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FROM WAS THERE A RENAISSANCE DBQ
OK:
The cause of the Arab Spring was bad leaders.
Better:
Most likely reason for the Arab Spring was bad leaders.
The bad leaders led to revolutions, which led to the Arab Spring.
Bad rulers had a significant influence on the Arab Spring.
Ok:
The US presidential election has many different opinions.
Better:
The US PE really means that the US is dying because of Donald Trump.
The Ren. was really just a rebirth of lit. and art because they changed from Gothic style to Roman
and Greek (Doc. 6).
Some believe the presidential debate shows that people can be really weird sometimes.
The evidence strongly suggests that people are thinking about money and not working harder during
the Renaissance (Doc. 11).
OK:
Trump will be able to put Clinton in jail.
Better:
There are conflicting accounts of this comment because Trump probably could not put Clinton in jail.
Other pieces of evidence also show that Trump could not put Clinton in jail.
Other pieces of evidence have also shown that invasions lead to the fall of society (Doc 1).
Other pieces of evidence have shown that invasions lead to the fall of society (Doc 1).
OK:
Good food makes happy people.

Better:
Good food had a key role. First, happy people.
The most likely reason for happy people was good food.
Even though the textbook says the cause was money, I believe good food makes happy people.
The most likely reason of no government was because the barbarians had destroyed the villages (doc
1).
The Renaissance was motivated by Roman and Greek art (Doc 7).
OK:
Trump won the presidency which will lead to world destruction.
This event was important because he will lead to world destruction.
That King of yours...draws to an end, can teach us about the future, for example, Trumps
presidency (Doc 11).

OK: Harambes death caused WWIII.

Better:
Harambes death had a significant influence on the world which caused WWIII.
The most likely reason for WW3 was Harambes death.
The Renaissance was motivated by the Greek and Roman classics (Doc 7).
The idea of medieval culture being imperfect led to people evolving which led to the Renaissance
(Doc 3).
OK:
Trump will doom us all because he was elected.
Better:
He belongs in the history books because he doomed us all.
Trump was elected, which is important because he will doom us all.

This evidence strongly suggest that the people of the Renaissance believed in God above all else
(Doc 9).