UNIT 2 EXAM
DIRECTIONS: You will choose TWO of the topics to identify a total of FIVE terms. For the THIRD topic for which you did not identify any terms, you will answer that topic’s essay question. You will use all three topics. Two for identification, one for the essay.
PART 1—IDENTIFICATIONS. Choose FIVE terms / people TOTAL to identify. Choose the five terms from TWO of the topics—no more than three from any one topic. Describe them using who, what, where, when, why, how as appropriate. Be sure to use facts / details. Also tell the term’s significance, importance or connection to something else. The connection does NOT need to be to one of the other terms. You should write 6–7 sentences for each identification. 7 points per term / 35 points total.
PART 2—ESSAY. Choose ONE essay to answer from the ONE Topic you did not use for Part 1. Be sure to have a thesis with topics and a judgment, topic sentences for the body paragraphs and a conclusion that refers back to your thesis judgment. 65 points.
NOTE: Evaluate—make an appraisal by weighing the strengths and weaknesses or by weighing the different elements.
To evaluate something, it might help to think about a scale of 1–10. Or, think about what a teacher does when a teacher evaluates / grades an assignment.
When you evaluate and look at the various topics, give a judgment about which topic contributes the most, is more significant or important. WHY is that topic more significant or important?
Topic 1 American Revolution
Evaluate the reasons why the Americans were able to win the American Revolution.
Topic 2 The New Nation
Evaluate political changes the Constitution created for the new nation.
[NOTE: what had changed / what was different from governments they had had before the Constitution?]
Topic 3 The Early Republic
Evaluate the reasons the United States went to war against Great Britain in 1812. Who supported the war? Who was against the war
