APUSH Essay Outline Questions & Format

Due Monday Dec. 8-

AP Style Questions- Construct a core Structure outline for 2 of the following questions: Intro with thesis, 3 support paragraphs, conclusion

AP 2012 Analyze how western expansion contributed to growing sectional tensions between the North and the South. Confine your answer to the period from 1800 to 1850.

AP 2008 Use TWO of the following categories to analyze the ways in which African Americans created a distinctive culture in slavery.
• Family • Oral traditions • Music • Religions

AP 2005 To what extent did the debates about the Mexican War and its aftermath reflect the sectional interests of New Englanders, westerners, and southerners in the period from 1845 to 1855.

AP 2000 Assess the moral arguments and political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of two of the following.
• Missouri Compromise • Compromise of 1850 • Mexican War
• Kansas-Nebraska Act

AP 1997 Discuss the impact of territorial expansion on national unity between 1800 and 1850.

Essay Outline Format:

  1. Introduction
    1. Introductory sentence
    2. Thesis- take a stand on something- underline your thesis
  2. Supporting Paragraph #1, #2, #3…etc.
    1. Topic sentence that supports your thesis
      1. Supportive material
      2. Supportive material
  • Supportive material
  • Conclusion
    1. Summary of information
    2. Restatement of your thesis