Exam World War I

Hello, Everyone:

We are going to have an exam on World War I. It will be a TWO DAY exam. It will as close to a Regents exam as possible.

Day 1: Multiple Choice, Thematic Essay Outline and Thematic Essay
Day 2: DBQ, DBQ Outline, and Essay

Multiple Choice: 45-50 pts
DBQ Short Answer Questions: 10 Points
Outlines 5 points for each outline
Essays 15 points each

Multiple Choice: approximately 30 multiple choice questions, taken from past regents exams.
Thematic Essay Topic: Supreme Court Cases Concerning Constitutional Civil Liberties Task: Using the case of Schenck vs. United States,
• Discuss the facts of the case (what do you know about it?)
• Identify a specific constitutional civil liberty issue addressed by the Supreme Court (what rights were in question)
• Discuss how the decision of the Supreme Court either expanded or limited a specific constitutional civil liberty in the United States (how did the decision affect how people were able to use that right?)

DBQ – Topic: Why did the US enter WWI? Will be VERY similar to the assignment we did in class.

• You’ll have about 5 DBQ’s to answer.
• Each document will relate to the US’s entry into WWI.
• After you finish the DBQ’s, you’ll have an outline to complete
• After the outline, you’ll write your essay.
• Has to have intro, conclusion, and body paragraphs
• Answer MUST make reference to a certain # of document(s) (ex: “in document 1, it shows that the US was exporting nearly 2 billion dollars to Britain by 1916.”
  
  Good Luck!