APUSH DBQ Questions

Answer the following questions for each of the documents of the DBQ and bring them to class on Thursday.

Questions to think about when reading the docs:

  1. What is the source (creditable of not)?
  2. What is the main point of the excerpt?
  3. What connections can be made to prior knowledge or the question

APUSH 2017-18 Summer Work

Welcome to Advance Placement United States History (APUSH for short). In taking this course, you need to understand that it is a college course taught on a college level. That means that you will be expected to work independently outside of class, as well as in class. The class starts with the following summer work. This course covers a lot of material to fit into a normal school year. So, that we can finish before the AP Test in May 2017, you must do this work and have it completed the first day we return in September.

Attached is the summer work for those that are interested in taking APUSH in the 2016-17 school year.

apush summerwork 2016

APUSH Videos on the Depression

These are videos of The Century: America’s Time

04) 1929-1936 Stormy Weather (45 minutes)

America – a nation that claimed ever-increasing wealth as a birthright – was rudely awakened by the Great Depression, which caused 25 percent unemployment, the closing of 9,000 banks, and the loss of $2.5 billion in deposits. This program captures a people’s struggle as they faced the collapse of prosperity and diminished hope of being able to experience the American Dream.

05) 1936-1941 Over the Edge (45 minutes)

Safely watching Europe from across the Atlantic Ocean, many Americans observed the messianic popularity of Hitler and Mussolini and the subsequent outbreak of World War II with concern and dismay. This program explores the crucial question: could the United States resist involvement, or would American forces be sent to fight in another European war?