Mid
United States History Midterm Exam 2012
To what extent has the U.S. government’s Presidents, Congress, and Supreme Court been a force for democracy and justice in U.S. History up to 1930? To what extent has the government not fulfilled its promise?
In your answer consider policy, laws, and rulings, how they were passed, and how they were carried out. Choose three examples in different time periods that are related to each other. You must use examples you have read about in your textbook, you have researched, or we have studied in class.
You must define the terms:
Democracy:
Justice:
In an essay, pick a topic which shows how the U.S. government interacted with its citizens in three of the following time periods
Have one primary source for each of your examples and bring it with you to the exam. The document must be from the time and place of the event and could be a written source, a photograph, piece of art, or newspaper article. Print out the document and label it with
• Place and time
• Who is in the document
• Source of the document
Your essay should be in the following form:
¶ 1 Restate and answer the question “To what extent has the U.S. government’s Presidents, Congress, and Supreme Court been a force for democracy and justice in U.S. History up to 1930? To what extent has the government not fulfilled its promise? Be sure to define justice and democracy in this paragraph.
¶ 2 Topic 1 Time Period ___________
a. Define the event using who what when where
b. Describe what branch of government the event involves
c. Explain the purpose of the government act
d. Explain why the government produced the act
e. Evaluate whether the government enforced this act
f. Evaluate whether the government was a force of democracy and justice?
¶ 3 Topic 2 Time Period ___________
g. Define the event using who what when where
h. Describe what branch of government the event involves
i. Explain the purpose of the government act
j. Explain why the government produced the act
k. Evaluate whether the government enforced this act
l. Evaluate whether the government was a force of democracy and justice?
¶ 4 Topic 3 Time Period ___________
m. Define the event using who what when where
n. Describe what branch of government the event involves
o. Explain the purpose of the government act
p. Explain why the government produced the act
q. Evaluate whether the government enforced this act
r. Evaluate whether the government was a force of democracy and justice?
¶ 5 Conclusion — The best essays will show a relationship between the three examples and compare, contrast and evaluate the role the government played in being a force for democracy and justice. In general, does the US government insure justice and democracy for its people? Did the government act for the common good? Does the government represent all of its people? Whose side is the government on?
There is NO WRONG ANSWER. The answer should be an evaluation of how the citizenry interacts with the government between 1880 and 1930.
Be sure to use RACE in each paragraph.
R – Restate the question
A – Answer the question
C – Cite the evidence
E – Explain how the evidence relates to the question
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