Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
For example, my DD had one teacher in an AP course who docked her points for not mentioning in an essay (which was open-ended) that the New Deal made the economic collapse more severe and prolonged the period of unemployment.
I think this is true, having read "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression" (2008) by Amity Shlaes. The meta-question is how history teachers should grade essays on subjects that are still disputed by historians and economists.