How did the Civil War affect America as a growing world power?
This is an essay question, a very high level prompt. It would be on the open synthesis level. Students may take their knowledge of the chapter and construct an answer in any number of different ways that would have merit. And it is a very easy prompt for the teacher to construct. Contrast this with a somewhat lower level prompt. This again could be a homework assignment or test questions: 1. Explain the advantages the North had over the South in the Civil War. 2. Did slavery cause the Civil War? Explain why or why not. 3. What battle do you think was the most important one in the Civil War. Explain why you think so. These prompts are still on the open synthesis level, but they are considerably more specific than the first example. Also the fact that there are three questions instead of one tells the students that shorter answers are expected. In question one the students know tha they should mention that the north had more population and industry than the south. They can add details, o
