Tips for writing a “9” DBQ: 1. As you read the question‚ come up with at least three categories. Then try to fill in as much specific factual information that you can think of‚ and put this into the categories. It’s important to do this BEFORE you read the documents‚ so that you don’t forget them when you are analyzing the documents. 2. After you do this‚ and ONLY after‚ start reading the documents. When looking at the documents‚ be sure to look at who is the author/painter/political cartoonist/historian
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DBQ In a period of 55 years‚ from 1775 to 1830‚ many African American slaves in the United States gained their freedom‚ while in other parts of the US slaves were rapidly increasing‚ faster than ever seen before. The reason for the simultaneous increase and decrease of slaver lies in the African Americans’ involvement in early American wars‚ the decisions of certain slave owners‚ and the spirit of equality among slaves and freemen alike. The cause of an expansion of slavery is due to the rapid
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CIVILIZATIONS OF THE AMERICAS DBQ This task is based on the accompanying documents. Some of these documents have been edited for the purpose of this task. This task is designed to test your ability to work with historic documents. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account both the source of the document and the author’s point of view Historical Context Between 300 and 1500‚ three advanced civilizations developed in Central and South America. Ruins from the Mayan civilization remain
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In the late 1800’s there was tension between the North and South. It soon got worse when Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860. Soon after he won the election the southern states seceded from the Union‚ and then started the Civil War. The reason the Union won the Civil War was because of the technological advances such as weapons‚ railroads‚ and creation of the telegraph. Weapons were helped by advances in technology because it gave shooting more distance and velocity‚ “minie ball” bullets
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B2 September 25‚ 2011 Reformation DBQ During the Protestant Reformation in Germany around the 16th century chaos ensued. This was lead by Martin Luther‚ who brought the churches lie out in the open for all to see. He told the people of the corruption within the Vatican‚ and how they shouldn’t have to pay indulgences. Secularism spread throughout the lands‚ people began turning on the church. This all went on while the Renaissance was still affecting the European nations. The Roman
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DBQ With respect to the federal Constitution‚ the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad constructionism of the Federalists. However‚ during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison this characterization of the two parties was not so accurate. In the years of 1801 to 1817‚ both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison‚ while supporting a strict construction of the constitution‚ addressed to loose interpretation of the constitution during
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Moses Ms. Densley DBQ#3 12/14/12 During the early 1800’s France and Britain were at war and for many years America remained neutral. But‚ Great Britain began seizing American ships and through the practice of impressments made the Americans join the British Navy. Great Britain was also starting to supply the Native Americans in North America with guns and‚ in response America finally declared war on Britain in 1812. The title "Era of Good Feelings" was used to describe the presidency of James
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During the time period of 1860 and 1877 many major changes occurred. From the beginning of the civil war to the fall of the reconstruction‚ the United States changed dramatically. Nearly one hundred years after the Declaration of Independence which declared all men equal‚ many social and constitutional alterations were necessary to protect the rights of all people‚ no matter their race. These social and constitutional developments that were made during 1860 to 1877 were so drastic it could be called
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Tyler Phan Ms. Trevino World History Honors Period 3 February 24‚ 2015 Aztec DBQ What would one leave behind if one were to be remembered by this said thing? The Aztecs left behind their greatest accomplishments‚ and destroyed what can be seen as their weaknesses. The history of the Aztec civilization is still unclear due to many found biased sources. Some sources with Aztec bias and some others with Conquistador bias. What is known‚ however‚ is that the Aztecs were a civilization in Tenochtitlan
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loyalists experienced the most amount of change in society as women experienced more freedoms‚ some slaves were set free‚ and loyalists left America. Overall‚ America didn’t experience a lot of economic change‚ however it did experience political and social change. As soon as the Americans first broke away from Britain‚ they wanted their government to not resemble Britain’s at all. By doing this‚ they adopted the Articles of Confederation that had no national executive branch. However‚ because the government
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