final Exam first semester US history

Thinking like a Historian: How do you use Contextualization?

• Summarize a source without considering time or place

• Compare the source to a modern issue only

• Place the source within its specific historical time, place, and circumstances to interpret it

• Memorize dates and names without analyzing context

Thinking like a Historian: How do you Corroborate information as a history student?

• Accept the first source you find

• Cross-check claims across multiple independent sources and types of evidence

• Use only secondary sources

• Rely on the author’s reputation alone

Revolution or War?: What was the typical colonist response to British unjust laws/taxes?

• Supporting Parliament’s policies

• Emigrating to Britain to gain representation

• Organizing nonimportation boycotts and protests against British goods

• Requesting seats in Parliament through colonial elections

Revolution or War?: Why were the Intolerable Acts significant in American history?

• They granted colonial representation in Parliament

• They were mild reforms that eased tensions

• They were punitive measures that unified colonies and spurred the First Continental Congress

• They ended all British taxation in the colonies

Revolution or War?: What was the Galloway Plan?

• A plan to declare immediate independence in 1774

• A proposal for a colonial union with a Grand Council sharing authority with Parliament

• A military strategy to blockade Boston Harbor

• A tax plan to fund the British army through colonial revenues

Revolution or War?: According to the Declaration of Rights and Resolves, how did the colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts?

• They pledged loyalty and paid all taxes

• They adopted nonimportation and asserted natural and English rights while petitioning for redress

• They dissolved colonial assemblies

• They requested royal governorships for leading Patriots

Revolution or War?: How is American identity tied to the Revolutionary war?

• It cemented loyalty to the Crown above all else

• It discouraged political participation

• It forged a shared national identity around liberty, republicanism, and self-government

• It eliminated regional differences entirely

Is the Constitution democratic?: Which house of Congress represents the people and which one represents the states?

• House represents states; Senate represents population

• Both houses represent population equally

• House represents population; Senate represents states equally

• Senate represents territories; House represents states

Is the Constitution democratic?: How does the electoral college work?

• The national popular vote directly elects the president

• State-appointed electors cast votes for president; a majority of electoral votes wins under state rules for allocating electors

• Congress chooses the president after the general election

• Governors collectively select the president

Media Literacy: How do personalization and algorithms work together?

• Algorithms randomize content to avoid patterns

• Algorithms curate content based on user behavior and preferences, increasing personalized feeds

• Personalization eliminates all advertising

• Algorithms only show government-approved information