WRITING THE SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES FOR NEW APUSH EXAM
4 SHORT ANSWERS QUESTIONS
20% of EXAM
3 Parts to each (a), (b), and (c)
Worth one point each!
20% of EXAM
3 Parts to each (a), (b), and (c)
Worth one point each!
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Tools for Developing Thesis Statements
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THings YOU WILL BE ASKED TO DO FOR APUSH ESSAYS
Analyze: determine the component parts; examine their nature and relationship. “Analyze the major technological changes that took place in America from 1870 to 1900 and describe what significant social ramifications they had.”
Assess / Evaluate: judge the value or character of something; appraise; evaluate the positive points and the negative ones; give an opinion regarding the value of; discuss the advantages and disadvantages of. “Assess the validity of the following statement, „Thomas Jefferson‟s political philosophy can best be described as revolutionary.‟”
Compare: examine for the purpose of noting similarities and differences. “Compare the religious revival of the First Great Awakening to that of the Second.”
Contrast: examine in order to show dissimilarities or points of difference. “Contrast the Federalist and Antifederalist arguments for or against ratification of the new Federal Constitution.”
Describe: give an account of; tell about; give a word picture of. “Describe and analyze how effective FDR‟s New Deal program was in ending the Great Depression.”
Discuss: talk over; write about; consider or examine by argument or from various points of view; debate; present the different sides of. “Discuss the extent to which nineteenth-century Transcendentalism was or was not a conservative cultural and intellectual movement.”
Explain: make clear or plain; make clear the causes or reasons for; make known in detail; tell the meaning of. “Explain how economic, political, and religious factors promoted European explorations from 1450 to 1525.”
Identify: cite specific events, phenomena, and show a connection. “Identify the social and economic factors in pre-industrial America that explain why it was one of the first countries to industrialize.”
Assess / Evaluate: judge the value or character of something; appraise; evaluate the positive points and the negative ones; give an opinion regarding the value of; discuss the advantages and disadvantages of. “Assess the validity of the following statement, „Thomas Jefferson‟s political philosophy can best be described as revolutionary.‟”
Compare: examine for the purpose of noting similarities and differences. “Compare the religious revival of the First Great Awakening to that of the Second.”
Contrast: examine in order to show dissimilarities or points of difference. “Contrast the Federalist and Antifederalist arguments for or against ratification of the new Federal Constitution.”
Describe: give an account of; tell about; give a word picture of. “Describe and analyze how effective FDR‟s New Deal program was in ending the Great Depression.”
Discuss: talk over; write about; consider or examine by argument or from various points of view; debate; present the different sides of. “Discuss the extent to which nineteenth-century Transcendentalism was or was not a conservative cultural and intellectual movement.”
Explain: make clear or plain; make clear the causes or reasons for; make known in detail; tell the meaning of. “Explain how economic, political, and religious factors promoted European explorations from 1450 to 1525.”
Identify: cite specific events, phenomena, and show a connection. “Identify the social and economic factors in pre-industrial America that explain why it was one of the first countries to industrialize.”
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