US history A End of semester
test/Edmentum Questions and Answers
1.Which accurately describes a newspaper article written during a
historical event
Answer Primary source document
2.Which is not necessary in a historical essay
Answer First hand accounts
3.Which is the best example of a secondary source document useful in the
study of history? Would be a
Answer A letter from a relative of a participant in battle or campaign
4.Why is history open to ongoing and changing interpretations?
Answer Traditional interpretations are questioned by revisionists
5.Your teacher has assigned you to write a research paper on the u.s.
Revolu- tionary War, but you aren't familiar with this era. What graphic
organizer would be best to build your understanding of this era?
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, Answer Timeline
6.You are reading an article and your school newspaper that discusses a
rising Trend and students arriving late to class. One of those quotes in the
Articles from the football coach, and it states, "tardiness is a serious matter
and I discussed this issue with my students regularly. I know the football
players aren't to blame because they are well disciplined kids." What
should you take most into your account when considering this quote?
Answer The coaches biased towards the football team
7.What most fundamentally aided the spread of Enlightenment ideas from
Europe to America?
Answer The propaganda by American intellectuals such as Benjamin
Franklin
8.How did the old lights attempt to suppress the influence of the new lights
in Connecticut and Massachusetts?
Answer By allowing women to vote in lead discussions in the old light
churches.
9.What was one result of the first great awakening?
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test/Edmentum Questions and Answers
1.Which accurately describes a newspaper article written during a
historical event
Answer Primary source document
2.Which is not necessary in a historical essay
Answer First hand accounts
3.Which is the best example of a secondary source document useful in the
study of history? Would be a
Answer A letter from a relative of a participant in battle or campaign
4.Why is history open to ongoing and changing interpretations?
Answer Traditional interpretations are questioned by revisionists
5.Your teacher has assigned you to write a research paper on the u.s.
Revolu- tionary War, but you aren't familiar with this era. What graphic
organizer would be best to build your understanding of this era?
1/
9
, Answer Timeline
6.You are reading an article and your school newspaper that discusses a
rising Trend and students arriving late to class. One of those quotes in the
Articles from the football coach, and it states, "tardiness is a serious matter
and I discussed this issue with my students regularly. I know the football
players aren't to blame because they are well disciplined kids." What
should you take most into your account when considering this quote?
Answer The coaches biased towards the football team
7.What most fundamentally aided the spread of Enlightenment ideas from
Europe to America?
Answer The propaganda by American intellectuals such as Benjamin
Franklin
8.How did the old lights attempt to suppress the influence of the new lights
in Connecticut and Massachusetts?
Answer By allowing women to vote in lead discussions in the old light
churches.
9.What was one result of the first great awakening?
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