Historical Process

Which text is valuable for gaining context about a historical event but is unreliable as "evidence"?

• anthology

• historical novel

  
  

• monograph

• textbook

Which would be the least helpful for supporting interpretations about the lives of late nineteenth-century immigrants?

• a historical novel about working in the Chicago stockyards

• a journal entry written by a recent immigrant and mother

• a pay stub from a late nineteenth-century factor worker

• an early twentieth-century ad for model home blueprints

Which would make an effective thesis for an essay on the cause of the French Revolution?

• Conflict between the people and the French monarchy sparked revolution.

• The guillotine was an effective instrument for instilling fear and conflict.

• The Jacobins sought to overturn the French monarchy.

  
  

• The French Revolution started on Bastille Day, July 14, 1789.

  
  

Which historical text typically provides varying viewpoints about a given topic?

• anthology

• encyclopedia

• historical novel

• monograph

What are three important guidelines to keep in mind when studying a historical document?

• Check the document for grammatical errors.

• Check the writer's use of poetic language.

• • Analyze whether the document provides support to answer the question at hand.

  
  

• Isolate the document's historical merit.

• Analyze whether the document provides valid evidence.

Which best describes consensus historiography?

• a bottom-up look at historical events to rethink the traditional perspective

  
  

• a re-interpretation of facts based on new evidence and resulting in new conclusions

• a top-down look at historical events to rethink the traditional perspective

• a view of history in which the traditional interpretation is upheld

Which is the best example of a primary source document useful in the study of history?

• a documentary with expert analysis of the event in question

  
  

• a peer-reviewed article written about the event by a respected historian

• a professorial analysis of key battlefield strategies of the event

  
  

• a journal excerpt from a person involved in the event in question

According to some historians, which marks the beginning of the US Civil War?

• the battle of Antietam

• the battle of Bunker Hill

• the battle of Fort Sumter

• the battle of Bull Run

Which best describes the way photographs are considered by historians?

• primary source documents that are useful in the study of history

• reliable sources for the study of history only if from a named source

• secondary source documents that are useful in the study of history

• unreliable sources for the study of history because they are too subjective

Which describes the revisionist or conflict perspective in historiography?

• History should be viewed from perspectives that are not commonly held.

• History is impossible to record accurately without primary source documentation.

• History is and should be recorded as it happens, as factual and fixed information.

• History is recorded most accurately according to the experts of the time period in question.