DBQ Rubric (7 points)

• 1 point: Thesis answers all parts of the question and is modified

• 3 points: majority of documents used and analyzed for historical context and point of view (not summarized or quoted)

• 1 point: 3 – 4 specific examples of outside information

• 1 point: connection to broader historical events (tells the big picture)

• 1 point: puts documents in conversation with each other and history in general OR makes connections between documents OR finds disparities in documents.

Strategies for Document Analysis

• Scan – the document for clues, dates, authors, where it came from

• Catalog – list outside information about the dates, author, and place of document

• Inferences – list specific ideas that further EXPLAIN why this document is important to a historian/what argument the documents reveal and support when put together

• Tie – Create a thesis from all the information

DOC

Scan – the document for clues, dates, authors, where it came from

Catalog – list outside information about the dates, author, and place of document

Inferences – list specific ideas that further EXPLAIN why this document is important to a historian/what argument the documents reveal and support when put together

Tie – Create a thesis from all the info

A 1896 – Washington Post editorial (opinion)

Imperialism, Spanish American War, Yellow Journalism

Destiny is the term used to refer to this person’s support of the Imperial policies of the US

Idealism

B Senator Beveridge, 1898, speaking to constituents

Markets, Hawaii, Philippines, China

Person promoting goals for Imperialists and those goals are driven by Providence (God)

Idealism

DOC

Scan – the document for clues, dates, authors, where it came from

Catalog – list outside information about the dates, author, and place of document

Inferences – list specific ideas that further EXPLAIN why this document is important to a historian/what argument the documents reveal and support when put together

Tie – Create a thesis from all the info

C Sumner, Univ. Professor, 1898, 1919

Spanish American territories – Guam, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Philippines, Taft, “little Brown Brothers,” Aguinaldo, “White Man’s Burden”

Speaks of issues with colonization that occur when we take over nations which was also part of Wilson’s Self Determination policy

Self-Interest

D Whitney, NY Times, meaning of Insular Cases, 1911

Foraker Act, Jones Act, Teller Amendment, Platt Amendment, Hay Bunau Varilla Treaty

US wants to keep from appearing hypocritical by removing freedoms of other nations

Idealism

DOC

Scan – the document for clues, dates, authors, where it came from

Catalog – list outside information about the dates, author, and place of document

Inferences – list specific ideas that further EXPLAIN why this document is important to a historian/what argument the documents reveal and support when put together

Tie – Create a thesis from all the info

E Roberts, missionary to China, 1903

China Open Door Policy, Boxer Rebellion

US promotes Christianity in empire – creates issues of acculturation (destruction of cultures) which then causes rebellion

Idealism

F Roosevelt address to Congress, 1904

Roosevelt Corollary, Hay Treaties with Panama and Columbia, Roosevelt Corollary, Big Sister Policy

Roosevelt speaks of not taking over nations as long as they stay “civilized” – rather elitist

Idealism/Self Intereset

DOC

Scan – the document for clues, dates, authors, where it came from

Catalog – list outside information about the dates, author, and place of document

Inferences – list specific ideas that further EXPLAIN why this document is important to a historian/what argument the documents reveal and support when put together

Tie – Create a thesis from all the info

G US Expansion 1857 – 1917

Spanish American War, Seward’s Ice Box, Open Door Policy, Hay Treaties

US has an empire by 1917 Self-Interest

DOC

Scan – the document for clues, dates, authors, where it came from

Catalog – list outside information about the dates, author, and place of document

Inferences – list specific ideas that further EXPLAIN why this document is important to a historian/what argument the documents reveal and support when put together

Tie – Create a thesis from all the info

H Wilson, 1917, Speech to Congress

Lusitania, Uboat Warfare, Zimmerman Note, Self-Determination

Wilson tries to overcome isolationism and list idealistic reasons to go to war – to protect human rights

Idealism

I “Can he produce the harmony?” Political Cartoon in Brooklyn

League of Nations, Self Determination, Isolationism

Several nations pictures as band as Wilson struggles between war and peace

Idealism

The DBQ Essay

• Introduction:– 3 – 5 sentences that address the question, provide

background information, state your argument or thesis• Body Paragraphs:

– Use outside information and put documents in context to support your argument.

– Demonstrate your understanding of how the documents fit together in a historical event

• Conclusion: – Restate thesis. – State historical importance of topic.