3 Chronology, Causation, and Change Online Quiz Questions

Include every known date from the war, whether or not it bears on daily life.

Choose developments relevant to daily life during the war, arrange them across the defined span, and add context.

Include only events that happened on the first and last days of the war.

List dates without identifying the people, places, or processes involved.

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It proves that the event had only one cause.

It explains every long-term condition behind the event.

It can help explain when the event began without fully explaining why it occurred.

It shows that earlier conditions had no influence.

Which people or groups were affected?

How soon did the result occur, and how long did it last?

Does the earliest event in the sequence automatically count as the only cause?

Did the result create further changes?

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The proclamation applied to areas in rebellion; the amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States.

The proclamation abolished slavery throughout the United States; the amendment applied only to areas in rebellion.

Both measures applied only to areas in rebellion.

Both measures had the same scope and were the same kind of change.

State a claim that answers the historical question.

Repeat dates without explaining their significance.

Use relevant evidence and explain how it supports the proposed explanation.

Consider other contributing causes and differences among groups.

Always use a full date, even if the evidence establishes only a year.

Use a year or approximate period when the evidence does not establish a more precise date.

Avoid recording dates consistently because evidence varies.

Replace uncertain dates with the date of the nearest well-documented event.

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Include every date that can be found for the period.

Choose events that help answer a defined question about a defined time span.

Use only events with exact dates, even if that leaves out relevant developments.

Arrange events by importance rather than by when they occurred.

The earlier event caused the later event because it came first.

The events cannot be related because they occurred at different times.

The order establishes sequence, but additional evidence and context are needed to assess causation.

The later event must have caused the earlier event.

The law may change at a particular moment while related social practices change more slowly.

The law and social practices must change at exactly the same time.

A legal change proves that every group immediately experienced the same change.

If social practices change slowly, the law cannot have changed.

Assume the event had the same result for everyone and assess only its immediate effects.

Ask who or what was affected and how soon, while considering differences among groups.

Focus only on whether the outcome was intended by the people who made the decision.

Count the number of events that followed without examining who experienced their effects.