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Contents of the Rating Guide

For Part III A Scaffold (open-ended) questions:

• A question-specific rubric

For Part III B (DBQ) essay:

• A content-specific rubric

• Prescored answer papers. Score levels 5 and 1 have two papers each,

and score levels 4, 3, and 2 have three papers each. They are ordered

by score level from high to low.

• Commentary explaining the specific score awarded to each paper

• Five prescored practice papers

General:

• Test Specifications

• Web addresses for the test-specific conversion chart and teacher

evaluation forms

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the rating period. Visit the site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/

and

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The University of the State of New York

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

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The University of the State of New York

REGENTS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION

UNITED STATES HISTORY

AND GOVERNMENT

Friday, June 18, 2010 — 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., only

RATING GUIDE FOR PART III A

AND PART III B

(DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION)

VOLUME

DBQ

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UNITED STATES HISTORY and GOVERNMENT

Mechanics of Rating

The following procedures are to be used in rating papers for this examination. More detailed directions

for the organization of the rating process and procedures for rating the examination are included in the

Information Booklet for Scoring the Regents Examination in Global History and Geography and United

States History and Government.

Rating the Essay Question

(1) Follow your school’s procedures for training raters. This process should include:

Introduction to the task—

• Raters read the task

• Raters identify the answers to the task

• Raters discuss possible answers and summarize expectations for student responses

Introduction to the rubric and anchor papers—

• Trainer leads review of specific rubric with reference to the task

• Trainer reviews procedures for assigning holistic scores, i.e., by matching evidence from the response

to the rubric

• Trainer leads review of each anchor paper and commentary

Practice scoring individually—

• Raters score a set of five papers independently without looking at the scores and commentaries pro-

vided

• Trainer records scores and leads discussion until the raters feel confident enough to move on to

actual rating

(2) When actual rating begins, each rater should record his or her individual rating for a student’s essay on

the rating sheet provided, not directly on the student’s essay or answer sheet. The rater should not cor-

rect the student’s work by making insertions or changes of any kind.

(3) Each essay must be rated by at least two raters; a third rater will be necessary to resolve scores that dif-

fer by more than one point.

Rating the Scaffold (open-ended) Questions

(1) Follow a similar procedure for training raters.

(2) The scaffold questions need only be scored by one rater.

(3) The scores for each scaffold question may be recorded in the student’s examination booklet.

The scoring coordinator will be responsible for organizing the movement of papers, calculating a final

score for each student’s essay, recording that score on the student’s Part I answer sheet, and determining

the student’s final examination score. The conversion chart for this examination is located at

http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/

and must be used for determining the final examination score.

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Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell signed this document before they were married in 1855. They were

protesting laws in which women lost their legal existence upon marriage.

While acknowledging our mutual affection by publicly assuming the relationship of husband

and wife, yet in justice to ourselves and a great principle, we deem it a duty to declare that this

act on our part implies no sanction of, nor promise of voluntary obedience to such of the present

laws of marriage, as refuse to recognize the wife as an independent, rational being, while they

confer upon the husband an injurious [harmful] and unnatural superiority, investing him with

legal powers which no honorable man would exercize [exercise], and which no man should

possess. We protest especially against the laws which give to the husband:

1. The custody of the wife’s person.

2. The exclusive control and guardianship of their children.

3. The sole ownership of her personal [property], and use of her real estate, unless

previously settled upon her, or placed in the hands of trustees, as in the case of minors,

lunatics, and idiots.

4. The absolute right to the product of her industry [work].

5. Also against laws which give to the widower so much larger and more permanent an interest

in the property of his deceased wife, than they give to the widow in that of the deceased

husband.

6. Finally, against the whole system by which “the legal existence of the wife is suspended during

marriage,” so that in most States, she neither has a legal part in the choice of her residence, nor

can she make a will, nor sue or be sued in her own name, nor inherit property. . . .

Source: Laura A. Otten, “Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell: Marriage Protest,”

Women’s Rights and the Law

Praeger, 1993

1 According to this document, what were two rights denied to women in 1855?

Score 2 or 1:

• Award 1 credit (up to a maximum of 2 credits) for each right denied to women in 1855 according to this

document

Examples: control/guardianship of their children; sole ownership of her property; right to the product of

her industry (work)/right to keep/use the money she earned; legal existence during marriage;

right to make a will; right to sue/be sued in her own name; right to inherit property in most

states/widows did not have the right to inherit property

Note: To receive maximum credit, two different rights denied to women in 1855 must be stated. For example,

right to the product of her industry and right to the product of her work are the same right expressed in

different words. In this and similar cases, award only one credit for this question.

Score of 0:

• Incorrect response

Examples: right to be rational; to work; to get married

• Vague response

Examples: right to be a woman; custody; voluntary obedience

• No response

Document 1

United States History and Government

Part A Specific Rubric

Document-Based Question

June 2010

2 According to Senator Robert L. Owen, what were two effects of the women’s rights movement in

Colorado?

Score of 2 or 1:

• Award 1 credit (up to a maximum of 2 credits) for each different effect of the women’s rights movement in

Colorado according to Senator Robert L. Owen

Examples: it led to laws that women wanted; better wages for equal work; laws for protection of

children; better care of the insane/deaf/dumb/blind; improved prisons; improved hospital

services; laws for improved care of defective children; establishment of a juvenile court;

raising the age of consent for girls; curfew laws; improved public health; laws for improving

the school system

Note: To receive maximum credit, two different effects of the women’s rights movement in Colorado must be

stated. For example, laws for improving the school system and it led to a better school system are the

same effect expressed in different words. In this and similar cases, award only one credit for this

question.

Score of 0:

• Incorrect response

Examples: lowering the age of consent for girls; prisons were closed; it ended curfews

• Vague response

Examples: a number of laws; wages; protection; things got better/we improved

• No response

Document 2

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. . . The woman ballot will not revolutionize the world. Its results in Colorado, for example, might

have been anticipated. First, it did give women better wages for equal work; second, it led

immediately to a number of laws the women wanted, and the first laws they demanded were laws

for the protection of the children of the State, making it a misdemeanor to contribute to the

delinquency of a child; laws for the improved care of defective children; also, the Juvenile Court

for the conservation of wayward boys and girls; the better care of the insane, the deaf, the dumb

[unable to speak], the blind; the curfew bell to keep children off the streets at night; raising the

age of consent for girls; improving the reformatories and prisons of the State; improving the

hospital service of the State; improving the sanitary laws, affecting the health of the homes of the

State. Their [women’s] interest in the public health is a matter of great importance. Above all,

there resulted laws for improving the school system. . . .

Source: Senator Robert L. Owen, Introductory Remarks of Presiding Officer,

Significance of the Woman Suffrage Movement

Session of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, February 9, 1910

Document 3

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. . . The winning of female suffrage did not mark the end of prejudice and discrimination

against women in public life. Women still lacked equal access with men to those professions,

especially the law, which provide the chief routes to political power. Further, when women ran

for office—and many did in the immediate post-suffrage era—they often lacked major party

backing, hard to come by for any newcomer but for women almost impossible unless she

belonged to a prominent political family. Even if successful in winning backing, when women ran

for office they usually had to oppose incumbents [those in office]. When, as was often the case,

they lost their first attempts, their reputation as “losers” made re-endorsement impossible. . . .

Source: Elisabeth Perry, “Why Suffrage for American Women Was Not Enough,”

History Today

, September 1993

3 According to Elisabeth Perry, what was one way in which women’s participation in public life

continued to be limited after winning suffrage?

Score 1:

• Identifies a way in which women’s participation in public life continued to be limited after winning suffrage

according to Elisabeth Perry

Examples: restricted access to professions that led to political careers/they still lacked equal access to

the profession of law; they often lacked major party backing when they ran for office; getting

another party endorsement was difficult after losing an election

Score of 0:

• Incorrect response

Examples: they were not able to run for political office; they had no access to political careers;

incumbents lost

• Vague response

Examples: there were no chief routes; it was hard to come by; it did not mark the end

• No response

This excerpt from the National Temperance

Almanac of 1876 attacks “King Alcohol.”

He has occasioned [caused]

more than three-fourths of the

pauperism [extreme poverty],

three-fourths of the crime, and

more than one-half of the insan-

ity in the community, and

thereby filled our prisons, our

alms-houses [houses for the

poor] and lunatic asylums, and

erected the gibbet [gallows to

hang people] before our eyes.

Source: Andrew Sinclair,

Prohibition:

The Era of Excess

, Little, Brown

Building Up His Business

Source: Frank Beard,

The Ram’s Horn

, September 12, 1896

(adapted)

Document 4a

4 Based on this 19th-century cartoon and this quotation, state two effects that alcohol had on American

society.

Score of 2 or 1:

• Award 1 credit (up to a maximum of 2 credits) for each different effect that alcohol had on American

society as expressed in this 19th-century cartoon and in this quotation

Examples: it caused pauperism/extreme poverty; it caused crime/crime increased; it ruined

characters/wrecked lives/ruined reputations/led to loss of virtue/dishonored names; it caused

more than one-half of insanity in communities; it filled prisons; it filled houses for the

poor/almshouses; it ruined fortunes

Note: To receive maximum credit, two different effects that alcohol had on American society must be stated.

For example, it filled almshouses and it filled houses for the poor are the same effect expressed in

different words. In this and similar cases, award only one credit for this question.

Score of 0:

• Incorrect response

Examples: it improved people’s lives; it closed saloons; it became King

• Vague response

Examples: it built up; business was King; steps were climbed

• No response

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Document 4b

Document 5

“ . . . When four-fifths of the most representative men in America are pronounced unfit for

war, what shall we say of their fitness to father the next generation? The time was when alcohol

was received as a benefit to the race, but we no longer look upon alcohol as a food but as a

poison. Boards of health, armed with the police power of the state eradicate [erase] the causes

of typhoid and quarantine the victims, but alcohol, a thousand times more destructive to public

health, continues to destroy. Alcoholic degeneracy [deterioration] is the most important sanitary

[health] question before the country, and yet the health authorities do not take action, as alcohol

is entrenched [well established] in politics. Leaders in politics dare not act, as their political

destiny lies in the hands of the agents of the liquor traffic. We are face to face with the greatest

crisis in our country’s history. The alcohol question must be settled within the next ten years or

some more virile race will write the epitaph of this country. . . .”

Source: Dr. T. Alexander MacNicholl, quoted in President’s Annual Address to the

Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Minnesota, 1912

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5 According to this 1912 document, why does this speaker think the use of alcohol is the “greatest crisis

in our country’s history”?

Score of 1:

• States a reason the use of alcohol is considered the greatest crisis in our country’s history as expressed in

this 1912 document

Examples: it is destroying society; alcohol is a poison; four-fifths (80%) of men are unfit to serve in the

military/war; alcohol continues to destroy public health; alcohol’s negative effects make

most men unfit to father children; the entrenchment of alcohol in politics keeps alcohol-

related problems from being addressed by politicians; it will bring down the country/United

States; it is a thousand times more destructive than diseases like typhoid

Score of 0:

• Incorrect response

Examples: alcohol is a benefit to the race; alcohol causes typhoid; it quarantines the victims

• Vague response

Examples: the next generation is represented; it must be settled; it is an important question

• No response

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6 Based on these documents, what were two problems that resulted from national Prohibition?

Score 2 or 1:

• Award 1 credit (up to a maximum of 2 credits) for each different problem that resulted from national

Prohibition based on these documents

Examples: normal law enforcement process did not function/police agencies could not catch

bootleggers/policing agencies bore a much heavier burden in enforcing the law/government

was unable to cope with lawbreakers by using traditional policing methods/government

forced to assume new powers in trying to enforce the law; it led to overloaded court dockets;

drinking was not eliminated; violations were taking place with unacceptable frequency; many

Americans were becoming disenchanted with the law

Note: To receive maximum credit, two different problems that resulted from national Prohibition must be

stated. For example, normal law enforcement process did not function and traditional policing methods

did not work are the same problem expressed in different words. In this and similar cases, award only

one credit for this question.

Score of 0:

• Incorrect response

Examples: the government gave up power; Prohibition did not have an impact on alcohol consumption;

Americans supported the law

• Vague response

Examples: Hollywood films were made; there were new powers; frequency was unacceptable

• No response

Too big for them

CITY

POLICE

SHERIFF’S

DEPUTY

FEDERAL

OFFICER

Source: P.W. Cromwell, Bentley Historical Library,

University of Michigan (adapted)

Document 6a

Document 6b

. . . While in reality national prohibition sharply

reduced the consumption of alcohol in the United

States, the law fell considerably short of expectations.

It neither eliminated drinking nor produced a sense

that such a goal was within reach. So long as the pur-

chaser of liquor, the supposed victim of a prohibition

violation, participated in the illegal act rather than

complained about it, the normal law enforcement

process simply did not function. As a result, policing

agencies bore a much heavier burden. The various

images of lawbreaking, from contacts with the local

bootlegger to Hollywood films to overloaded court

dockets, generated a widespread belief that violations

were taking place with unacceptable frequency.

Furthermore, attempts at enforcing the law created an

impression that government, unable to cope with law-

breakers by using traditional policing methods, was

assuming new powers in order to accomplish its task.

The picture of national prohibition which emerged

over the course of the 1920s disenchanted many

Americans and moved some to an active effort to bring

an end to the dry law [Volstead Act].

Source: David E. Kyvig,

Repealing National Prohibition

Kent State University Press, 2000

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7 According to Mother Jones, what was one situation faced by children in the workplace in the late

1800s?

Score of 1:

• States a situation faced by children in the workplace in the late 1800s according to Mother Jones

Examples: children worked eight hours and made 10 cents per day; cold water was thrown at them if

they fell asleep; management yelled at them; working in noisy rooms filled with lint; four-

year-old children came to the mill to help their siblings but were not paid for their work; they

worked on dangerous machines; working all night; ceaselessly running up and down between

whirring spindles

Score of 0:

• Incorrect response

Examples: children looked like they were 60 instead of 6 years old; the machines were built in the north;

children were allowed to play; they were babies

• Vague response

Examples: there were long lines of little grey children; the boss would come along; sleeping was their

recreation

• No response

. . . Little girls and boys, barefooted, walked up and down between the endless rows of

spindles, reaching thin little hands into the machinery to repair snapped threads. They crawled

under machinery to oil it. They replaced spindles all day long, all day long; night through, night

through. Tiny babies of six years old with faces of sixty did an eight-hour shift for ten cents a day.

If they fell asleep, cold water was dashed in their faces, and the voice of the manager yelled

above the ceaseless racket and whir of the machines.

Toddling chaps of four years old were brought to the mills to “help” the older sister or brother

of ten years but their labor was not paid.

The machines, built in the north, were built low for the hands of little children.

At five-thirty in the morning, long lines of little grey children came out of the early dawn into

the factory, into the maddening noise, into the lint filled rooms. Outside the birds sang and the

blue sky shone. At the lunch half-hour, the children would fall to sleep over their lunch of

cornbread and fat pork. They would lie on the bare floor and sleep. Sleep was their recreation,

their release, as play is to the free child. The boss would come along and shake them awake. After

the lunch period, the hour-in grind, the ceaseless running up and down between the whirring

spindles. Babies, tiny children! . . .

Source: Mother Jones,

Autobiography of Mother Jones

, Arno Press

Document 7

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. . . While states began to pass laws that worked, Mother Jones’s dream of a national child labor

law remained just a dream. Even if the children [after their labor march in 1903] had managed

to see President [Theodore] Roosevelt, it is doubtful that any federal laws would have been

passed. In 1906, a federal child labor bill was defeated in Congress. Echoing Roosevelt, many of

the bill’s opponents said they disliked child labor, but that they believed only states had the

authority to make laws against it. In 1916, a bill was passed, but the Supreme Court ruled that

the law was unconstitutional. The first successful national law was not passed until 1938, about

35 years after the march of the mill children. . . .

Source: Stephen Currie,

We Have Marched Together: The Working Children’s Crusade

, Lerner Publications, 1997

Document 8

8 According to Stephen Currie, what was one reason that ending child labor was difficult to achieve

nationally?

Score of 1:

• States a reason that ending child labor was difficult to achieve nationally according to Stephen Currie

Examples: Supreme Court ruled a federal law unconstitutional; it lacked support in Congress; some

believed only states could pass child labor laws

Score of 0:

• Incorrect response

Examples: all politicians opposed child labor laws; it was only a dream; the President favored child

labor

• Vague response

Examples: mill children marched; it went to the Supreme Court; they had Mother Jones; it was hard to

do/difficult

• No response

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9 According to Elmer F. Andrews, what were two ways the Fair Labor Standards Act protected

children?

Score of 2 or 1:

• Award 1 credit (up to a maximum of 2 credits) for each different way the Fair Labor Standards Act

protected children according to Elmer F. Andrews

Examples: work could not interfere with schooling/health/well-being of children 14 or 15 years old;

manufacturing/mining could not employ children 14 or 15 years old; children 16 or 17 years

old could not be employed in any occupation found by the Children’s Bureau to be

particularly hazardous/detrimental to health/well-being; goods made with oppressive child

labor could not be shipped in interstate commerce; oppressive child labor was stopped/ended

Note: To receive maximum credit, two different ways the Fair Labor Standards Act protected children must be

stated. For example, oppressive child labor was stopped and it kept children from oppressive

employment in mines are the same way since keeping children from oppressive employment in mines is a

subset of oppressive child labor was stopped. In this and similar cases, award only one credit for this

question.

Score of 0:

• Incorrect response

Examples: child labor was outlawed; interstate commerce was outlawed; children of 16 or 17 years

could not be employed; it only counted after 30 days

• Vague response

•

Examples: it was made the law of the land; it protected interstate commerce; it was found by the

Children’s Bureau

• No response

Document 9

This is an excerpt from a radio interview given by Elmer F. Andrews, Administrator of the Fair Labor

Standards Act. He is discussing the Wage and Hour Law, also known as the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Protection for Children

Announcer—Well, can’t you tell us something about this—I know we are all interested in the

protection of children from oppressive labor in industrial plants and mines.

Mr. Andrews—The child labor sections are specific. No producer, manufacturer or dealer

may ship, or deliver for shipment in interstate commerce, any goods produced in an

establishment which has employed oppressive child labor within thirty days of the removal of the

goods. The thirty days will be counted after today, so this means that employers of children

before today do not come under the act.

Announcer—And oppressive child labor is—what?

Mr. Andrews—Oppressive child labor is defined as, first, the employment of children under

16 in any occupation, except that children of 14 or 15 may do work which the Children’s Bureau

has determined will not interfere with their schooling, health or well-being, but this work under

the law must not be either manufacturing or mining employment.

In addition oppressive child labor means the employment of children of 16 or 17 years in any

occupation found by the Children’s Bureau to be particularly hazardous or detrimental to health

or well-being.

Of course, there are exceptions for child-actors and others, but in general those are the child-

labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, which is now the law of the land.

Source: “Andrews Explains Wage-Hour Law,”

New York Times

, October 25, 1938 (adapted)

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United States History and Government

Content-Specific Rubric

Document-Based Question

June 2010

Scoring Notes:

Historical Context: Reform movements developed during the 19th century and early 20th century to

address specific problems. These included the women’s rights movement, the

temperance movement, and the movement to end child labor. These movements

met with varying degrees of success.

Task:

Choose two reform movements mentioned in the historical context and for each

• Describe the problems that led to the development of the movement

• Discuss the extent to which the movement was successful in achieving its goals

1. This document-based question has at least six components (for each of two reform movements,

at least two problems that led to the development of the movement and the extent to which the

movement was successful in achieving its goals).

2. Immediate or long-term effects may be used to discuss the extent to which the movement was

successful in achieving its goals.

3. For the temperance movement, Prohibition may be included in the discussion of the extent of the

success of this movement in achieving its goals.

4. The response may discuss the extent to which the movement achieved its goals from a variety of

perspectives as long as the position taken is supported by accurate facts and examples.

5. For the purposes of meeting the criteria of using at least four documents in the response,

documents 4a, 4b, 6a, and 6b may be considered as separate documents if the response uses

specific separate facts from each document.

6. Only two reform movements should be chosen from the historical context. If three reform

movements are chosen, only the first two may be rated.

Score of 5:

• Thoroughly develops all aspects of the task evenly and in depth by discussing at least two

problems that led to each of two reform movements and discussing the extent to which each

movement was successful in achieving its goals

• Is more analytical than descriptive (analyzes, evaluates, and/or creates* information) (women’s

rights: connects the political and legal inequalities addressed at the Seneca Falls Convention and

the subsequent setback of the movement as the United States moved toward the Civil War to the

revival of the movement, the eventual successful passage of the 19th amendment, and the growth

of the feminist movement in the 1960s; temperance: connects the negative impact of alcohol

consumption on the stability of the family, worker safety, and productivity to the aggressive tactics

of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League in the achievement of

the short-term success of the 18th amendment and its eventual repeal with the 21st amendment)

• Incorporates relevant information from at least four documents (see Key Ideas Chart)

• Incorporates substantial relevant outside information (see Outside Information Chart)

• Richly supports the theme with many relevant facts, examples, and details (women’s rights: cult of

domesticity; Seneca Falls Convention; Lucy Stone; Elizabeth Blackwell; Alice Paul; suffrage; 19th

amendment; temperance: Carrie Nation; Prohibition; consumption rates; bootlegging; speakeasies;

ruined fortunes; drank up paycheck)

• Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion

that are beyond a restatement of the theme

Score of 4:

• Develops all aspects of the task but may do so somewhat unevenly by discussing all aspects of the

task for one reform movement more thoroughly than for the second reform movement or

discussing one component of the task less thoroughly for both reform movements

• Is both descriptive and analytical (applies, analyzes, evaluates, and/or creates* information)

(women’s rights: discusses the political and legal inequalities addressed at the Seneca Falls

Convention, the initial failure of the women’s rights movement to gain support for national

suffrage, and the eventual success of the movement with the passage of the 19th amendment;

temperance: discusses the impact of drinking on the family unit and the role played by women in

the movement to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol as a means to keep their families safe

and their successful efforts leading to the passage of the 18th amendment)

• Incorporates relevant information from at least four documents

• Incorporates relevant outside information

• Supports the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details

• Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion

that are beyond a restatement of the theme

Note: At score levels 5 and 4, all six components of the task should be developed.

Holistic Scoring Reminder: This note applies only to the evaluation of bullet 1of the rubric.

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Score of 3:

• Develops all aspects of the task with little depth or develops at least four aspects of the task in

some depth

• Is more descriptive than analytical (applies, may analyze, and/or evaluate information)

• Incorporates some relevant information from some of the documents

• Incorporates limited relevant outside information

• Includes some relevant facts, examples, and details; may include some minor inaccuracies

• Demonstrates a satisfactory plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that

may be a restatement of the theme

Note: If all aspects of the task have been thoroughly developed evenly and in depth for one reform

movement, and if the response meets most of the other Level 5 criteria, the overall response

may be a Level 3 paper.

Score of 2:

• Minimally develops all aspects of the task or develops at least three aspects of the task in some

depth

• Is primarily descriptive; may include faulty, weak, or isolated application or analysis

• Incorporates limited relevant information from the documents or consists primarily of relevant

information copied from the documents

• Presents little or no relevant outside information

• Includes few relevant facts, examples, and details; may include some inaccuracies

• Demonstrates a general plan of organization; may lack focus; may contain digressions; may not

clearly identify which aspect of the task is being addressed; may lack an introduction and/or a

conclusion

Score of 1

• Minimally develops some aspects of the task

• Is descriptive; may lack understanding, application, or analysis

• Makes vague, unclear references to the documents or consists primarily of relevant and irrelevant

information copied from the documents

• Presents no relevant outside information

• Includes few relevant facts, examples, or details; may include inaccuracies

• May demonstrate a weakness in organization; may lack focus; may contain digressions; may not

clearly identify which aspect of the task is being addressed; may lack an introduction and/or a

conclusion

Score of 0:

Fails to develop the task or may only refer to the theme in a general way OR includes no relevant facts,

examples, or details OR includes only the theme, task, or suggestions as copied from the test booklet

OR is illegible OR is a blank paper

*The term create as used by Anderson/Krathwohl, et al. in their 2001 revision of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Educational

Objectives refers to the highest level of the cognitive domain. This usage of create is similar to Bloom’s use of the term

synthesis. Creating implies an insightful reorganization of information into a new pattern or whole. While a Level 5 paper

will contain analysis and/or evaluation of information, a very strong paper may also include examples of creating

information as defined by Anderson and Krathwohl.

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Women’s Rights

Key Ideas from Documents 1–3

Problems that led to movement Extent to which movement achieved goals

Doc 1—Husband—custody of wife’s

person, exclusive control and

guardianship of children, sole

ownership of her personal property

and use of her real estate, absolute

right to product of her work

Widower—larger and more

permanent interest in property of

deceased wife

Widow—smaller permanent interest

in property of deceased husband

Wife—no legal part in choice of

residence, not able to make a will,

sue, or be sued in own name, not

able to inherit property

Doc 2—Women’s ballot in Colorado—better wages for equal

work and laws they wanted passed (misdemeanor to contribute

to delinquency of a child; improved care of defective children;

better care of insane, deaf, dumb, blind; curfew bell to keep

children off streets at night; raising age of consent for girls;

improvement of reformatories and prisons; improvement of

hospital services, sanitary laws, school system)

Doc 3—Prejudice and discrimination against women in public

life not ended

Equal access to professions lacking

Many women lacking major party backing when running for

political office

Reendorsement impossible when women lost to incumbents

Relevant Outside Information

(This list is not all-inclusive.)

Problems that led to movement Extent to which movement achieved goals

Limited voting rights

Limited educational and professional

opportunities

Considering women emotionally and

physically weak

Restrictions on women participating

in reform movements (Lucretia

Mott not allowed to speak at World

Anti-Slavery Convention)

Expected proper role for women in

their “sphere” (cult of domesticity)

Disruption of movement by abolition

movement and Civil War

Poor working conditions and low

wages (Lowell Mills)

Opening of doors to women at more secondary schools and

colleges (Emma Willard, Oberlin, Elizabeth Blackwell)

Granting of property rights to women in many states (by 1890 in

all states)

Seneca Falls Declaration of Rights and Sentiments not taken

seriously by press or public

Women leaders of reform movements (Dorothea Dix, Lucy

Stone, Grimke sisters, Sojourner Truth)

Right to vote not given to women in 15th amendment

Granting of suffrage to women in Wyoming in 1869

Protection for women in workplace on state levels with

Progressive legislation (New York State after Triangle

Shirtwaist Fire, Oregon laundry work)

Contributions to passage of 19th amendment by political

organizations and high profile women (NAWSA, Anthony,

Stanton, Catt, Adams, World War I)

Women more active in national political life (Jeannette Rankin,

Eleanor Roosevelt, Frances Perkins, Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary

Clinton, Condoleeza Rice, Sarah Palin)

Continuing advocacy for women (NOW)

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Temperance

Key Ideas from the Documents 4–6

Problems that led to movement Extent to which movement achieved goals

Doc 4—Wrecked lives, lost

reputations, dishonored names,

ruined fortunes, lost virtue, ruined

characters as a result of alcohol

Responsible for more than three-

fourths extreme poverty, three-

fourths crime, and more than one-

half insanity in community

Filling of prisons and almshouses,

hanging of people as a result of

alcohol

Doc 5—Four-fifths of the most

representative men in America

pronounced unfit for war because

of alcohol

Alcohol, a poison

Destruction of lives

Lack of action by health authorities

because alcohol entrenched in

politics

Political leaders in hands of liquor

traffic agents

Doc 6—City police, sheriff deputies, and federal officers unable

to stop bootleggers

Sharp reduction in consumption of alcohol in the United States

with national Prohibition

Effect of national Prohibition considerably short of expectations

Drinking not eliminated by national Prohibition

Traditional law enforcement process not able to cope with

purchasers of illegal liquor

Heavier burden born by policing agencies

Belief generated that violations were taking place with

unacceptable frequency

Government assumed to be gaining new powers to cope with

lawbreakers

Disenchantment with national Prohibition

Active effort by some to bring an end to the Volstead Act

Relevant Outside Information

(This list is not all-inclusive.)

Problems that led to movement Extent to which movement achieved goals

Increasing level of alcohol

consumption (social pastime, rural

isolation, source of farm income)

Increase in societal disorder because

of alcohol (drunkenness associated

with abusive behavior, family

tensions)

Industrial inefficiency and accidents

on the job as result of alcohol

consumption

Rural American values at odds with

life in urban America (decadence,

saloons, association with

immigrants)

Passage of temperance/Prohibition legislation by states (Maine,

1851)

Overshadowing of temperance and Prohibition by Civil War

issues

Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon

League successful lobbyists for state and national Prohibition

Concentration of nation’s farmers on growing grain for food

production during World War I (Lever Act)

Influence of Progressive reform and women’s suffrage initiatives

on state and national legislation (18th amendment)

Organized crime as a major aspect of alcohol distribution in

urban areas (Al Capone)

Repeal of 18th amendment by the 21st amendment

Continued efforts by organizations to limit alcohol consumption

(MADD, SADD)

Continued controversy to linkage of federal highway funds to

state drinking age

Child Labor

Key Ideas from the Documents 7–9

Problems that led to movement Extent to which movement achieved goals

Doc 7—Long hours, low pay, poor

working conditions for children

Use of younger children to help older

brothers and sisters for no pay

Abuse by managers

Doc 8—Passage of state child labor laws

Failure of children in 1903 labor march to see President

Roosevelt

Defeat by Congress of1906 federal child labor bill

Supreme Court ruling child labor bill of 1916 unconstitutional

Passage of first successful national child labor law in 1938

Doc 9—Fair Labor Standards Act banning oppressive child labor

in industrial plants, mines, and interstate commerce

Relevant Outside Information

(This list is not all-inclusive.)

Problems that led to movement Extent to which movement achieved goals

Long hours and sleep deprivation in

workplace accidents

Lack of education limiting economic

mobility

Long-term health problems resulting

from dust and debris in mines

Negative effects on family life

Need for children to work to help

support family

Influence of Progressive reformers on passage of state child

protective laws (Jane Addams, Florence Kelley, John Spargo,

Jacob Riis, Lewis Hines)

Difficulty of enforcing state and federal laws because wages were

needed by families

Use of 14th amendment’s right to contract by Supreme Court to

invalidate child labor legislation

New Deal legislation ending child labor

Fair Labor Standards Act establishing minimum wages

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 5 – A

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 5 – A

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Anchor Level 5-A

The response:

• Thoroughly develops all aspects of the task evenly and in depth for the temperance movement and the

movement to end child labor

• Is more analytical than descriptive (temperance: the government, aware of the flagrant lawlessness, was

powerless to stop drinking due to the political influence of “King Alcohol”; police agencies did not have

enough time or money to catch all the lawbreakers; child labor: since industrialization in the 1800s,

children had been exploited as a form of cheap labor in home industries and in dangerous jobs in

factories and mines; children, unaware of their rights, worked unjust hours in unsafe conditions for low

wages to help support their families; Congress had their hands tied down due to their belief that child

labor was under state jurisdiction; after almost two hundred years, the exploitation of children in the

workplace in America was mostly ended)

• Incorporates relevant information from documents 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

• Incorporates substantial relevant outside information (temperance: 18th amendment of Prohibition

placed a legal ban on alcohol and was passed with support of a vocal minority who used sermons, books,

and political party activities to achieve their goals; although the intentions of organizations such as

“sisters of temperance” and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union were noble, they were also

impractical; churches, factory owners, as well as women, who wanted their husband’s home with their

families and not in bars, led the cry against drinking; alcohol had been used in colonial America and

many Americans had no intention of stopping; speakeasies, which were opened to illegally combat

Prohibition, could be found in cities across the country; cities became centers of crime as mobsters

started to control the sale of liquor; alcohol continued to run rampant, destroying lives, draining

paychecks, causing domestic abuse, increasing crime, and causing people to lose faith in the government;

the fight against alcohol continues in the “No Drinking and Driving” campaigns; child labor: child labor

reformers had a clear cut goal, which was publicized by muckrakers and the Progressive Party;

photographs of small children working with families in crowded city apartments also made people more

aware of the problem; reformers thought it was important to give children a chance to go to school and

enjoy being children; Progressive states had begun protecting the welfare of children by establishing

minimum ages for employment and mandatory school attendance)

• Richly supports the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details (temperance: Congress repealed the

highly unsuccessful Prohibition amendment; child labor: it was not until 1938 that the Fair Labor

Standards Bureau began ending child labor through the enforcement of federal laws)

• Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction that states these

movements used the rights in the Bill of Rights in their efforts to convince people change was necessary

and a conclusion that continues the theme

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 5. The “Roaring Twenties” is successfully used

as background to present the idea that the goals of Prohibition reformers were impractical. Linking the use of

constitutional rights to reform activities is a theme carried throughout the discussion and is effectively

integrated and supported with outside information.

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 5 – B

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 5 – B

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 5 – B

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Anchor Level 5-B

The response:

• Thoroughly develops all aspects of the task evenly and in depth for the movement to end child labor and

the temperance movement

• Is more analytical than descriptive (child labor: work was dangerous because the machines had no safety

features and they were constantly manned by children; without some sort of restrictions on child labor,

laboring children had no future; Progressive legislation was difficult to pass; a child labor law was

thrown out by a conservative Supreme Court in the 1920s; temperance: many believed that alcohol was

responsible for declining morals, productivity, prosperity, and simple hope; women used organizations to

lobby politicians to act to solve the problem; police could not arrest all those in violation of the law

because so many were ignoring it; authorities appeared either ineffective or overly harsh; Prohibition

drove drinking underground and contributed to a rising crime rate in the twenties)

• Incorporates relevant information from documents 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

• Incorporates substantial relevant outside information (child labor: in the Industrial Revolution, the

number of children slaving away in sweatshops, mills, and factories skyrocketed; during the Progressive

Era, activists such as Florence Kelley and muckraker John Spargo in his Bitter Cry of the Children

publicized the conditions children were working in; ages and wages rose, hours fell, and more jobs were

opened to adult workers as children went to school; temperance: alcohol was blamed for unemployment,

disorderliness, spousal abuse, bankruptcy, and a decrease in church attendance; many women joined the

Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League, spreading volatile propaganda about

the dangers of alcohol; while it would seem that perhaps the Civil War had derailed the earlier 19th

century temperance movement, by the turn of the century, the Progressive agenda once again included

ending the consumption and distribution of alcohol; Prohibition, the 18th amendment, passed with great

celebration; people determined to profit from the “Noble Experiment” sealed the fate of this amendment

as a failure; in the rowdy, free culture of the twenties, speakeasies popped up where bars used to be;

gangsters such as Al Capone began profiting heavily from illegally making, importing, and selling

alcohol; 21st amendment repealed the legal ban on liquor)

• Richly supports the theme with many relevant facts, examples, and details (child labor: bill was defeated

in Congress in 1906; many believed that it was the right of the state, not the federal government, to

regulate child labor; in 1938, the Fair Labor Standards Act was passed instituting age restrictions and

safety requirements for business wishing to employ minors; temperance: Prohibition did not eliminate

drinking)

• Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that

state only the reforms for child labor had the intended positive effect on society although both

movements came under strict regulation

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 5. An occasional direct quotation from the

documents in the development of both movements is presented with good critical appraisals of that

information. The need for societal reform is thoroughly addressed utilizing good historical references. The

evaluation of each movement reflects good analysis and a thorough understanding of the topic.

Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 4 – A

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 4 – A

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 4 – A

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Anchor Level 4-A

The response:

• Develops all aspects of the task for the temperance movement and the movement to end child labor

• Is both descriptive and analytical (temperance: addictive nature of the drink caused many homes in

America to be broken apart; instead of solving one problem, Prohibition caused the start of several others

and promoted disrespect for the law; child labor: long hours, tedious and dangerous working conditions,

very low pay, and health issues were all problems that faced children in the workplace; at first, the

movement did not make much progress as politicians viewed child labor as an issue of the state not the

federal government; supporters hoped the Fair Labor Standards Act would encourage employers to make

conditions in factories safer; movement to end child labor established precedents for more reform to help

laborers throughout the 20th century)

• Incorporates relevant information from documents 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9

• Incorporates relevant outside information (temperance: alcohol had been used as a leisure time activity

or as a tonic for those who were sick or in pain; businesses and bars had grown to make a considerable

profit from alcohol sales as a beverage; wages would be spent in a bar rather than on the family and the

poverty rate of the country rose; government tried to remedy the problem of alcohol by passing the 18th

amendment that outlawed the sale and purchase of alcoholic beverages; the amendment proceeded to

crumble down into a failure; bootleggers started making a business for themselves by making and selling

illegal alcohol; it led to the problem of increased organized crime between rivalry bootleggers;

speakeasies opened; child labor: late in the 19th century as America began to industrialize, the need for

factories and workers drastically rose; factory owners looked to immigrants, women, and children to take

advantage of their cheap labor; child labor became a common practice as families needed more income to

survive; the movement attempted to solve problems by sending investigators to find out more about the

harsh conditions and by making the employment of children illegal; since the New Deal, more labor and

education laws have been passed to further protect children)

• Supports the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details (temperance: although the government did

catch a few lawbreakers, many more escaped justice; the law could not be effectively enforced; child

labor: some states did ban child labor or establish maximum hours for children; in 1938, Congress finally

passed the Fair Labor Standards Act that provided a minimal age to be employed in a factory or in a mine

if either interfered with a child’s schooling or well-being); includes a minor inaccuracy (temperance: the

18th amendment outlawed the consumption of alcoholic beverages)

• Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that

compare the results of Prohibition and child labor

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 4. Perceptive historical insights and analysis of

documents leads to brief explanations of the ideas presented in the discussion of the temperance and end of

child labor movements. The statement about the federal government’s inability to control morality and the

inference that the movement to end child labor set precedents for later 20th-century workplace reforms show

a good use of evaluation.

Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 4 – B

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 4 – B

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 4 – B

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Anchor Level 4-B

The response:

• Develops all aspects of the task for the women’s rights movement and the temperance movement

• Is both descriptive and analytical (women’s rights: ironically, even in a nation where freedom and justice

is practically a guarantee, women still had to fight for equality; Stone and Blackwell believed that such

restrictions were unfair, and marriage should be mutual and equal in all senses of the word; women still

faced discrimination, especially in fields of law and politics; even though opportunities have improved,

women still have a job ahead of them when it comes to achieving complete equality; temperance: many

reformers strongly believed alcohol consumption accounted for a majority of social ills of society

ranging from poverty and health issues to even crime and the destruction of lives; politicians did not want

to take action against the problem for fear of losing support of liquor traffic agents; the 18th amendment

did not halt alcohol usage; citizens did not fully comply to the amendment’s terms and even Hollywood

took its turn in promoting alcohol use)

• Incorporates relevant information from documents 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

• Incorporates relevant outside information (women’s rights: at the Seneca Falls Convention, women’s

rights leaders proposed the Declaration of Sentiments that stressed more equality for women; as western

territories of the United States developed, women were given rights; through the rugged lifestyle on the

frontier, women were seen as a significant force in the West; because of the efforts of frontier women,

suffrage was finally granted to women in Wyoming and Colorado; women worked towards the passage

of new child laws at the state level, which would influence the passage of the Keatings-Owen Act; right

to vote granted to women with the 19th amendment did not mean instant gender equality; female suffrage

movement had been moving slowly over the years and finally reached a pinnacle after World War I;

temperance: Prohibition was passed with the 18th amendment; there was a major increase in both

smuggling and organized crime; the 18th amendment was revoked by the 21st amendment)

• Supports the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details (women’s rights: during the 19th century,

they lost many of their rights upon marriage; lost control over their children, property, right to have a

legal residency, or even inherit property; worked for countless reforms dealing with sanitation and the

public school system; temperance: movement led to Prohibition or the idea of making alcohol illegal)

• Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction that states the middle

class took a stand in an effort to right wrongs and social ills and a conclusion that summarizes the

positive and negative aspects of the two reform movements

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 4. The adverse reaction to the Seneca Falls

Convention and the limitation of the 19th amendment’s promotion of gender equality effectively support the

concept that the results of the women’s rights movement were not revolutionary. Document interpretation

and some analysis shape the discussion about the problems associated with temperance reform; however, the

relevant outside information used to evaluate its effects is limited.

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 4 – C

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 4 – C

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 4 – C

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Anchor Level 4-C

The response:

• Develops all aspects of the task for the women’s rights movement and the temperance movement

• Is both descriptive and analytical (women’s rights: their rights were more limited than men when it came

to owning property; after much debate and controversy, states such as Colorado began passing suffrage

laws; right to vote itself did not “revolutionize” society, but there was somewhat of a ripple effect

sparked by the movement’s success; while these problems have slowly gotten better, we still see some

societal discrimination against women today; temperance: one of the most important movements during

the first two decades of the 20th century; use of alcohol was also thought to cause health risks and

problems, which weakened society as a whole; women were the most prominent leaders of the fight

because alcohol had a direct effect on them; overall perception of Prohibition by the American people

became very negative and ultimately led to repealing the Prohibition amendment)

• Incorporates relevant information from documents 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

• Incorporates relevant outside information (women’s rights: since the colonial period, there have been

groups who sought more gender equality; movement for women’s rights gained support and popularity in

the 19th century; prominent figures such as Stanton spoke out for equality; women gathered at the

Seneca Falls Convention to organize and to challenge traditional, legal, and political role of women; in

their Declaration of Sentiments, attendees at Convention voiced their grievances and opinions; although

it lost considerable momentum in the decade before the Civil War, a woman’s right to vote came to the

forefront in the 1890s; temperance: women, mostly middle class, sought to extricate “demon rum” from

society; men who used alcohol often abused their wives and children or even put their jobs in jeopardy,

endangering their wives economically; Prohibitionists were granted their wish in 1919 when a

constitutional amendment was passed to ban the sale of alcohol; although the women who fought for the

18th amendment were satisfied, it led to a drastic increase in bootlegging, illegal importing of alcohol,

largely from Canada, and illegal production of alcohol)

• Supports the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details (women’s rights: controlled by their

husbands once they were married; not legally guardians of their children; women still face discrimination

in the workplace and in running for office; temperance: use of alcohol was linked to various negative

aspects of society including crime, poverty, and insanity; government tried and failed to control the

illegal activity); includes a minor inaccuracy (temperance: constitutional amendment was passed to ban

the use of alcohol)

• Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that

states Prohibition lost momentum during the twenties and the women’s rights movement has continued in

varying intensities throughout the years

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 4. The loss of momentum in the temperance

movement and the continuation of the women’s rights movement into the 21st century is substantiated by a

good combination of document and outside information. Although the discussion of temperance is more

general, the inclusion of some analytical statements and the emphasis on the role played by women in the

reform movement strengthen the response.

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 3 – A

Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 3– A

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 3 – A

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 3 – B

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 3 – B

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 3 – B

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 3 – B

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Anchor Level 3-B

The response:

• Develops all aspects of the task with little depth for the temperance movement and the movement to end

child labor

• Is more descriptive than analytical (temperance: as alcohol consumption continued to harm American

society causing crime and poverty, many reformers, mainly women, pushed for Prohibition; alcohol

created a booming business for bars and saloons; many leaders did not take action because their own

destiny could be affected by Americans consuming alcohol; although Prohibition decreased the amount

of alcohol consumed, it created far more problems than before; money was flowing to criminals instead

of to the government; child labor: a large population of children were working long, grueling hours in

factories and mines in extremely dangerous conditions with little pay; oppressive child labor was

prohibited throughout the United States and the laws were enforced by the government)

• Incorporates some relevant information from documents 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

• Incorporates limited outside information (temperance: Prohibition was finally included in the

Constitution with the passage of the 18th amendment; Prohibition made it illegal to purchase, sell, or

transport alcohol throughout the United States; Prohibition increased organized crime; child labor:

President Theodore Roosevelt supported the movement to end child labor)

• Includes some relevant facts, examples, and details (temperance: influence of alcohol ruined many lives

as it led to poverty, crime, and insanity; temperance movement did lead to Prohibition; Prohibition led to

bootleggers who trafficked alcohol; child labor: reformers wanted to pass laws that prevented children

from working until a certain age and improving working conditions for children; children as young as

four years were brought into factories to help out; in 1903 the march of the mill children did not reach

President Theodore Roosevelt; Congress believed it was up to the states to pass child labor laws; the first

successful federal law was not enacted until 1938; Fair Labor Standards Act prohibited the transportation

and sale of any goods manufactured by a factory in which children were working; the Act stated that

children could not work until the age of 16, unless the work did not harm either health or schoolwork);

includes a minor inaccuracy (temperance: Prohibition outlawed the consumption of all forms of alcohol)

• Demonstrates a satisfactory plan of organization; includes an introduction that uses examples to indicate

how each movement reached its own degree of success and a conclusion that notes the movement to end

child labor met with more success than the temperance movement

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 3. Relevant outside information regarding the

temperance movement is mentioned in a rather lengthy introduction and then is expanded on throughout the

discussion. Although the overview of child labor is document driven, some good statements are included

about the problems leading to that reform and the movement’s effectiveness.

Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 3 – C

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 3 – C

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 3 – C

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Anchor Level 3-C

The response:

• Develops all aspects of the task with little depth by discussing the temperance movement and the

women’s rights movement

• Is more descriptive than analytical (temperance: movement began with widespread support but lost

popularity after the dry law was passed; overall effects of alcohol on the United States were disastrous,

prompting some to see it as the greatest crisis in our country’s history; women’s rights: movement lasted

for nearly three quarters of a century; women still were not considered equal to men and this sentiment

still exists today in our society)

• Incorporates some relevant information from documents 1, 3, 5, and 6

• Incorporates limited relevant outside information (temperance: bootlegging and the dramatic increase in

organize crime led to speakeasies; Al Capone and other mobsters gained fame for their illegal actions and

their influence during this time; movement lost its steam and the sale of alcohol was reestablished;

women’s rights: Susan B. Anthony demanded female rights and was believed to have won that battle

with the passing of the 19th amendment; a glass ceiling still existed for American women)

• Includes some relevant facts, examples, and details (temperance: government was unable to enforce the

law they had passed; women’s rights: they were treated as second-class citizens and not given equal

rights to men)

• Demonstrates a satisfactory plan of organization; includes an introduction that is a restatement of the

theme and a conclusion that states both movements were only successful to a certain extent

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 3. Although few facts and details are used in the

development of these movements, analytical introductory and concluding statements in each section

demonstrate an understanding of the topic. The concept that traditional values were being challenged and a

reference to the glass ceiling are good points but are included without explanation.

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 2 – A

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 2 – A

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Anchor Level 2-A

The response:

• Minimally develops all aspects of the task for the women’s rights movement and the movement to end

child labor

• Is primarily descriptive (women’s rights: after women gained the right to vote, it became clear that they

would still face public discrimination; even though women faced discrimination, they still brought about

reform movements; child labor: Fair Labor Standards Act helped to prevent the practice of oppressive

child labor)

• Incorporates limited relevant information from documents 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, and 9

• Presents no relevant outside information

• Includes some relevant facts, examples, and details (women’s rights: in 1855 when women married, they

became the man’s property and lost independence; Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell were among many

who protested against specific laws granted to the husband; protested laws included women’s prohibition

to inherit property, possess a choice of residency, make a will, and that exclusive control and

guardianship of their children went to the husband; they lacked equal access with men to professions;

they motioned for laws of protection for the children of the state, improving hospital systems, sanitary

laws, and the school system; child labor: they were treated with harsh conditions such as long hours with

minimum pay and dangerous working conditions; a bill was passed in 1916 but the Supreme Court ruled

it unconstitutional; Fair Labor Standards Act states that children under 16 cannot serve in manufacturing

and mining employment)

• Demonstrates a general plan of organization; includes an introduction that is a restatement of the theme

and a conclusion that is somewhat beyond a restatement

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 2. Problems faced by both women and children

are primarily listed with minimal explanation. The response demonstrates an understanding of the task, but

the documents provide all the information used to address each aspect of the task.

Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 2 – A

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 2 – B

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 2 – B

Anchor Level 2-B

The response:

• Minimally develops all aspects of the task for the movement to end child labor and the women’s rights

movement

• Is primarily descriptive (child labor: they were put to work in factories and mines due to their small size;

because the government was not involved in regulating businesses, children had to endure many

hardships; some believed that the laws were the responsibility of the state; women’s rights: in areas such

as Colorado, they helped reform the community and the state; although they helped bring about reforms,

women still received prejudice)

• Incorporates limited relevant information from documents 2, 3, 7, 8, and 9

• Presents no relevant outside information

• Includes few relevant facts, examples, and details (child labor: they had to work long hours for little pay;

some children were as young as 4 years; eventually laws were passed limiting work hours and raising the

age that children were allowed to work; safer working environments and conditions were put in place;

women’s rights: their rights were under question during the 19th and 20th century; women’s suffrage,

allowing women to vote, was passed; they helped pass laws reforming education for children and

improving hospital services; they still had trouble running for political office; they also had trouble in

equal access in professions such as law)

• Demonstrates a general plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that state that

reforms come with changing times such as industrialization and technological advancements

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 2. Although the development of the material for

child labor reform is straight forward, this response uses the women’s suffrage movement as background

information to discuss discrimination faced by women. In both examples, the extent to which the movements

were successful is addressed in a cursory way.

Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 2 – C

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 2 – C

Anchor Level 2-C

The response:

• Minimally develops all aspects of the task for the temperance movement and the movement to end child

labor

• Is primarily descriptive (temperance: many people under the influence of alcohol would make decisions

that they would not have made sober; people pushed Congress to pass Prohibition laws; child labor: laws

passed 60 years ago are still in effect today, protecting the rights of many children)

• Incorporates limited relevant information from documents 4, 6, 7, and 8

• Presents little relevant outside information (temperance: laws did not stop drinking from occurring in

speakeasies across the nation; soon after the law was passed, it was revoked; child labor: on the job,

many small children working would injure themselves and unfortunately some of them died)

• Includes few relevant facts, examples, and details (temperance: alcohol wrecked lives, dishonored

names, lost reputations, and ruined character; government had a hard time enforcing Prohibition laws so

many people continued to drink; child labor: hardships of children working in factories; it took a long

time to pass laws); includes an inaccuracy (child labor: laws were fought for by the children and many of

their mothers)

• Demonstrates a general plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that state reforms

have made the United States a better place to live

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 2. A few pieces of relevant outside information

and abbreviated document information form the basis of the limited discussion of both movements. The

concluding statement about each movement is made without explanation.

Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 1 – A

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Anchor Level 1-A

The response:

• Minimally mentions all aspects of the task for the women’s rights movement and the movement to end

child labor

• Is descriptive (women’s rights: men were in control of things; they did get the right to vote from the

movement; today women have many rights that they never did; child labor: in the late 1800s, they had to

work in bad conditions for hours with bad pay)

• Includes minimal information from documents 1, 2, 3, 7, and 9

• Presents little relevant outside information (women’s rights: not a lot of women in high making money

professions; child labor: the Fair Labor Standards Act stated that children would get a certain amount of

pay)

• Includes few relevant facts, examples, and details (women’s rights: they were denied rights; they did not

have guardianship of their children; they did not even have the right to vote; child labor: no longer had to

work in conditions that made them sick)

• Demonstrates a general plan of organization; includes an introduction that restates the theme and a

conclusion that mentions the movements were somewhat successful

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 1. Brief statements from documents are used to

mention the problems that led to each reform movement. Attempts to address each movement’s success are

limited and lack details.

Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 1 – A

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Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 1 – B

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Anchor Level 1-B

The response:

• Minimally develops some aspects of the task for the women’s rights movement and the temperance

movement

• Is descriptive (women’s rights: they wanted to get equal treatment at home and in the workplace;

temperance: the government believed consumption of alcohol by many Americans caused extreme

poverty)

• Includes minimal information from documents 1, 4, and 5

• Presents no relevant outside information

• Includes few relevant facts, examples, and details (women’s rights: they fought for their rights and got

them; temperance: the government believed that alcohol destroys the health of the public)

• Demonstrates a general plan of organization; includes an introduction that states dissatisfaction brings

citizens together and a brief conclusion

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 1. Both reform efforts are briefly presented,

using very limited document information. The movement to end child labor cannot be rated because it is the

third reform movement mentioned.

Anchor Paper – Document–Based Essay—Level 1 – B

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Document–Based Essay—Practice Paper – B

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Document–Based Essay—Practice Paper – C

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Document–Based Essay—Practice Paper – D

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Document–Based Essay—Practice Paper – E

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Document–Based Essay—Practice Paper – E

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Practice Paper A—Score Level 3

The response:

• Develops all aspects of the task with little depth by discussing the women’s rights movement and the

temperance movement

• Is more descriptive than analytical (women’s rights: one may believe that the movement was successful,

but that is not the case as exemplified by the fact that women are still viewed by some as inferior; despite

the supposed success of the movement, women in some instances are still not equal to men in society;

women may have gained rights in the workplace, but they are still discriminated against in some areas;

evidence proves that the movement is not the success it is often made out to be; temperance: alcohol had

infiltrated the country like a cancer and had corrupted government and many aspects of society; the

overall failure of the temperance movement hardly even warrants the label of a reform movement; it

caused more problems than it set out to fix)

• Incorporates some relevant information from documents 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

• Incorporates some relevant outside information (women’s rights: the movement is noted for its

organization as displayed at the Seneca Falls Convention and its methods of peaceful protest such as

picketing in front of the White House; it is considered a great accomplishment for women to gain

suffrage but after approximately one hundred years of women voters, no women have ever come close to

winning the presidency; the closest a woman has ever come to winning the vice presidency was when

Ferraro ran alongside Mondale only to be slaughtered by Reagan; Ferraro’s loss serves as evidence that

some Americans do not want and are not prepared for women to emerge with such an influential role in

society; temperance: by banning alcohol, criminals such as Al Capone emerged as did the influence of

bootleggers; the Prohibition experiment was short and due to its repeal was mostly ineffective)

• Includes some relevant facts, examples, and details (women’s rights: they were given basically no rights

and the rights that they did have were taken away at marriage; as a result of the movement, they gained

the right to vote and earned better wages in the workplace; temperance: alcohol had destroyed lives,

characters, and reputations)

• Demonstrates a satisfactory plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that state

why the two movements were not successful

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 3. A rather unorthodox view of the effectiveness

of the women’s rights movement, highly dependent on their political influence, caps a satisfactory discussion

that uses some appropriate document information as a springboard to outside information. Although harsh

criticism of the temperance movement underutilizes document information, a few analytical statements and

details support the position.

Practice Paper B—Score Level 5

The response:

• Thoroughly develops all aspects of the task evenly and in depth for the women’s rights movement and

the temperance movement

• Is more analytical than descriptive (women’s rights: they essentially remained in their domestic sphere;

new right to vote was often used by women to help further other reform causes; woman’s suffrage did

not necessarily ensure equal rights; although the movement did have many successes, it is an issue that

continues to be discussed today; temperance: alcohol became associated with social evils such as

poverty, crime, and insanity; health officials seldom confronted the issue of alcohol degeneracy; soon

after the passage of the 18th amendment, Prohibition’s effectiveness came into doubt; possibility of

eliminating drinking seemed nonexistent)

• Incorporates relevant information from documents 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

• Incorporates substantial relevant outside information (women’s rights: Abigail Adams asked her husband

to please not forget the ladies, but the time was not right for equality; women began making demands

about suffrage as exemplified at the Seneca Falls Convention; with the help of feminist leaders such as

Stone, Stanton, and Paul, the movement gained headway; as women entered the labor force, they became

more aware of the consequences of not having the right to vote; it was not until Progressives adopted

women’s rights into their agenda, that suffrage became more of a reality; suffrage was gained with the

passage of the 19th amendment; many did not choose to exercise their right to vote; through continued

efforts, opportunities in politics and other areas have expanded; temperance: the movement was born out

of the Second Great Awakening; organizations such as the Christian Temperance Union and extreme

reformers such as Carrie Nation protested alcohol with passion; change in the federal level was not seen

until the Progressives took on this issue; instances of bootlegging and organized crime rose dramatically;

after the Wickersham Commission investigated ways to better enforce Prohibition, they found the 18th

amendment ineffective and eventually it was repealed by another constitutional amendment)

• Richly supports the theme with many relevant facts, examples, and details (women’s rights: when

entering marriage, they became second class citizens; they lost property rights, the guardianship of their

children, and custody of themselvees; law professions discriminated against them; temperance:

violations occurred on a regular basis; policing agencies had new problems and were forced to use new

powers to enforce the law; bootleggers seemed impossible to catch); includes a minor inaccuracy

(temperance: with the passage of the 18th amendment, alcohol’s consumption was made illegal)

• Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that

state both reform movements gained considerable support and achievements, but they also faced setbacks

and conflicts

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 5. The historical context for both movements is

established by linking the Second Great Awakening to progressivism. The response demonstrates a thorough

understanding of both reform movements. The recognition that a long-term awareness of reform issues

continued after the goal of changing social norms was achieved demonstrates a sophisticated and thoughtful

appraisal of both movements.

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Practice Paper C—Score Level 4

The response:

• Develops all aspects of the task for the women’s rights movement and the temperance movement

• Is both descriptive and analytical (women’s rights: throughout most of the 1800s, they had few rights of

their own; with the power of the vote, the women’s movement accomplished even more such as equal

treatment in the workplace and more equal pay; they soon took up other social reforms such as education

and treatment for those with disabilities and met with success; it took a long while before it was

considered acceptable for women to hold political office; temperance: alcohol was seen as an enormous

burden to many “dry-minded” people; drinking became a vice to reformers and it was viewed as immoral

by some to partake in it; drinking was viewed as a crisis and a deadly epidemic; Prohibition was largely

unsuccessful; while the consumption of alcohol was temporarily slowed, Prohibition did not provide the

kind of permanent results that reformers were hoping for)

• Incorporates relevant information from documents 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

• Incorporates relevant outside information (women’s rights: Abigail Adams asked her husband to

remember women when creating a new government; movement gained momentum in the 1840s with the

Seneca Falls Convention, run by famous reformers such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton; push for absolute full

and equal rights has continued into the present; women’s rights organizations held protests and

conventions and won an occasional victory; even with the 19th amendment, discrimination continued;

temperance: movement was against the sale and consumption of alcohol in any drinkable form;

organizations such as the Women’s Christian Temperance Union sought to eliminate alcohol to help end

the increasingly deteriorating state of family life; in the early 1900s, the 18th amendment was passed

prohibiting the sale and transportation of alcohol; alcohol smugglers or bootleggers worked with the

booming business of organized crime to keep alcohol flowing into illegal saloons called speakeasies;

Noble Experiment created many problems)

• Supports the theme with relevant facts, examples, and details (women’s rights: their husbands controlled

their property and their lives; as a widow, she would have little influence over her husband’s property;

they could not sue, could not make a will, and could not vote; temperance: federal law was not able to

control the alcohol violators); includes a minor inaccuracy (John Adams was a constitutional convention

delegate)

• Demonstrates a logical and clear plan of organization; includes an introduction and a conclusion that

discusses how both movements had different degrees of success

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 4. Historical observations such as the women’s

rights movement laying the groundwork for future equality offset a somewhat disjointed approach to the

discussion of the movement. A good understanding of temperance reform is demonstrated through an

analytical approach to document interpretation and the inclusion of different points of view regarding its

levels of success.

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Practice Paper D—Score Level 0

Practice Paper E—Score Level 2

The response:

• Minimally develops all aspects of the task for the women’s rights movement and the movement to end

child labor

• Is primarily descriptive (women’s rights: when they married, they became property of their husband; they

wanted joint custody of children; gaining the right to vote in Colorado resulted in women gaining more

rights; suffrage gave women better wages; child labor: children faced unsafe working conditions and

long hours)

• Incorporates limited relevant information from documents 1, 2, 7, and 8

• Presents little relevant outside information (child labor: many children were injured and killed from fast

moving machines)

• Includes few relevant facts, examples, and details (women’s rights: personal property was owned by the

husband; the exclusive control of the children was granted to the husband; right to vote also led to a

number of laws women wanted, such as the better care of defective children; child labor: it was a major

issue in the late 1800s and early 1900s; in 1902, a federal child labor bill was defeated in Congress; in

1916, a bill was passed but the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional; a federal law was not passed

until 1938)

• Demonstrates a general plan of organization; includes an introduction that states both movements

resulted from cruel and unfair treatment and a conclusion that states both movements achieved their goals

through hard work and dedication

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 2. Document 1 is used to address the legal

problems faced by women in the 1850s; however, the connection is weakened as it segues into the results of

women voting in Colorado. An understanding of the problems children faced in the workplace is

demonstrated, but the success of the reform is only addressed by general references to the passage of child

labor legislation.

The response:

Fails to develop the task; refers to the theme in a general way

Conclusion: Overall, the response fits the criteria for Level 0. An unsuccessful attempt is made to link

information from documents 7 and 9. However, the information is not explained and demonstrates no

understanding of the task.

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United States History and Government Specifications

June 2010

Part I

Multiple-Choice Questions by Standard

Standard Question Numbers

1—United States and New York History

6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25, 26,

28, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 39, 40, 41, 45, 46, 49

2—World History 23, 37, 38

3—Geography 1, 2, 22, 31

4—Economics 18, 19, 27, 29, 33, 42, 43

5—Civics, Citizenship, and Government 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 44, 47, 48, 50

Parts II and III by Theme and Standard

Theme STANDARDS

Thematic Essay Science and Technology;

Factors of Production;

Physical Systems;

Places and Regions

Standards 1, 3, and 4: United

States and New York History;

Geography; Economics

Document-based Essay Reform Movements; Civic

Values; Change; Factors of

Production; Individuals,

Groups, Institutions

Standards 1, 4, and 5: United

States and New York History;

Economics; Civics,

Citizenship, and Government

Notes:

Part I and Part II scoring information is found in Volume 1 of the Rating Guide.

Part III scoring information is found in Volume 2 of the Rating Guide.

The Chart for Determining the Final Examination Score for the

June 2010 Regents Examination in United States History and Government will

be posted on the Department’s web site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/

on the

day of the examination. Conversion charts provided for the previous

administrations of the United States History and Government examination

must NOT be used to determine students’ final scores for this administration.

Submitting Teacher Evaluations of the Test to the Department

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development process. The Department provides an online evaluation form for State assess-

ments. It contains spaces for teachers to respond to several specific questions and to make

suggestions. Instructions for completing the evaluation form are as follows:

1. Go to http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/teacher/evaluation.html

2. Select the test title.

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