Possible Essay Questions for Unit 3: Transforming the Nation - 1830s to 1877

 

How Do the 2 Essays Work Your Test in Class?

The 2 essays work this way.

§         You write 2 essays on the exam that ends the Unit. You can prepare because you see all of the possible questions below.

§         When you actually take the exam essays, I provide a pile of narrow strips of paper with choices for each of those essays so each of you see different tests. When you finish your objective test, you hand it in to me and pick up the top strip from the pile. You can write on either one of the choices.

How Are Essays Graded?

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

§         For how I use the Evidence Checklist/Rubric in grading

§         For a method for preparing to write a practical essay—one faster and more accurate than any method I have seen yet

General Tip about Identifying Information in the Textbook That You Need to Read Carefully

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

Possible Choices You Will Have for Question 1

The narrow strip will include two of these to choose from. You write on either one.

·         bleeding Kansas

·         Communes as an example of reform movements before the Civil War

·         Compromise of 1850

·         Dred Scott case

·         Free Soil

·         Mexican War

Possible Choices You Will Have for Question 2

The narrow strip will include two of these to choose from. You write on either one.

·         13th Amendment (Caution: This is NOT Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation with its very distinct and limited goals.)

·         14th Amendment

·         15th Amendment

·         black codes and what the North does about them

·         Freedman’s Bureau

·         Military reconstruction  - Tip: Look at Chapter 16 and the heading “The Reconstruction Act of 1867.” The first sentence will tell you while this period is frequently called military reconstruction.  Look at the 3 pages before that heading and what the South and Andrew Johnson are doing you can tell why Congress passed this law and the public in the North considered it reasonable.

·         Compromise of 1877

 

 

 

 

 

 

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