RECONSTRUCTION ERA AP ESSAY QUESTIONS
APUSH – Cornwell
1996 DBQ
1. In what ways and to what extent did constitutional and social developments
between 1860 and 1877 amount to a revolution?
2006 FRQ #3
2. Explain why and how the role of the federal government changed as a result of
the Civil War with respect to TWO of the following during the period 1861-1877:
• Race relations
• Economic Development
• Westward Expansion
2008 FRQ #4
3. Following Reconstruction, many southern leaders promoted the idea of a “New
South”. To what extent was this “New South” a reality by the time of the First
World War? In your answer be sure to address TWO of the following:
• Economic Development
• Politics
• Race Relations