece and Turkey in 1947?  

 

The United States sent $400 million to both nations to be used in resisting communism

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?  

Create new markets for American goods

Generate support for Capitalist democracies

Rebuild Western Europe

Who first advocated the policy of containment?  

Harry Truman

Joseph McCarthy first achieved national prominence in February 1950 by waving a piece of paper that he claimed included 205 communists currently working in what capacity? 

 

Members of the Department of State

All of the following events related to the Korean War are true EXCEPT   

An armistice was never officially signed

What was the relationship between the federal government and economic growth in the aftermath of World War II? 

Federal spending created more economic growth

What was the result of Brown v. Board of Education?  

Ruled against segregated public schools

Overturned the legal logic of Plessy v. Ferguson

Extended the reach of the Fourteenth Amendment

What groups experienced the increased fertility rates associated with the baby boom? 

Wealthy Americans from all racial backgrounds

What was the name of the 1960s counterculture that rejected the values of conformity and domesticity? 

Hippies

Which of the following libertarian think tanks were created in the first decade following WWII?  

 

Foundation for Economic Education

Mont Pelerin Society

Who organized the first sit-ins?  

NAACP

President Johnson proposed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 partially in response to what event in Selma, Alabama?

 

“Bloody Sunday,” the beating of peaceful marchers by police officers

In the mid-1960s, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) experienced a transformation.  This transformation included all of the following EXCEPT 

Merging with the Black Panther Party

What was the subject of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring? 

Environmental dangers of pesticides

The cornerstone of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty was which program? 

Community Action

Roe v. Wade, the court case that legalized abortion hinged on what legal idea? 

right of privacy

The Stonewall incident that catalyzed the gay rights movement occurred when __________  

bar patrons in New York City protested a police raid

Who was the leader of the movement to stop the Equal Rights Amendment?  

phyllis Schlafly

What initially sparked the 1973 energy crisis?  

OPEC’s embargo of oil exports to the United States in retaliation for American intervention in the Middle East

Which of the following resulted from American commitments to free trade?  

The relocation of American exports

Which historical trend is most contradicted by Phyllis Schlafly’s campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment?  

A women’s rights movement sought to create greater equality and opportunities for women

, for centuries women in America had been championing the fight for political and social equality and just as women were starting to increase their representation this anti-ERA campaign sought to rollback those advances.

How did civil rights legislation and racial tensions influence the growth of the modern Republican Party?  

Democrats took the lead in passing civil rights legislation, pushing many white Americans toward the Republican Party

as more white Americans were being presented with  and "forced" to accept racial equality in American society many of them found political refuge in the Republican political party where politicians generally did not support civil rights legislation.

Activists like Phyllis Schlafly, Jerry Falwell and conservative political candidates such as Barry Goldwater, and George Wallace represent which of the following trends of American politics? 

The rejection of liberalism and the Left claiming these ideologies had only perpetuated the problems in society which they claimed to solve

these political influences served to reject the federal-centric policies of Johnson's "Great Society" by putting the blame of societal ills on government itself.

Which of the following historical reasoning skill would be the least useful in helping you under this document in a broader context of American history in the 20th century? 

Comparison

without being given another historical stimulus or comparison point it would not be useful to use this as a meaningful skill in helping you understand the above document.

Which HIPP element would help you better make connections to the following statement: White middle class America was most offended by the content represented in popular culture as portrayed by MTV. 

 

Point of view

Correct, if you read the sourcing information which you ALWAYS should be doing, you will see who it was addressing content. The information included in the sourcing information is not meant to be random, everything about it is meant to be intentionally helpful to guide you to the correct answer

 

This historical document would be most helpful in making an argument in response to which of the following prompts? 

 

To what extent was American experience internal changes during the Cold War in regards to political, social, and economic controversies?

that nature of the document is social/cultural in nature and is representative of the struggle within America to control social norms, in this case regarding popular culture through music.