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College Board, Advanced Placement Program, AP, AP Central, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board. Visit [the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org](the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org).  \n[AP Central is the official online home for the AP Program: apcentral.collegeboard.org](AP Central is the official online home for the AP Program: apcentral.collegeboard.org).  \n2017 AP® UNITED STATES HISTORY FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS  \nUNITED STATES HISTORY  \nSECTION I, Part B  \nTime—50 minutes  \n4 Questions  \nDirections: Write your responses in the Section I, Part B: Short-Answer Response booklet. You must write your response to each question on the lined page designated for that response. Each response is expected to fit within its designated page.  \nAnswer all parts of every question. Use complete sentences; an outline or bulleted list alone is not acceptable. You may plan your answers in this exam booklet, but no credit will be given for notes written in this booklet.  \n1. Answer (a), (b), and (c) .  \na) Briefly explain how ONE specific historical development represents an accomplishment of the national government under the Articles of Confederation.  \nb) Briefly explain ONE specific argument critics used in the 1780s to support revising the Articles of Confederation.  \nc) Briefly explain ONE specific way in which the United States Constitution addresses a criticism of the Articles of Confederation.  \n© 2017 The College Board.  \nVisit [the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org](the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org).  \nGO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.  \n2017 AP® UNITED STATES HISTORY FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS  \n2. Answer (a), (b), and (c) .  \na) Briefly explain ONE important way in which the Second World War (1939–1945) transformed the relationship of the United States with the rest ofthe world.  \nb) Briefly explain ONE important way in which the Second World War transformed United States society.  \nc) Briefly explain ANOTHER important way in which the Second World War transformed United States society.  \n© 2017 The College Board.  \nVisit [the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org](the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org).  \nGO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.  \n2017 AP® UNITED STATES HISTORY FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS  \nUse the images to answer all parts of the question that follows.  \nCourtesy of the Library of Congress  \n© 2017 The College Board.  \nVisit [the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org](the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org).  \nGO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.  \n2017 AP® UNITED STATES HISTORY FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS  \nCourtesy of the Library of Congress  \n3. Using the two images, both by artist James Wales, answer (a), (b), and (c) .  \na) Briefly explain ONE historical perspective expressed by the artist about the changes from the period 1869–1877 to the period 1877–1881.  \nb) Briefly explain how ONE specific event or development led to a historical change suggested by the images.  \nc) Briefly explain ONE specific result in the period 1877–1900 of a historical change suggested by the images.  \n© 2017 The College Board.  \nVisit [the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org](the College Board on the Web: www.collegeboard.org).  \nGO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE.  \n2017 AP® UNITED STATES HISTORY FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS  \n“An arrogant and stubborn faith in America’s power to shape the course of foreign events compounded the dangers sown by ideological rigidity. 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