Work
General Issues: As with most FRQs the biggest issues were typically –
- lack of enough outside info
- time management issues and lack of development,
- failure to completely focus on the prompt and keeping your evidence in the context of developing a clear argument that clearly answers the question.
2006 B: For whom and to what extent was the American West a land of opportunity from 1865 to 1890?
For Whom?
Homesteaders via 1862 Homestead Act
Farmers
Miners and prospectors
Loggers
Buffalo Hunters
Cowboys and ranchers
Mormon settlers and farmers
Railroad builders and investors
Real estate investors and land speculators
Mining, ranching, and agricultural corporations
Unskilled workers on farms and railroads
Merchants and peddlers
Military career officers
Women seeking economic opportunities (including prostitutes) or spouses
Missionaries
Gamblers and bandits
Black American – “Exodusters”
Immigrants: Chinese, Irish, Mexican, Scandinavian, Italian, Polish, Russian etc.
NOT for:
Native Americans
Tejanos
Californios
To what extent?
Could be relative to:
Other groups and individuals
Newcomers’ ambitions
Discrimination
Poor land quality, lack of materials and inability to compete with corporate wealth
Technological advancement – barber wire
Land laws such as the Homestead Act
Hostile local governments
Impact of Unions and Farmers’ Alliances
2002B: Identify and analyze the factors that changed the American city in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Main factors: (their was a wealth of details that could support each of the following)
* Growth of industry – large factories & use of steel
* Rise of urban population due to immigration and migration
* Architectural changes: skyscrapers, suspension bridges
* Electricity and electric lighting
* Urban planning & City Beautiful Movement
* Tenements, urban poverty, lack of sanitation, crime, polution
* Entertainment & Leisure: amusement parks, theatres and museums
*
- lack of enough outside info
- time management issues and lack of development,
- failure to completely focus on the prompt and keeping your evidence in the context of developing a clear argument that clearly answers the question.
2006 B: For whom and to what extent was the American West a land of opportunity from 1865 to 1890?
For Whom?
Homesteaders via 1862 Homestead Act
Farmers
Miners and prospectors
Loggers
Buffalo Hunters
Cowboys and ranchers
Mormon settlers and farmers
Railroad builders and investors
Real estate investors and land speculators
Mining, ranching, and agricultural corporations
Unskilled workers on farms and railroads
Merchants and peddlers
Military career officers
Women seeking economic opportunities (including prostitutes) or spouses
Missionaries
Gamblers and bandits
Black American – “Exodusters”
Immigrants: Chinese, Irish, Mexican, Scandinavian, Italian, Polish, Russian etc.
NOT for:
Native Americans
Tejanos
Californios
To what extent?
Could be relative to:
Other groups and individuals
Newcomers’ ambitions
Discrimination
Poor land quality, lack of materials and inability to compete with corporate wealth
Technological advancement – barber wire
Land laws such as the Homestead Act
Hostile local governments
Impact of Unions and Farmers’ Alliances
2002B: Identify and analyze the factors that changed the American city in the second half of the nineteenth century.
Main factors: (their was a wealth of details that could support each of the following)
* Growth of industry – large factories & use of steel
* Rise of urban population due to immigration and migration
* Architectural changes: skyscrapers, suspension bridges
* Electricity and electric lighting
* Urban planning & City Beautiful Movement
* Tenements, urban poverty, lack of sanitation, crime, polution
* Entertainment & Leisure: amusement parks, theatres and museums
*