Recent APUSH Essay Topics

2012- DBQ- Gilded Age

Effect of Fr-Ind War 1763-1776
Sectionalism caused by Westward Mvt 1800-1850
1920 Cultural Conflict: Immigration, Religion, Prohibition
Cold War Policies of Truman, Ike, Nixon
2011- DBQ- Nixon
FRQ- Slavery in colonial America,
Political parties 1790-1840,
Immigrant opposition 1840-1850s/ 1910-1920s
African Americans 1890s-1920s/1950-1960s
2010- DBQ Puritan influence 1620-1660s
FRQ- reasons for US victory in American Revolution
Extension on slavery 1845-1860 as a cause of Civil War
Women Reforms 1880s-1920s
Impact of population movements, 1945-1985- suburbs, sunbelt, immigration
2009- DBQ Slavery 1775-1830
FRQ-1763-1776 Causes of American Revolution
What caused the Republican Party to form 1840-1850s
Union membership/growth 1875-1925
Home Front WWII for minorities: Blacks, J-A, Mex, Jews
2008-DBQ- Vietnam War
Indian-Euro relations in 1600s
Economy 1815-1860
Emergence of the New South 1870-1916
Presidential shifts in party affiliation: 1928-1948
2007- DBQ Agriculture 1865-1900
FRQ-Backcountry Revolutions- Shays, Whiskey, Paxton, Regulators
Impact of the 2nd Great Awakening
TRoosevelts policies: Labor, Trusts, Conservation, World Affairs
Comparing 1st and 2nd terms of two: FDR, LBJ, Nixon, Reagan
2006-DBQ Republican Motherhood vs Cult of Domesticity
Diff B/n Spanish & Brit Colonies in Politics, Religion, Economic Development
Fed Govt Policy changes 1861-1877 (Reconstr) in Race Relations, Econ Develp, Westward Mvt
Progressivism- Regulation of Business, labor, Immigrants
1950s rebellion: Youth, Civil Rights, Intellectuals
2005 DBQ- American Revolution changing Am Society: 1775-1800
FRQ- Compare Plymouth & Jamestown 1607-1750
Mex-AM War as a cause of sectionalism
Immigration patterns- 1820 to 1860, 1880 to 1924, 1665-2000
Impact of Civil Rights Mvt, Womens Mvt, & Anti War Mvt on society 1960s&70s

2004 DBQ F&I War as a cause of Amer Revolution

FRQ- Am Revs impact on slavery & status of women
Political Compromises to reduce sectional tension 1820-1861
Compare Progressive Reforms to New Deal Reforms
Effectiveness of Containment: 1945-1975
2003 DBQ- New Deal effectiveness/changes 1929-1941
FRQ- Effectiveness of Articles of Confederation
Transportation changes: 1820-1860
Impact of the Civil War on pol&econ development 1865-1900
Compare & Contrast 1920s&1950s- race, role of women, consumerism
2002 DBQ Reform Movements 1825-1850
Religion shaping colonial society to 1740: New Eng, Chesapeake, Middle Atlantic
Contributions of two in est stable govt: John Adams, TJ, GW
Compare US foreign pol 1919-1928 with 1945-1950
How did Civil Rights Mvt of 1950s&60s address failures of Reconstruction?
2001 DBQ Cold War& Ikes policies 1848-1961
FRQ Slavery 1607-1775
Jackson Period as Common Man- Econ, Politics, Reform
Transportation sparking econ growth: 1860-1900
Rise of Nativism: 1900-1930