Chronological Thinking

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Quiz #1 in the Historical Literacy Series

  1. 1

    The wars that the U.S. fought in the 1890s, 1910s, 1940s, 1960s, 1970s, 1990s, and 2000s are an example of continuity in U.S. history.

  2. 2

    Which of the following is a not a correct definition for the word chronology?

  3. 3

    If World War I ended in 1918 and U.S. involvement in World War II started in 1941, then how many years did the U.S. stay out of war?

  4. 4

    On a timeline of presidential elections, president Clinton would appear to the left of president Roosevelt.

  5. 5

    Republicans served as president of the United States for most of which decades?

  6. 6

    For an American living in the 1930s, the Great Depression was

  7. 7

    Some textbooks shape chapters around presidential administrations while others shapes chapters around decades. Is this an example of alternative models for periodization?

  8. 8

    The word narrative means consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story.

  9. 9

    The word antecedents means causes and the word consequences means effects.

  10. 10

    When did the U.S. drop atomic bombs on Japan?

  11. 11

    Historical duration and continuity refer to things changing over time.

  12. 12

    After the stock market crash of 1929, the U.S. economy did not fully recover until

  13. 13

    For an American living in the 1930s, World War II was

  14. 14

    Democrats served as president of the United States for most of which decades?

  15. 15

    For an American living in the 1930s, the Civil War was

  16. 16

    When did the stock market crash of 1929 happen?

  17. 17

    During the Vietnam War, this country had to draft soldiers to fight. Today, all of the U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq today are volunteers. This is an example of how things have changed over time.

  18. 18

    What can students do with a strong sense of chronology?

  19. 19

    To designate appropriate equidistant intervals on a timeline of U.S. presidential elections you would have to make sure the four years between each election are equally spaced throughout the timeline.

  20. 20

    Which definition of temporal do historians use?

  21. 21

    Which event happened first?

  22. 22

    The 1920s, 1930s, and 1960s are well-defined periods of U.S. history.

  23. 23

    Historical succession and change refer to things staying the same over time.

  24. 24

    The principle of historical causality says that events have causes and effects.

  25. 25

    If Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in April 1968 and Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in June 1968, then how many months elapsed between their deaths?

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