🇺🇸AP US History Review
Unit 1 SAQ (The New World)
Unit 1 SAQ (The New World)
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Unit 1 – Interactions North America, 1491–1607
Unit 2 – Colonial Society, 1607–1754
Unit 3 – Conflict and American Independence, 1754–1800
Unit 4 – American Expansion, 1800–1848
Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
Unit 6 – Industrialization and the Gilded Age, 1865–1898
Unit 7 – Conflict in the Early 20th Century, 1890–1945
Unit 8 – The Postwar Period and Cold War, 1945–1980
Unit 9 – Entering Into the 21st Century, 1980–Present
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AP US History Short-Answer Question on The New World
👋 Welcome to the APUSH Unit 1 SAQ (The New World). These are shorter questions, but you'll still want to grab some paper and a pencil, or open up a blank page on your computer. After you finish, you can see how you did with Unit 1 SAQ (The New World) Answers.
⏱ The AP US History exam has a mixture of free-response questions and allotted times. For these types of questions, there will be 3 SAQs, and you will be given 40 minutes to complete the SAQ section. (This means you should give yourself ~13 minutes to go through each practice SAQ.)
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- 😩 Getting stumped halfway through answering? Look through all of the available Unit 1 Resources.
Questions
(a) Briefly describe ONE specific historical difference between the Spanish and English exploration of the New World.
(b) Briefly describe ONE specific historical similarity between the Spanish and English exploration of the New World.
(c) Briefly explain ONE specific historical change in the New World as a result of Spanish or English exploration.
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