<p>When an essay prompt asks to write "to what extent" <em>did someone/something</em> contribute to the cause of <em>event</em>, how am I supposed to write out my answer?</p>
<p>Do I just simply talk about the things that they did, or what?</p>
<p>I would say that it means to discuss the bad and good aspects of whatever you are talking about. I can provide a few thesis examples at the top of my head, but they won’t be necessarily “right” for the topics they are about.</p>
<p>Though women in the late 1800s did not have suffrage until the end of progressivism, they found other important roles as child labor reformers and philanthropic leaders of settlement houses.</p>
<p>___ was a man of good morals even though he killed many and committed countless other crimes</p>
<p>Usually I would say</p>
<p><em>someone/somthing</em> had a minor/major/mediocre contribution to the cause of <em>event</em>. So if it was the northern/southern slavery dispute, it would have a Major contribution to the cause of the civil war. Then I talk about 3 points like the dispute over texas being slave and blah blah blah. Points that created more tension between north/south</p>