T Jackson DBQ How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson? •- -j- "* - * j ^ i ^ i- •>"• \ v * • i ’ " ’ * ** "- A Document Based Question (DBQ) 65 © 2002 The DBQ Project L 1 Jackson DBQ STUDENT GUIDE SHEET How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson? Directions: Many great names in American history are closely connected with an idea or an event - George Washington and the Revolution‚ Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War‚ Martin Luther King and Civil Rights. Andrew Jackson’s name is tied very closely to democracy
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0 AP US History Document Based Question Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying documents. You will have 60 minutes to read and analyze the documents and answer the question. This question tests your ability to work with historical documents. To what extent was the decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830’s was more a reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since
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John Rolfe (62): John Rolfe was the reason tobacco became a popular crop. He got a hold of some seeds and tobacco became popular. It had a big profit and helped the economy. It also led indentured servants to come over‚ boosting the population. John Rolfe also married Pocahontas‚ Chief Powhatan’s daughter. She married John Rolfe and they moved to London. John Rolfe was the reason for the tobacco industry in the colonies and more
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The views of John Brown’s raid of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry illustrate the changing of North-South relations between the years of 1859 and 1863. After the event occurred‚ many looked down upon it in order to try and prevent the inevitable Civil War. However‚ throughout the next few years many people began to praise him for his radical abolitionism‚ even to the point of martyrdom. Horace Greeley‚ a well known anti-slavery activist and editor of the New York Tribune at the time‚ disagreed
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lifestyle was a sense of family and compassion throughout the community. As stated by John Winthrop‚ in 1630 at the beginning of New England life‚ “Wee must uphold a familiar commerce together in all meekness‚ gentleness‚ patience and liberality. Wee must delight in eache other; make other’s conditions our owne; rejoice together‚ mourne together‚ labour and suffer together…” (Doc A). These words from John Winthrop speak on an extremely emotional level and preach how living together as one big happy
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Mike Chang 11/1/08 Mrs. Lee Global DBQ In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries there were two main forms of government. The two main forms of government were democracy and absolutism. Both of these types of government were effective in there own ways. Absolutism was the most effective type of government during that time period. Absolutism is when the ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people of their nation. Many rulers had a democracy government but absolutism
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Silk Road DBQ The Silk Road in World History (Suggested writing time – 40 minutes) You should spend at least 10 minutes reading‚ analyzing‚ and grouping the sources. Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying Documents 1-6. (The documents have been edited for the purpose of this exercise.) Write your answer on the lined pages of the Section II free-response booklet. This question is designed to test your ability to work with and understand historical documents. Write an essay
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God for the their passage to the new world‚ much can be thanked to Martin Luther and John Calvin‚ pioneers of the Puritan religion. Once the grievances had been posted on the door of Wittenberg’s cathedral‚ the idea of an alternative religion had been planted. The Puritans‚ from the ideas of Luther‚ believed that the bible alone was the only voice of God and with that‚ all men are equal. Similar to Luther‚ John Calvin also had varying views from the the church‚ but his were the idea of predestination
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to the 18th century the Chesapeake and New England regions developed into two different regions. The social development played a large role in the reason why the two regions are so different. After analyzing some of John Winthrop’s “A Model of Christian Charity” (Document A)‚ and John Porter’s List of Emigrants destined for the New England region (Document B)‚ you
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Julie Giaimo DBQ Going back to 1619‚ Africans were bought to America and sold to Americans as workers. It wasn’t long before slavery became a controversial issue. Over the course of almost two and a half centuries the debate of weather to continue or abolish slavery went on. The supporters and the abolitionist had their arguments on how they viewed slavery‚ and the government played their part too. Those who supported slavery were for the most part southerners. Senator John C. Calhoun states
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