DBQ Topics: 2011-2003
2011
Analyze the international and domestic challenges the US faced between 1968
and 1974 and evaluate how President Richard Nixon responded to them.
2010
In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political,
economic, and social development of the New England colonies from 1630
through the 1660’s?
2009
From 1775 to 1830, many African Americans gained freedom from slavery, yet
during the same period the institution of slavery expanded. Explain why BOTH of
those changes took place. Analyze the ways that BOTH free African Americans
and enslaved African Americans responded to the challenge of confronting them.
2008
Analyze ways in which the Vietnam War heightened social, political, and
economic tensions in the US. Focus your essay on the period of 1964 to 1975.
2007
Analyze the ways in which technology, government policy, and economic
conditions changed American Agriculture in the period 1865-1900.
2006
Discuss the changed ideals of American womanhood between the American
Revolution (1770’s) and the outbreak of the Civil War. What factors fostered the
emergence of “republican motherhood” and the “cult of domesticity”? Assess
the extent to which these ideals influenced the lives of women during this
period. In your answer consider the issues of race and class.
2005
To what extent did the American Revolution fundamentally change American
society? In your answer be sure to address the political, social, and economic
effects of the Revolution in the period from 1775 to 1800.
2004
In what ways did the French and Indian War alter the political, economic, and
ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies?
2003
Analyze the responses of FDR administration to the problem of the Great
Depression. How effective were these responses? How did they change the role
of government?
Topics by Year and Subject: 1990-2011
2011
1968-1974 (Nixon)
2010
1630-1660 (Puritans)
2009
1775-1830 (Slavery)
2008
1964-1975 (Vietnam War)
2007
1865-1900 (Agriculture)
2006
1770-1860 (Woman’s History)
2005
1775-1800 (American Revolution)
2004
1754-1763 (French and Indian War)
2003
1932-1940 (Great Depression)
2002
1825-1850 (Antebellum)
2001
1952-1960 (Cold War)
2000
1875-1900 (Labor History)
1999
1750-1780 (Colonial Unity)
1998
1801-1817 (Jefferson)
1997
1890-1925 (Woman’s History)
1996
1865-1877 (Reconstruction)
1995
1960-1969 (Civil Rights)
1994
1830-1914 (Imperialism)
1993
1607-1700 (Early Colonial Settlement)
1992
1840-1899 (Settlement of West)
1991
1917-1921 (Treaty of Versailles)
1990
1820-1839 (Jacksonian Democracy)