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Q2 Preassessment p1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify TWO criteria for credibility.

a)

Letter written based on rumors

b)

Author's qualifications and Reputations

c)

Popularity of the source material

d)

Accuracy and consistency

2.

Identify TWO credible source examples

a)

Accuracy and consistency

b)

Account of a battle that quotes both sides

c)

Daily journal describing factory life

d)

Letters written based on rumors

3.

What is the definition of criteria?

a)

The quality of being trusted and believed in

b)

Standards or rules used to make a judgment or decision about something

c)

A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix.

d)

4.

What is the definition of Credibility?

a)

The quality of being trusted and believed in

b)

Standards or rules used to make a judgment or decision about something

c)

A list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, typically printed as an appendix.

d)

The quality or state of being correct or precise.

5.

"A quote from U.S. Senator William E. Borah regarding potent'ial U.S. membership in the League of Nations is shown."

Which thesis statement could this quote be used to support?

a)

The Senate was right to reject membership in the League of Nations because

U.S. sovereignty would have been harmed if it had joined.

b)

The Senate was wrong to reject membership in the League of Nations because

membership would have increased U.S. influence in world affairs.

c)

The Senate was wrong to reject membership in the League of Nations because

U.S. membership would have been key to the organization’s success.

d)

The Senate was right to reject membership in the League of Nations because

the League of Nations was doomed to failure regardless of U.S. membership

6.

Historians create thesis statements that explain the significance of historical events and<br>how these events are connected. Each thesis relies on supporting evidence.<br>A thesis statement is shown. Several pieces of historical evidence are provided.

Identify which pieces of evidence support the thesis statement. Select 3 that belong!

a)

Poll taxes kept African Americans from voting

b)

Slavery was banned in the Northwest Territory

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson case affirmed segregation

d)

Jim Crow laws legalized racial segregation

7.

Grievances against King George III’s actions, as listed in the U.S. Declaration of<br>Independence, are shown.<br>Two of these grievances clearly demonstrate a violation of the Enlightenment principle<br>of consent of the governed. Consent of the governed is the idea that the government<br>gets its authority from the people that it governs.

Click on the two grievances that describe violations of consent of the governed.

a)

He has dissolved Representatives Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people

b)

Quarter large bodies of armed troops among us [and] for cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world

c)

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and alternating fundamentally the Froms of our Governments

d)

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people

8.

Select the provision of the Northwest Ordinance that established a precedent in which governments should be republican in structure.

a)

Section 6. The governor, for the time being, shall be commander in chief of the

militia, appoint and commission all officers in the same below the rank of general

officers; all general officers shall be appointed and commissioned by Congress.

b)

Article 2. . . . And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood

and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that

shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts or

engagements, bona fide, and without fraud, previously formed.

c)

Section 9. So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants of full age

in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with

time and place, to elect a representative from their counties or townships to represent

them in the general assembly

d)

Article 3. Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government

and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be

encouraged

9.

An excerpt from Article IV of the U.S. Constitution is shown.

An excerpt from Article IV of the U.S. Constitution is shown. <br>How does this excerpt establish a relationship between the people and the government?

a)

by affirming that the government must protect citizens’ rights and liberties

b)

by establishing the idea that government is based on the social contract

c)

by dividing political power between the state and national governments

d)

by creating the ability of courts to review the constitutionality of laws

10.

Select the best definition for the word "grievance"

a)

a real or imagined wrong or other cause for complaint or protest, especially unfair treatment.

b)

The main argument or central idea of your paper telling readers what to expect and what you plan to prove or explain.

c)

The quality or state of being correct or precise

d)

the quality of being trusted and believed in