Sample Essays Questions for
FRQ’s
• “The Jacksonian Democrats of the 1830’s had
virtually the same political views as the
Jeffersonian Democrats of an earlier era.”
• Assess the validity of this statement.
• Discuss whether or not US foreign policy from
1890-1914 was principally guided by
economic motives.
• Compare and contrast Herbert Hoover’s
economic policies with those of Franklin
Roosevelt.
• To what extent did television affect American
culture and politics in the 1950’s and 1960’s?