Study.com Historical Methods Ch 9
When did the Progressive school of thought peak?
1910-1940
What century saw numerous rebellions and revolutions across Latin America?
19th
Which is a book written by New Left historian Howard Zinn?
A People's History of the United States
Which of the following is NOT true?
Postmodern historiography became popular in the first half of the 20th-century.
The belief that it is impossible to know exactly what happened in the past in an objective sense is called?
Postmodernism
In 'Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth', Richard Hofstadter argues Lincoln played up his humble origins by promoting what nickname in his campaigns?
The Rail Splitter
Tuchman is probably best known for her work The Guns of August, a book about _____.
the lead up to WWI
Which of the following BEST describes Barbara Tuchman's early years?
A life of wealth, and an intense interest in politics and history.
What defined the Annales School's approach to history?
A long-term scale of focus
Nationalism is pride of all of the following EXCEPT:
A nation's neighbors
All of the following would be examples of post-modern history EXCEPT:
A study of the generals who fought in the Civil War
What concepts are associated with Post-revision interpretations?
All are correct
Which was NOT a book written by popular postmodern historian Michael Foucault?
An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States
Guo Moruo was most noted as an historian who focused on what era of Chinese history?
Ancient China
Marxist histories primarily examine the struggle between what two groups of peoples?
Bourgeoisie and proletariat
According to Marx's view of historical materialism, which of the following embodied the final stage?
Communism
What American foreign policy was derived from the interpretations of traditionalists?
Containment
Which British historian was also a preeminent philosopher and tended to be politically conservative?
David Hume
Who wrote What Is History?
E.H. Carr
Which of the following would be most likely emphasized by a Marxist historian?
Economics
Which author's work, American Diplomacy, 1900-1950, was attributed to the beginning of the realism school of thought?
George Kennan
Which of the following was NOT a school of thought within the history of the Cold War?
Globalism
Richard Hofstadter's Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth' argues against what view of history?
Great Man theory
Who theorized that history is a narrative and that historians are story-tellers prone to bias?
Hayden White
Which is NOT true?
Herbert Butterfield regarded religion as a destructive force in history.
Which is NOT true of Whig history?
It is essentially pessimistic in nature.
Where did Guo Moruo do most of his early studies on Chinese history?
Japan
Who helped develop Brazilian history as a discipline in the 20th century?
Jose Honorio Rodrigues
Which framework did Guo Moruo apply to the study of Chinese history?
Marxism
The world systems approach built on ideas from which two other historically important schools of thought?
Marxism and the Annales School
Who asserted that attempts to understand history objectively represented claims to secure power?
Michael Foucault
Which revisionists believed that the United States sparked the Cold War as a result of its imperialism and greed?
New Left revisionists
In 'Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth', Richard Hofstadter says Lincoln was 'thoroughly and completely the _____ by preference and by training'.
Politician
Which school of thought emphasizes conflict as a means of furthering progress?
Progressive school
Which of the following was a Consensus historian?
Richard Hofstadter
Which of the following BEST describes Tuchman's writing style?
She wrote from the perspective of history.
The influence of Richard Hofstadter's 'Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth' can be seen in what modern biography of Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin?
Team of Rivals
Richard Hofstadter's 'Abraham Lincoln and the Self-Made Myth' is an essay included in what book?
The American Political Tradition
What is one major reason that the Annales School rejected the Marxist approach to history?
The Annales School sought a wider approach beyond class conflict
Which is NOT true of the Marxist view of history?
The importance of religion tends to be emphasized in Marxist historiography.
Prior to the development of the Annales School, most Western historians approached the past in terms of which time scale?
The lifespans of powerful men
Which is NOT an example of a social power structure?
The people vs. the state
Guo Moruo helped impact an understanding of Chinese history by claiming that the end of the Zhou Dynasty represented what?
The start of the slave society stage of history
What is the most likely example of an American historian writing a work of Marxist history?
The study of slaves who worked on cotton plantations
Who served as British Secretary of War and was influential in foreign policy?
Thomas Macaulay
Why would dictators like Adolf Hitler or Josef Stalin write history texts?
To promote their nationalist ideologies
Which theory prevalent in 20th-century historiography claimed that even post-colonial trade relationships were imbalanced and favored outside, stronger nations?
dependency theory
Barbara Tuchman was the recipient of _____.
two Pulitzer prizes
