DBQ

Section II: Document-Based Question and Long Essay

2 questions | 1 Hour, 40 minutes | 40% of Exam Score

Document-Based Question (DBQ)

Recommended Time: 1 Hour (includes 15-minute reading period) | 25% of Exam Score

Students are presented with 7 documents offering various perspectives on a historical development or process.

Students assess these written, quantitative, or visual materials as historical evidence.

Students develop an argument supported by an analysis of historical evidence.

The document-based question focuses on topics from 1754 to 1980.