The DBQ Project - U.S. History

Document Based Questions in U.S. History

Eight High-Interest Units of Study

What Caused the Salem Witch Trial Hysteria in 1692?
How Revolutionary Was the American Revolution?
How Democratic Was Andrew Jackson?
The California Gold Rush: A Personal Journey?
What Caused the Civil War?
How Violent Was the Old West?
Was Andrew Carnegie a Hero?
What Caused the Great Depression?
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X: Whose Philosophy Made the Most Sense for America in the 1960s?
Why Was the Equal Rights Amendment Defeated?

All Units written at two ability levels:
Long version approximately 17 documents
Short version averages 8 documents

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