DBQ EssayDocument Based Questions

Scaffolding Questions 10% Essay is 20%

•Task

•Brainstorm-outside information

•Historical Context

•Read & Answer document questions

•Re-read the Task

•Plan your essay

•Write your essay

•Re-read as you go and make corrections

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CRQ’sConstructive

Response Questions

•Short Answer Questions

•Use complete sentences

•Write something, sometimes partial credit can be given

•Don’t leave any blank

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Multiple Choice Questions

•Think about what the questions is asking you

•Read each possible response

•Use context clues to help you answer correctly

•Eliminate those you know it can’t be

•Select the best answer

•You must score high on this part

of the test in order to pass!

A. B. C. D.?

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Landmark Supreme Court Cases• Marbury v. Madison- Established Judicial

Review

• Dred Scott v. Sanford- Slaves were deemed property

• Plessey v. Ferguson- Legalized segregation

• Brown v. Board of Education- desegregation of public schools

• Roe v. Wade- legalized abortion

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Important US Documents• Magna Carta: English rights document that

established the basis of US government• Mayflower Compact: established rules for Plymouth

Plantation• Declaration of Independence: Colonial break from

England• Articles of Confederation: failed attempt at federal

government• The Federalist Papers: used to gain support for

Constitution• US Constitution: plan of government• Bill of Rights: First 10 Amendments

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Important US Documents• Monroe Doctrine: established foreign policy of

isolationism• Emancipation Proclamation: Didn’t free slaves, gave

north a reason to keep fighting [slavery]• Gettysburg Address: dedicated a cemetery, remind

people what the Union was fighting for• Wilson’s 14 Points: Wilson’s plan for peace after

WWI• New Deal: FDR’s programs for economic recovery

during the Great Depression• Truman Doctrine: established our foreign policy of

containment

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Wars & Conflicts• French and Indian War- fought British

• Revolutionary War- fought British

• War of 1812- fought British

• Mexican American War- fought Mexico

• US Civil War- Confederacy

• Indian Wars- US verses Native Americans

• Spanish American War- fought Spain

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Wars & Conflicts• World War One- Germany

• World War Two- Germany, Italy, Japan

• Cold War- Russia/Communist nations

• Korean Conflict- North Korea

• Vietnam Conflict- North Vietnam

• Persian Gulf Conflict- Iraq

• Iraq Conflict- Taliban/Iraq

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Presidential Domestic Programs

• Square Deal- Teddy Roosevelt

• New Deal- Franklin Roosevelt

• Fair Deal- Truman

• New Frontier- John Kennedy

• Great Society- Lyndon Johnson

• Reagan- Supply side economics/Reaganomics

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Essay Definitions to Know

• A. Analyze means “to determine the nature and relationship of the component elements”

• B. Compare and contrast means “to discuss similarities and differences”

• C. Describe means “to illustrate something in words or tell about it”

• D. Discuss means “to make observations about something using facts, reasoning, and argument; to present in some detail”

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Essay

Definitions to Know

• E. Evaluate means “to examine and judge the significance, worth, or condition of; todetermine the value of”

• F. Explain means “to make plain or understandable; to give reasons for or causes of; to show the logical development or relationships of”

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Important Social Studies Terms to Know

• Iroquois Confederacy *Economy• Federalism *Entrepreneur• Manifest Destiny *Mercantilism• Assimilation *Precedent• Isolationism * Embargo• Imperialism *Sectionalism• Nationalism *Boycott• Checks and Balances *Segregation• Supply & Demand *Home front• Ratified *Strategies• Reform *Temperance

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• Prejudice• Nativism• New Deal• Revenues• Census• Urbanization• Acquisition• Communism• Mass Production

• Muckraker• Confederacy• Domestic Policy• Foreign Policy• Free Enterprise• Policy of Containment• Abolitionist• Annexation

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Amendments

• 13th (1865)Abolished slavery. • 14th (1868)Defined citizenship;

guaranteed equal protection.• 15th (1870)universal male suffrage

(voting).• 16th (1913)Congress the power to tax

income.• 17th (1913)Direct election of U.S.

Senators.

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Amendments

• 18th (1919)Prohibited making, selling, or transporting alcohol.

• 19th (1920)female suffrage (voting).• 21st (1933)Repealed Prohibition• 24th (1964)Bans poll tax for voting. • 26th (1971)Set minimum voting age at 18.

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• PRIMARY SOURCES

Diary, Letter, Photograph, Journal, Map, Birth Certificate, College diploma, Census Records, ships log…

• SECONDARY SOURCES

Encyclopedias, Biographies, Geography textbook, Cliff Notes, Social Studies book Public television documentary

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