Topic 1: DBQ Short Essay For this short essay, you will answer the initial topic question:

Was US involvelment in World War II inevitable?

For this essay, you need to make a claim answering this question and support your claim using evidence. You need to use at least 2 of these 4 documents that are attached here to support your evidence (all from the lessons). Be sure to relate the document you are citing to your claim. This essay should be at least 3 paragraphs (an introduction with your claim and two paragraphs that support your claim). See the rubric attached to to be sure you include all the requirements. *The last section of the rubric is the standard for this part of the unit; that standard should be reflected in your answer if you complete the other portions.

you can refer to the document title and author within the text, like this: As FDR said in his "A Date Which Will Live in Infamy" speech...Or, you can cite the document in parenthesis at the end of the sentence, like this: ...as he asked Congress for a declaration of war (Doc 4).