APUSH SAQ
Q3 - A)New forms of mass culture emerged in the United States in the 1920s and in the 1950s. Briefly explain ONE important similarity in the reasons why new forms of mass culture emerged in these two time periods. B)Briefly explain ONE important similarity in the effects of new forms of mass culture in these two time periods. C)Briefly explain ONE way in which some Americans responded critically to new forms of mass culture in either period.
A) New mass culture emerged in the U.S after the 1920s and 1950s as a result of the World Wars that took place after each period (post war prosperity). At the end of the wars, wealth and leisure time increased, which allowed people to explore consumerism as a part of mass culture. B) Both of the mass cultures led to an increased conformity as advertisements promoted products which persuaded people into buying popular products C) Americans criticized these forms of mass culture through music. In the 50's, rock and roll was large among the upcoming youth. As a result, a cultural rebellion of mass culture erupted through a change in music.
Q2 - A) Briefly describe ONE perspective about citizenship expressed in the image B) Briefly explain ONE specific historical development that led to the change depicted in the image. C) Briefly explain ONE way in which the historical change depicted in the image was challenged in the period 1866 to 1896.
A) The image portrays a positive view on citizenship. It depicts an African American in America actively participating in voting, an important virtue of citizenship. African americans are now virtually equal to whites because they are able to vote and perform duties as a citizen. B) The fifteenth amendment of the constitution gave African-Americans the right to vote. The fifteenth amendment allows all black males to conduct the responsibility as U.S citizens to elect people to office. As a result, black men achieved their suffrage as citizens of their country. C) Although the fifteenth amendment was supposed to allow african americans to vote, states violated the amendment and prevented them from doing so. One example of this is using literacy tests to stop illiterate men from voting. The tests given to african americans were usually much more difficult than the tests given to whites.
Q1 - A) Briefly describe ONE major difference between Turner's and Limerick's historical interpretations of the West B) Briefly explain how ONE specific historical event or development during the period 1865 to 1898 that is not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Turner's interpretation. C) Briefly explain how ONE specific historical event or development during the period 1865 to 1898 that is not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Limerick's interpretation.
A) While Turner believes the West to be a place of oppertunity and simplicity, a place of constant rebirth of American society, Limerick believes it to be a place of conquest and displacement. B) Someone supporting Turner's interpretation would use the popular idea of the time known as Manifest destiny. Americans felt that they had a God-Given right to expand, and so the West was an opportunity to do so. Anyone who was disillusioned by city-life was captivated by the opportunity and simplicity of the west. C) Someone supporting Limerick's interpretation would use the constant "Indian Wars" in which americans fought with Indians to push them off the land. In order to go west, Americans continuously conquered the Indians and pushed them deeper and deeper into the west, displacing so many Indians from the land
