2018 Practice Exam - Q7: Extent Immigration Affected Culture

In your response you should do the following:

• Respond to the prompt with a historically defensible thesis or claim that establishes a line of reasoning.
• Describe a broader historical context relevant to the prompt.
• Support an argument in response to the prompt using at least two pieces of specific relevant evidence.
• Use historical reasoning (e.g., comparison, causation, continuity or change over time) to frame or structure an argument that addresses the prompt.
• Demonstrate a complex understanding of a historical development through sophisticated argumentation and/or effective use of evidence.

Evaluate the extent to which immigration affected United States culture in the period from 1840 to 1898.