Section 1 - Skills and Historic Documents

Credibility is the ability of a source to be believed. Which of the following are things that make a source credible?

• Poorly-researched
• Biased
• Well-researched, expertise, unbiased, good reputation
• Inexperienced

Answer explanation

Examining the authors experience and expertise levels can help determine how valuable the information they resent is.

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How do you support a thesis?

• By providing evidence, examples, and elaboration

• By using emotional appeals
• By ignoring counterarguments
• By making unsupported claims

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What makes something a primary source?

• It is a fictional story created by an author
• It is a secondary account of an event
• It is a modern interpretation of historical events
• It is a firsthand account or original document created during the time period being studied.

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What is an Enlightenment idea found in the Declaration of Independence?

• Government control
• Divine rights
• Natural rights
• Social inequality

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What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• To prevent new states from joining the Union
• To establish a process for admitting new states to the Union and to prohibit slavery in the Northwest Territory.
• To establish a monarchy in the Northwest Territory
• To promote slavery in the Northwest Territory

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What was a major weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Lack of a strong central government
• Excessive taxation on the states
• Too much power in the hands of the central government
• Lack of representation for the states

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The main purpose of the the Federalist Papers was to.......

• promote the ratification of the United States Constitution
• oppose the ratification of the United States Constitution
• write a new constitution for the United States
• support the British monarchy

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What was the main goal of the Bill of Rights?

• To abolish the government
• To increase the power of the government
• To limit individual liberties
• To protect individual freedoms and limit the power of the government

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What is the difference between Federalists and Anti-Federalists?

• Federalists supported the ratification of the Constitution and a strong central government, while the Anti-Federalists opposed the Constitution and advocated for states' rights and a weaker central government.
• Federalists opposed the Constitution and advocated for a weaker central government
• Anti-Federalists supported a strong central government
• Federalists supported the Constitution and advocated for states' rights

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