Writing a DBQ Document Based Question There will be one document-based question on the AP exam. The document-based question will have one of the following historical thinking skills as its main focus: causation‚ change & continuity over time‚ comparison‚ interpretation‚ or periodization. All document-based questions will also always assess the historical thinking skills of historical argumentation‚ appropriate use of relevant historical evidence‚ contextualization‚ and synthesis. Loading
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Science advancements has helped us answer mysteries of the world and help cure diseases. Bacteriology is the study of bacteria helped scientists find the cause of source for diseases‚ explanations‚ and possibly cures for disease. In the early 1900’s many people were getting sick from typhoid fever in the united states‚ this led to an investigation and virtually a whole new explanation of diseases spreading thru "healthy carriers." After reading Typhoid Mary by Judith Walzer Leavitt one has found
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These storms ruined land‚ buried roads‚ ruined car engines‚ gave people dust pneumonia‚ and sometimes killed people. People who could get out of the south west packet up and moved. Some more less unfortunate families couldn’t move and had to stay. In 1900-1930 families started buying land and moving to the plains. They would farm cash crops on the land but it was very hard work. The country was already in a depression and also the stock market crash. Their plants failed 5 years in a row. With no income
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The urban population boom from 1860-1900‚ it marked a dramatic shift in the United States from its traditional rural‚ to the new city lifestyle. The accepted fourteen million immigrants flooded in‚ ranging in all variations of ethnic backgrounds. From the English to the Russians‚ and all those in between‚ the many immigrants sought to escape problems ranging from poverty‚ warfare‚ political and religious persecution and natural disasters that plagued their homeland. With the arrival of the newcomers
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In the 1900’s there were many new fads‚ music‚ dance and issues that arose. With the end of World War I came a new era‚ the roaring twenties. Changes were happening everywhere‚ from the new prohibition laws to strikes in workplaces and gangs arising everywhere. During this time period many things improved including race relations‚ technology and much much more. During the twenties slavery wasn’t an issue anymore in the south‚ blacks were free to live how they wanted were they wanted and do what
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Was the foreign policy of the United States primarily isolationist or expansionist through 1865-1914? At the turn of the century‚ and after gaining our independence‚ the United States land mass more than doubled through the use of purchasing‚ annexing‚ and war. However‚ the foreign policy of our government took a predominately isolationist stand. This was a national policy of abstaining from political or economic relations with other countries. General Washington shaped these values by upholding
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the daunting task of understanding that of evil and antisocial actions for philosophers‚ while still others struggle with concerns to areas within criminal law and subsequent punishments (Bartol & Bartol‚ 2008). Psychology in the turn of the 1900’s was first to apply the concept of understanding criminal behaviors. Forensic psychology how now gained notoriety via TV shows such as Criminal Minds. Also‚ there are numerous College and University now offering psychology classes in which include
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Immigrants Horrible Lives Have you ever wondered if you are related to one of the immigrants in the 1900’s? The immigrants had a dreadful life at this time. Immigrants were brave because they crossed the ocean and went through the checkpoint at Ellis Island. To start the immigrants take an awful voyage across the ocean. Immigrants had a lousy boat ride to get to America. Lots of people persecuted the immigrants from their country. On page 20‚ it said “Travelers often made their wills before sailing
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in the Southern and Southwestern fronts near Africa and other colonies. The entire worldwide event took place over a period of four years from the declaration of war in 1914 to the peace agreement of Armistice in 1918. Tension in Europe during the 1900’s and even before so promoted the harsh behavior of the countries towards each other. What set off the calamity was what the countries themselves planned to solve the war with and how poorly those plans were executed. It all originated from a concept
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just how they carry themselves. Anything and everything that is seen is up for grabs. That’s the way people have been for decades. But the most prominent is between genders. For years‚ men have had advantages women were simply denied. In the early 1900’s women were treated incredibly unfairly to today’s standards. For instance‚ they couldn’t vote‚ one of the most basic rights in this country. Also‚ they weren’t as educated as men during this time so as to stay at home and be a stay-at-home wife
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