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S. HISTORY EXAM SAMPLE QUESTIONS  \nShort Answer Question: Period 5  \nSuggested time: 12 minutes  \nDirections: Read the question below carefully and write your response on the free-response answer sheet.  \nUse complete sentences; an outline or bulleted list alone is not acceptable. You may plan your answers on this exam page, but only your response on the free-response answer sheet will be scored.  \nSAMPLE QUESTIONS  \n1  \n© 2014 College Board  \nAP U. S. HISTORY EXAM SAMPLE QUESTIONS  \n“The era of emancipation and Republican rule did not lack enduring accomplishments. The tide of change rose and then receded, but it left behind an altered landscape. The freedmen’s political and civil equality proved transitory, but the autonomous black family and a network of religious and social institutions survived the end of Reconstruction. Nor could the seeds of educational progress planted then be entirely uprooted    \nWithout Reconstruction, it is difficult to imagine the establishment of a framework of legal rights enshrined in the Constitution that, while flagrantly violated after 1877, created a vehicle for future federal intervention in Southern affairs. Nevertheless, whether measured by the dreams inspired by emancipation or the more limited goals of securing blacks’ rights as citizens and free laborers and establish an enduring Republican presence in the South, Reconstruction must be judged a failure.”  \nEric Foner, historian, 1988.  \n“Viewed from the standpoint of 1865 the rate of literacy for blacks increased by 200 percent in fifteen years and by 400 percent in thirty-five years. This was significant change. Or take another set of educational data: in 1860 only 2 percent of the black children of school age in the United States were attending school. By 1880 this had increased to 34 percent   Or consider the question of land ownership   In 1865 few blacks owned land in the South. But by 1880, 20 percent of the black farm operators owned part or all of the land they farmed (the rest were renters or sharecroppers) . By 1910, 25 percent of the black farmers owned land   The events of the 1860s in the United States   deserve the label revolution. It also was followed by a counterrevolution, which combined white violence in the South with a revival of the Democratic party in the North and a growing indifference of northern Republicans toward the plight of southern blacks. The counterrevolution overthrew the fledgling experiment in racial equality. But it did not fully restore the old order.”  \nJames McPherson, historian, 1990.  \nUsing the excerpts above, answer parts a, b, and c.  \na) Briefly explain ONE specific historical difference between Foner’s and McPherson’s interpretations.  \nb) Briefly explain how ONE specific historical event or development from the period 1862–1877 not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support Foner’s interpretation.  \nc) Briefly explain how ONE specific historical event or development from the period 1862–1877 not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts could be used to support McPherson’s interpretation.  \nSAMPLE QUESTIONS  \n2  \n© 2014 College Board","cbCaifoGMPVD7vYt","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifoGMPVD7vYt","pdf",108572,"English","# Short Answer Question: Period 5\n## Directions\n## Sample Questions (1-2)\n### a) Interpretive difference\n### b) Support Foner with an 1862–1877 event\n### c) Support McPherson with an 1862–1877 event","[{\"question\":\"What response format is required for the Period 5 short-answer question?\",\"answer\":\"Write complete sentences on the free-response answer sheet. 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