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EUROPEAN HISTORY
2019 SCORING GUIDELINES
Question 4 — Long Essay Question (continued)
C: Evidence
(0–2)
Evidence: Provides specific examples of
evidence relevant to the topic of the prompt.
(1 point)
OR
Supports an Argument: Supp
orts an
argument in response to the prompt using
specific and relevant examples of evidence.
(2 points)
To earn the first point, the response must identify
s
pecific historical examples of evidence relevant
to the Great Depression in Europe during the
period 1929–1950.
OR
To earn the second point, the r
esponse must use
specific historical evidence to support an
argument in response to the prompt.
Evidence used might include:
• Hitler’s rise to power (legal
m
eans/Reichstag fire/Enabling Act)
• World War II and Holocaust
• Mussolini and Fascist Italy’s policies post
1
929
• Communism as alternative to capitalism in
G
ermany
• Creation of the welfare state and various
w
elfare state policies
• Stalin’s Five-Year Plan
• Appeasement policy as a consequence of
t
he Great Depression
• Various anti-Semitic policies such as the
Nuremberg Laws
D: Analysis and Reasoning
(0–2)
Historical Reasoning: Uses historical
reasoning (e.g., comparison, causation,
continuity, and change over time) to frame or
structure an argument that addresses the
prompt. (1 point)
To earn the first point, the response must
demonstrate the use of historical reasoning to
frame or structure an argument about the effects
of the Great Depression in Europe, although the
reasoning might be uneven, imbalanced, or
inconsistent.
Examples of usi
ng historical reasoning might
include:
• Establishing a causal relationship between
the
Great Depression and an effect of the
Depression, such as the rise of Hitler or the
creation of the welfare state, and explaining
the connections between the cause and the
effect
• Identifying a general effect of the
D
epression, such as political radicalization,
and then discussing examples, such as
Nazism in Germany or fascism in Italy,
compared with more interventionist
governments in Great Britain and France, in
order to support a broader argument
regarding the most significant effect
• Describing continuity or change over time,
b
y arguing that Germany was economically
suffering from World War I but that this
was intensified by the Great Depression
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