SAQ 1 – Period 3 / Causation:
A. Identify one reason France allied with the United States during the Revolutionary War.
B. Explain one way that alliance affected the war’s outcome.
C. Explain one domestic consequence of the alliance for the new nation (1783-1800).

SAQ 2 – Period 6 / Comparison:
Using evidence from 1877-1900:
A. Identify one government policy that favored industrial growth.
B. Explain one way workers responded to industrial conditions.
C. Compare worker responses in this era with one earlier period of labor unrest.

SAQ 3 – choose A or B:
3A – Period 2: Explain continuities and changes in Native-American relations with European powers 1607-1754.
3B – Period 8: Identify and analyze two ways grassroots activism influenced federal policy during the 1960s environmental movement.

LEQ 1 (Periods 1-3): Assess the relative importance of economic, geographic, and ideological factors in driving American expansion west of the Appalachians between 1754 and 1800.

LEQ 2 (Periods 4-6): Evaluate the extent to which the Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877) represented a turning point in the lives of African Americans.

LEQ 3 (Periods 7-9): Evaluate the extent to which anti-communism shaped domestic policy and culture in the United States from 1945 to 1975.