Essay Questions To Consider

1. Following Reconstruction, many southern leaders promoted the idea of a New South. To what extent was this New South a reality by the turn of the twentieth century? In your answer be sure to address the following:

Economic development Politics Race relations

2. Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy, and economic conditions change American agriculture in the period 1865 1900. Be sure to evaluate farmers responses to these changes. 3. For whom and to what extent was the American west a land of opportunity from 1865 to

1900?
4. How successful was organized labor in improving the position of workers in the period from 1875 to 1900? Analyze the factors that contributed to the level of success achieved. 5. The 1920s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on the one hand and traditional values and nostalgia on the other. What led to the tension between old and new and in what ways was the tension manifested1? 6. It was the strength of the opposition forces, both liberal and conservative, rather than the ineptitude2 and stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate defeat of the

Treaty of Versailles. Assess3 the validity4 of this statement.

7. The Progressive movement of 1901 to 1917 was a triumph of conservativism rather than victory for liberalism.

Assess the validity of this statement.

8. How and for what reasons did United States foreign policy change between 1920 and

1941?
9. Analyze the ways in which the Great Depression altered the American social fabric5 in the

1930s.
10. To what extent and why did the United States adopt an isolationist foreign policy in 1920s

and 1930s?
1. Manifested: provide evidence for; stand as proof of 2. ineptitude: lack of skill, ability, or competence 3. assess: evaluate significance of 4. validity: the quality of having legal force or effectiveness 5. social fabric: The composite demographics of a defined area, which consists of its ethnic composition, wealth, education level, employment rate and regional values.

11. The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in post Second World War era rather than a strictly military measure designed to force Japans unconditional surrender. Assess the validity of this statement. 12. Analyze the responses of Franklin Delano Roosevelts administration to problems of the Great Depression. How effective were these responses? How did they change the role of the federal government? 13. (Previous DBQ) Evaluate the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. To what extent did the treaty respond to the desires of those involved in negotiation?

NOTES On Question

Economic
Industry o Cigarettes Duke invented machine increased production and sales o Textiles factoriesincreased productivity for cotton Share cropping o Productivity- many people working land cheaply less productivity due to lack of agricultural innovation

Step 1: New South is about... 1) industrialization 2) white domination 3) economic prosperity

Politics -Democrats > Glover Cleveland ~ first Democrat President after Civil War ~ represent the Southern idea ~ south gain power in U.S -Redeemers > Jim Crow Laws ~ segregations ~ denial of rights for th th th 13 , 14 , 15 Amendment

Not as much increase as the North

Race Relations Act of 1876: banned any kind of racism Act of 1883: Congress only banned discrimination on state action Plessy v. Ferguson trial o 1/8 black man = guilty o Sitting in the white mans area in train