Now that we can discuss the APUSH Essays...

What did you all think? I honestly didn’t like them. If i post what i wrote for each can you say if that is what you wrote and about what id get? I know its hard to tell… Ill do the same for you also.</p>

DBQ- didn’t really know much because we hadn’t really studied it in depth. I mainly discussed his international policies and did talk a little bit about domestic challenges. I did say that he was an ineffective president who abused his power although he was successful with his foreing policy (is this bad???)</p>

Outside knowledge
Vietnimization
Watergate (the docs alluded to it so i don’t know if this counts), also threw in that this led to his resignation and led to gerald ford becoming president. any little fact helps =)
Hawks vs. Doves
Kent State Shooting
Stagflation</p>

I know its not much but that is all i could come up with. is this enough?</p>

FRQ #2 about slavery</p>

discussed
triangle trade
indentured servitude being the origin of slavery
reliance on tobacco crops
reliance on labor to colonize the colonies
talked about africans enslaving other africans in order to gain guns
talked about rebellions but didn’t specifically state their names (like bacons rebellion) (will that hurt my score?)</p>

FRQ #5 about immigration</p>

1840-1850
discussed that people expressed opposition through rioting and striking due to immigrants forcing wages down.
discussed the formation of ethnic communities due to the prejudice from americans.
threw in the pullman car strike and the haymarket square bomb although they are not in the time period (how bad will this hurt?)
Chinese exclusion act (how bad will this hurt?)</p>

1910-1920 (feel better about this time period)
talked about the rise of the KKK
red scare
immigration act of 1924</p>

if i had good writing and good thesis statements about what would you give each? i feel like i totally bombed essay #4. I also thought the mc were kind of hard.</p>

I think i did pretty good in the essays.</p>

The DBQ i did was eh. I did mention some outside information. Not my best, not my worst.</p>

I LOVED the slavery one!!!</p>

I mentioned:
Bacon’s Rebellion
Stono’s Rebellion
Quakers–since they were among the first abolitionists
Headright System
Joint-Stock company
Jamestown
Harsh conditions
African Americans and how they brought their culture
Indentured Servants
Declaration of Indep.
And there is 1-2 more things i forgot.</p>

The African American one was a mess. I mentioned Garrison and Stowe when they were out of the time period. ugh!</p>

i thought that i really liked the dbq. We didn’t go too much in depth during class but i felt like the documents were really good in directing me and refreshing my brain, which helped me a lot in writing the dbq. However, i felt just ok in the essays. I don’t feel too confident about slavery (i did 2 and 4) and i knew about nativism and stuff but i feel like i didn’t really have an argument in my essay…</p>

I hope I wasn’t the only one who picked number 3 instead of 2. :/, just felt like i knew more about political parties during the period rather than the slavery one.</p>