United States History Section II Question 1 (Document-based Question) Suggested reading period: 15 minutes Suggested writing period: 40 minutes Directions: Question 1 is based on the accompanying documents. The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise. You are advised to spend 15 minutes reading and planning and 40 minutes writing your answer. Write your response on the lined pages that follow the question. In your response you should do the following: State the relevant thesis that directly addresses all parts of the question. Support the thesis or a relevant argument with evidence from all, or all but one, of the documents. Incorporate analysis of all, or all but one, of the documents in your argument.