Study GuidesExam QuestionsPast Papers
AP®HistoryCollege BoardUS HistoryExam QuestionsPeriod 9: 1980-PresentA Changing Economy

A Changing Economy (College Board AP® US History): Exam Questions

3 mins3 questions
11 mark

"Technology companies have recently seized upon the Mission District as the newest hub of dot-com culture, attracted by its gritty mix of Latino families, free-spirited artists and cause-oriented nonprofits... Willing to pay whatever price landlords name, the dot-coms have driven up rents while displacing longtime tenants. Their presence, activists say, threatens the economic and cultural diversity that attracted them in the first place."

John M. Glionna, "Dot-Com Boom Makes S.F. a War Zone," Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2000

The issue that precipitated this passage excerpted above was

  • The deregulation of the banking industry in the 1980s and 1990s

  • The rise of globalization and free trade agreements

  • The increasing reliance on the Internet and digital technology in the late 20th century

  • The expansion of suburbanization following World War II

Choose your answer

Did this page help you?

21 mark

"Technology companies have recently seized upon the Mission District as the newest hub of dot-com culture, attracted by its gritty mix of Latino families, free-spirited artists and cause-oriented nonprofits... Willing to pay whatever price landlords name, the dot-coms have driven up rents while displacing longtime tenants. Their presence, activists say, threatens the economic and cultural diversity that attracted them in the first place."

John M. Glionna, "Dot-Com Boom Makes S.F. a War Zone," Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2000

The sentiment reflected in the excerpt was similar to which of the following demographic changes in the United States?

  • The westward expansion of the 19th century

  • The Great Migration of Black Americans from the South to Northern cities

  • The decline of the Rust Belt economy in the 1970s and 1980s

  •  The post–World War II migration to the Sun Belt states

Choose your answer

Did this page help you?

31 mark

"Technology companies have recently seized upon the Mission District as the newest hub of dot-com culture, attracted by its gritty mix of Latino families, free-spirited artists and cause-oriented nonprofits... Willing to pay whatever price landlords name, the dot-coms have driven up rents while displacing longtime tenants. Their presence, activists say, threatens the economic and cultural diversity that attracted them in the first place."

John M. Glionna, "Dot-Com Boom Makes S.F. a War Zone," Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2000

Which group would most likely have supported the concerns expressed in the excerpt?

  • Longtime residents of San Francisco

  • Tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley

  •  Real estate developers in San Francisco

  • Federal policymakers promoting deregulation

Choose your answer

Did this page help you?