US History Study Guide

What type of historical text typically provides varying viewpoints about a given topic?

Anathology

According to some historians, what event marked the beginning of the US Civil War?

Fort Sumter

What section of a research paper should contain the main idea?

Introduction

What best describes the way photographs are considered by historians?

Primary Source Important in studying history

What is consensus historiography?

a commonly held view, writing of history

What is the revisionist or conflict perspective in historiography?

a writing of history that goes beyond the traditonal

What type of essay does not require that you examine and analyze secondary source documents?

free-response essays

What type of text is valuable for gaining context about a historical event but is unreliable as "evidence"?

secondary sources