Unit 3 FRQ Practice — Argument Essay

Write a complete AP Gov Argument Essay from a two-document foundational-document packet (the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble to the Constitution) arguing whether the federal courts or the elected branches have been more effective at protecting civil rights in the United States — a defensible thesis with a line of reasoning; at least two pieces of specific, relevant evidence with at least one drawn from the foundational documents; reasoning explaining why the evidence supports the thesis; and a response to an opposing or alternative perspective — scored against the authentic AP Gov 6-point Argument Essay rubric.