Possible Essay Questions for Unit 3: Transforming the
Nation - 1830s to 1877 |
The 2 essays 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 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.
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: 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
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Using the Reading Quiz questions for this Unit
to find specific words to use in the
index at the back of the textbook
The narrow strip will include two of these to choose from. You write on either one.
·
bleeding ·
Communes as an
example of reform movements before the Civil War ·
Compromise of
1850 ·
Dred Scott case
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Free Soil ·
Mexican War |
The narrow strip will include two of these to choose from. You write on either one.
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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 |
Copyright C. J. Bibus, Ed.D. 2003-2012 |
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