Transcript How to use documents in the DBQ - Mrs. Widner

SOAPS
S - source
O - occasion
A - audience
P - purpose
S - significance
1920s DBQ – Document C
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Debate over interpretation of the bible
Examples – Salt of the Earth, Jonah and the Whale
Tennessee Court 1925
Wm Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow
Not all Christians view the bible the same
Religion and laws/courts
Darrow is a modernist
Bryan is a fundamentalist
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Modernism v. Fundamentalism
Scopes Monkey Trial – teaching evolution in public schools
Rural versus urban
Bruce Barton “The Man Nobody Knows” reconcile religion with the
new age
How to use documents
in the DBQ
Document J
To what extent did the American Revolution
fundamentally change American society?
The fledgling nation also showed a dramatic
economic shift as it tried to become less
dependent upon the imports of other nations
and promote a favorable balance of trade.
Document F shows a farmer working next to Lady
Liberty, stressing that the fruits of liberty could be
attained through the toil of labor. Though this
propaganda was somewhat effective, it would
not be until 1800 when Jefferson’s Republican
party, favoring agrarian society, would agriculture
and economic self-sufficiency really begin to take
off.
Document A
Analyze the impact of big business on the
American economy and politics in the
period 1870-1900.
As corporations sought to increase production,
laborers worked for brutally low wages and in
terrible conditions. This efficiency did have the
positive effect of lowering food, fuel, and lighting
prices to much lower levels (Document A).
However, many workers and lower class people
were unable to enjoy lower prices because of
stagnant wages that did not keep up with
inflation.
Document A
To what extent did reform movements
seek to expand democratic ideals?
The women’s movement spearheaded the
temperance reform and advocated for
women’s rights to participate in the
democratic process. Alcohol was believed to
be a societal evil that ruined the lives of
individuals and dragged society down morally
(Document H). Thus, many reformers began to
push for containment and abolition of
drinking in an effort to morally resurrect the
country.