Download 06 Unit II American Revolution Essay Questions

AP / IB United States History
Mr. Blackmon
Unit II American Revolutionary Era 1775-1789 Essays
You will be asked to write ONE of Five of the following essays!
1.
Analyze the extent to which the American Revolution represented a radical alteration in
American political ideas and institutions.
Confine your answer to the period 1775 to 1800.
(1997)
2.
Analyze the impact of the American Revolution on both slavery and the status of women
in the period from 1775-1800.
(2004 A)
3.
Analyze the political, diplomatic, and military reasons for the United States victory in the
Revolutionary War. Confine your answer to the period 1775–1783. (2010 A)
4.
Evaluate the relative importance of domestic and foreign affairs in shaping American
politics in the 1790s. (1994)
5.
Analyze the degree to which the Articles of Confederation provided an effective form of
government with respect to any TWO of the following:
Foreign relations
Economic conditions
Western lands
(1996)
6.
Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the
problems that confronted the new nation.
(2003 A)
7.
To what extent was the United States Constitution a radical departure from the Articles of
Confederation? (2005 B)
8.
"The United States Constitution of 1787 represented an economic and ideological victory
for the traditional American political elite." Assess the validity of that statement for the
period 1781 to 1789 (2006 B)
9.
Analyze the reasons for the Anti-Federalists’ opposition to ratifying the Constitution.
(2008 B)
10.
Analyze how the ideas and experiences of the revolutionary era influenced the principles
embodied in the Articles of Confederation. (2009 B)