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

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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

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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