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Possible
Essay Questions for Unit 2: Moving to the World Stage - America from 1900 to
1940 |
The 2 essays
on the online exam work this way.
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You write
2 essays on the exam that ends the Unit. You can prepare because you see all of the possible questions below.
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When you
actually click on the exam essays, Blackboard displays choices for each of
those essays so students see different tests. You can write on either one of
the choices.
Timing of your
work:
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You may do
it any time between 12:01 AM on the
first day in the schedule to 11:59 PM on the last day.
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You have
25 minutes to write your essay. As with all quizzes and exams, you must
complete your work within that time.
General Tip: You can identify information about significant and representative events that you need to read about carefully by:
§ Using the index at the back of the textbook with the general words in the question
§ Using the Reading Quiz questions for this Unit to find specific words to use in the index at the back of the textbook
Essays are graded based on your understanding of the history and using the Evidence Checklist/Rubric. These links may help:
§ For examples of student essays – using student examples from the History Changes Essay for both United States History 1 and 2
§ For how I use the Evidence Checklist/Rubric in grading
§ For how to work in ways that prevent the errors marked with the Evidence Checklist/Rubric
§ For a method for preparing to write a practical essay—one faster and more accurate than any method I have seen yet
Blackboard will display three (this test only) of these to choose from. You write on either one. Notice that some of the questions let you use the same information (such as on consumerism or the Great Depression) for two questions.
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Anthracite coal strike
(example of the Square Deal) and the GM sit-down strike (What do they show
you about government and labor?) |
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Tip: Look in
chapter 20 for the Square Deal in the Coal Strike |
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Tip: Look
in the index for sit-down strikes |
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Consumerism from 1900 (What
is it?) |
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Tip: Look
in the index for consumerism |
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Tip: Use the
Snapshot in the Resources for Reading Quiz E to see consumer patterns,
including an increase in leisure. |
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Consumerism from 1900 and
the causes of the Great Depression (How was a consumer society vulnerable?) |
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Tip: Use the
resources above for consumerism |
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Tip: Use
the Resources for Reading Quiz F as a quick way to see all the information on
causes of the Great Depression |
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Big business and government
(including tax policy) and the causes of the Great Depression |
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Tip: Use
the Resources for Reading Quiz F as a quick way to see all the information on
causes of the Great Depression |
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Tip: You may
focus on a business such as the stock market. |
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Big business and government
and the attempted New Deal for the Great Depression |
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Tip: Use
the reading quiz questions to identify how business and government changed from
the Progressive Era through the 1920s |
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Tip: Use
the Resources for Reading Quiz F as a quick way to see all the information on
causes of the Great Depression |
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W.E.B. Du Bois to Mary McLeod
Bethune (What do they show you about the actions of blacks and government?) |
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Tip: Look
up their names in the index |
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Tip: Use the
Snapshot in the Resources for Reading Quiz E to see what happens to blacks
from the Progressive Era through the 1920s. |
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Blackboard will display two of these to choose from. You write on either one. Notice that one of the questions lets you use the same information for two questions.
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Roosevelt (TR) Corollary to
the Monroe Doctrine and Hoover’s and Roosevelt’s (FDR) Good Neighbor Policy |
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Tip:
Calling something a corollary
(something that naturally follows from something else—such as a rule in math)
does not make it a corollary. |
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Tip:
Notice the shift with Hoover and FDR |
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German War Guilt clause,
Rise of Fascism, and the Munich Agreement |
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Tip: For Fascism, look in Chapter 25, heading The Fascist Challenge. Tip: for
the rest, use the index. |
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League of Nations, Rise of
Fascism, and Munich Agreement |
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Tip: For Fascism, look in Chapter 25, heading The Fascist Challenge. Tip: for the rest, use the index. |
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