Test Tips!

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Test Tips!

• You can do it!

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Multiple Choice

• Historical Eras
• gt20 of the questions deal with events from 1600
  to 1789
• gt45 of the questions deal with events from 1790
  to 1914
• gt35 of the questions deal with events from 1915
  to the present
• Topics
• 35 of the questions deal with political
  institutions, behavior, and public policy
• 40 of the questions deal with social and
  cultural developments
• 15 of the questions deal with diplomacy and
  international relations
• 10 of the questions deal with economic changes
  and developments
• As you study, concentrate your efforts on the
  nineteenth and twentieth centuries (obviously),
  fewer questions on events in the twentieth than
  nineteenth century.
• Do not get caught up in a question you do not
  know. Think of the era, the ideas you remember
  about that eraand make an educated guess then
  move on. Chances are everyone else thought that
  question was tough too!

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Free Response DBQ

• You will receive two questions about the United
  States before the Civil War, and two questions
  after the Civil War, picking from one of each of
  the choices. Having 70 minutes to answer these
  questions. Spend 5 minutes outlining before
  writing the essay. Have a strong thesis.
• Not all of the information needed to earn a 5
  in the DBQ is included in the documents. Meaning,
  use OUTSIDE INFORMATION. Discuss one more than
  half of the documents. Be descriptive, use
  examples (add terms events, treaties, laws,
  people, amendments, etc.), and tie all paragraphs
  back into your specific thesis!!!!! The better
  your ideas and thesis the faster and more
  organized your essay will be.

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Essays Continued

•  Look over old essays exams w/ teacher comments
  on them, it will remind you of what you need to
  make sure you do when writing on exam day.
• Topics to review in particular women, civil
  rights, depression, and imperialism. Make
  connections in these areas between earlier and
  more recent times. 
• Go over the Progressive Era because it is good
  for you.

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General Tips

• Watch your time.
• Bring a good (non-messy) snackpeanut butter with
  limited jelly!
• Bring waterdo not drink it all the first 5
  minutes! Go to the bathroom BEFORE the exam
  starts.
• Take off your shoes!!! Relax. You have studied.
  Now you need to stay calm and put all of the
  information in your brain onto paper!
• Write fairly neatly.
• You do not need luck, you have smarts!

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Colonial America

• How justified were the Americans in initiating a
  revolution against Great Britain after nearly 150
  years of British administration? In you answer,
  make certain to address the political
  relationship between Britain and the American
  colonies.
• Explain how English colonies in the New World
  were different from one another in terms of
  government, population, and origin.

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Articles of Confederation and Constitution

• 1. To what extent were the Articles of
  Confederation an inadequate form of government?
  In you answer include discussions on the
  following topics
• foreign affairs problems
• domestic affairs problems
• features of the government under the AOC
• 2. Analyze the differences of opinion between
  supporters and opponents on whether to ratify the
  U.S. Constitution.

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Early Presidents

• Compare and contrast the Hamiltonian and
  Jeffersonian movements in regard to
• Political philosophy
• Long-term social and economic outlook
• Interpretations of the Constitution
• Federal versus state power
• 2. Support or refute this statement
• An accurate title for the period from the 1820s
  to the 1850s is Jacksonian democracy.

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• 3. Were the grassroots movements in the Age of
  Reform successful in achieving their goals? In
  your answer cite THREE of the following
• womens rights
• Abolition
• Public education
• Prison reform
• 4. To what extent did government assist in the
  rise of corporate capitalism following the Civil
  War?

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Imperialism

• To what extent is this statement correct? The
  primary factor in the U.S. adopting a policy of
  imperialism was economic.
• Was the United States justifies in going to war
  against Spain in 1898? In your response, take
  into account political, economic, moral, and
  diplomatic factors?

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Progressive Era

• Discuss the role government played in reforming
  American social, economic, and political life in
  the early twentieth century. In your response
  include TWO of the following
• Reforms at the federal level
• Reforms at the state level
• Reforms at the local/city level
• 2. Evaluate the administrations of Roosevelt,
  Taft, and Wilson in relation to their records as
  progressive presidents.

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Conservatism and Cultural Diversity in the 1920s

• Discuss how the 1920s represented social,
  economic, and cultural discord among Americans.
  In your essay discuss THREE of the following
• Urban versus rural attitudes
• Nativism vs. immigration
• Science vs. religion
• The red scare

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The Great Depression

• Support or refute this statement A key feature
  of the New Deal was that it gave too much
  authority to the federal government and
  specifically the executive branch.