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Quiz: The Nature of History
1. Give one credible reason for studying history.
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Write a + is the statement is true and a 0 if it is false.
_____ 2. The historian’s main purpose is to communicate facts.
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4. If studying the Civil War period, would an newspaper article that appeared in the Richmond
Enquirer dated April 25, 1864, be a primary or secondary source?
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5. If studying the same time period, would a book, The Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War
Era, by James McPherson, published in 1988, be a primary or secondary source?
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6. The historical term that refers to a person’s background and its influence on viewpoint is
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7. The historical term that refers to the prevailing ideas and problems of a time period is
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List the eights forces of history
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16. What is present-mindedness and why is it a problem in studying history?
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