US History Thematic and DBQ Essays by topic

If you are a social studies educator in NYS, you know that each US History test has a thematic and a DBQ essay on it.  NYS provides us with the archived tests for at least the last 8 years.  3 tests a year x 8 years is a lot of tests to look through when in need of an essay.  I had some time on my hands, so I organized them for you!  You can find all of the tests (multiple choice questions, thematic essays, DBQs and answer keys) here.

Thematic Essays
Westward Movement of the Frontier (June 2019)
Government Actions (January 2019)
Supreme Court decisions  (August 2018)
Geography (June 2018)
Governmental Actions (January 2018)
Presidential Decisions (August 2017)
Post World War II United States (June 2017)
Influence of Mass Media (January 2017)
Economic Policy (August 2016)
Reform Movements (June 2016)
Foreign Policy (Latin America and the Caribbean) (January 2016)
Foreign Policy (August 2015)
Organizations (June 2015)
Congressional Legislation (January 2015)
Technology (August 2014)
Supreme Court (June 2014)
Geography: Territorial Expansion (January 2014)
Foreign Policy (Cold War) (August 2013)
Foreign Policy (National Interests) (June 2013)
Government (Congressional Legislation) (January 2013)
Reform Movements (Industrialization) (August 2012)
US Foreign Policy (June 2012)
Supreme Court Decisions (January 2012)
Geography (Development of the US) (August 2011)
Change: Constitutional Amendments (June 2011)
Diversity (Constitutional Rights) (January 2011)
Presidential Actions (August 2010)
Technology (June 2010)
Individuals, Groups and Institutions: Writings and Reform (January 2010)

DBQs
Civil rights movement, anti–Vietnam War movement,and the environmental movement (June 2019)
Housing and Working Conditions (January 2019)
Foreign Crisis (Mexican American War, Vietnam War and Persian Gulf War) (August 2018)
Influential Individuals and their works (Thomas Paine, Harriet Tubman and Upton Sinclair) (June 18)
Territorial Expansion (January 2018)
Development of the West (August 2017)
Presidential Addresses (Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt) (June 2017)
Interactions between the Branches (January 2017)
Movement of Peoples (August 2016)
Wars (Spanish American, Korean, Persian) (June 2016)
Conflict between the Branches (January 2016)
Struggle of Groups (African Americans, industrial workers and Americans with Disabilities) (Aug 15)
Presidential Actions (Indian Removal Policy, Consumer Protection, Civil Rights) (June 2015)
National Crisis (January 2015)
Foreign Policy (Korea, Vietnam and Persian Gulf) (August 2014)
Writers and Social Conditions (MLK, Jr, Rachel Carson and Betty Friedan) (June 2014)
Woodrow Wilson and FDR's Administrations (January 2014)
Controversial Issues (ratification of the Constitution, Louisiana Purchase, slavery) (August 2013)
Supreme Court cases (Dred Scott, Plessy and Brown) (June 2013)
Post WWII America: Korean War, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Sputnik (January 2013)
Controversial Governmental Actions (August 2012)
Movements (Abolition, Labor, Women's Suffrage) (June 2012)
Events Leading to the Civil War (January 2012)
Expansion of Democracy (August 2011)
1920's and 1930's (June 2011)
Presidencies: Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan (January 2011)
Geography (August 2010)
Movements: Women's Rights, Temperance, Child Labor (June 2010)
Influence of Water on the Development of the US (January 2010)