This question is based on the accompanying documents. You will have 60 minutes to complete your essay. You should spend 15 minutes planning your response and 45 minutes writing your answer. You may begin writing your essay before the reading period has ended.

In your response, you should:

ensure that your thesis responds to the entire question, outlines a line of reasoning, and can be defended using historical evidence.
make connections to larger historical events and processes.
make sure that your thesis is supported by evidence from all, or all but one, of the documents you are given.
support your argument using other historical examples outside the documents.
connect the historical situation, intended audience, purpose, or point of view of at least three documents to the argument.
show a complex understanding of the prompt’s topic by modifying your argument, fully evaluating the reasoning process addressed by the prompt (such as analyzing continuities AND changes), making connections across time periods, or addressing counterarguments and different types of evidence.

Evaluate the political and economic effects of imperialism on Africa in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Wire campaign finance laws administered by the fec not well enforced? a campaign finance rules are difficult to enforce b the fec has been plagued by corruption? c the fec does not have enough staff or funding d the fec was only created by the america vote act of 2002

Which of these rose during the great depression? a migration b consumerism c membership in the republican party d employment

Imagine that you have completed your paper. the following are two paragraphs you have written that contain direct quotations from your sources. below each paragraph is the source used. for each source, use mla style to create the correct in-text citation and place it in the correct place within the paragraph. gandhi did not grow up wealthy. of his family, he recalled, “my father never had any ambition to accumulate riches and left us very little property. he had no education, save that of experience.” like his father, gandhi became someone who valued experience over money. the quotation is taken from page 2 of this source: gandhi, mahatma. the story of my experiments with truth. 1927. new york: dover publications, 1983. print. gandhi’s experiences abroad taught him a great deal, but they certainly did not make him rich. according to indian scholar e. s. reddy, “…on january 9, 1915, m. k. gandhi returned to bombay after 21 years in exile, wearing a loin cloth and travelling from london in the lowest class of the ship.” few people suspected that this unassuming man would become one of the most powerful and beloved leaders in history. the quotation is taken from page 1 of this source: reddy, e. s. gandhi’s vision of a free south africa. hyderabad, india: sangam books, ltd. 1995. print.