Topic 8.6 DBQ Practice
Completion requirements
Opened: Tuesday, 21 April 2026, 5:58 PM
Prompt (AP-Style DBQ):
Evaluate the extent to which the process of decolonization after 1900 led to political and economic change in newly independent states.
Student Instructions
Using all 7 documents from Topics 8.5 and 8.6, write a DBQ essay that:
- Develops a clear, historically defensible thesis
- Uses all 7 documents to support an argument
- Incorporates outside historical evidence
- Analyzes sourcing (POV, purpose, audience, historical situation)
- Demonstrates complex understanding