February 2, 2014
Aim: How can we succeed at our APUSH DBQs?
• Do Now: Pop quiz:
• You are given a redesigned APUSH DBQ to
answer. What is your first step?
1. Curl up into a ball and cry
2. Curse the gods for your bad fortune
3. Read the essay prompt and circle all the
verbs in the prompt
The Redesigned APUSH DBQ
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You will get a prompt
You will get a set of no more than 7 docs
15 mins recommended planning time
45 mins recommended writing time
The Basics
• You must formulate a thesis that answers ALL
parts of the question AND support it with
historical evidence.
• The docs: you must analyze and synthesize
historical sources AND include outside info to
support your thesis.
• If you think that you can write an essay without
making some judgment that results in a thesis
statement, you have not understood the question.
How to get a 7 on the APUSH DBQ
A. Thesis (0-1 Point)
B. Analysis of historical evidence and support of
document (0-4 Points)
1) Include outside info (0-1 Point)
C. Contextualization (0-1 Point)
D. Synthesis (0-1 Point)
What NOT to do with the documents
1. Summarize them
2. Quote them
3. Explain them
H.I.P.P.O.
Document Analysis
• Historical Context
• Intended Audience
• Point of View
• Purpose
• Organization/Use in Argument
Include 1 of the HIPPs for each
doc in your essay
Your DBQ for Period 6
In the post–Civil War United States, corporations
grew significantly in number, size, and
influence. Analyze the impact of big business
on the economy and politics and the
responses of Americans to these changes.
Confine your answer to the period 1870 to
1900.
Historical Context: improved agricultural innovations
caused food prices to fall and led to discontent among
farmers
Outside info for Doc A:
• Thomas Edison: electric light
• “Coxey’s Army” – Populist march to D.C.
• Mary Elizabeth Lease : “less corn more hell”
speech
• Point of View:
• The Senate is
controlled by big
business
• Trusts and
monopolies were
powerful
Bosses of the Senate, Puck, 1889
Outside info for Doc D
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Direct election of Senators, 17th Amendment
“Millionaires Club”
Sherman Antitrust Act
ICC