TEXT BOOK Q& A PRACTICE
History 8 - Sullivant

Be sure to use the “Q&A Form” that we have discussed in class.
DO NOT copy the questions. Use black or dark blue ink or type.
Your answers will be graded according to accuracy AND use of form.

Questions #!-7 can be answered using the textbook pages before the title page.

1. Read “How to Analyze Written Sources.” What is the difference between a primary source and a secondary source?

2. Read about artifacts and LIST 3 things in your bedroom that could be artifacts.

3. Choose one of the things from your answer to question #2. Explain what that artifact would reveal about you.
Read “How to Analyze Written Sources.”

4. In “Common Sense,” the writer (Thomas Paine) wanted to persuade others to join him in seeking independence from Britain. What makes this piece a primary source?

5. “The Attack on Lawrence, Kansas” is a secondary source written by John Garraty, but it relies on a primary source for information. Read the piece and identify the primary source.

6. Read “How to Analyze a Historical Map” and study the map on the page. Why do you think this early map of the United States was called New France?

7. Read “How to Analyze a Photograph” and study the photograph.Name TWO details you see in the photo.

8. Read “How to Analyze a Political Cartoon” and study the cartoon. What do you think Nast (the cartoonist) is trying to say?
Using the Table of Contents on pages vi - xxvii, answer the following questions. Make sure your answers are still in Q&A Form.

9. How many UNITS are in the textbook? In what UNIT and CHAPTER would you find information on citizenship and our constitution?

10. Which chapter is on The Civil War? Name the fourth lesson (section).

11. What page of the Table of Contents has list of Supreme Court Decisions?

12. Name the reference section in the Table of Contents Features where you would find a list of key documents that have shaped U.S. History. On what page of the Table of Contents would you find that list and what is the name of the section?

13. Name the reference section in the Table of Contents “Features” where you would see a list of people who have influenced history.

14. On what page would you find a time line (see Charts, Graphics, and Time Lines) about “The Road to Revolution?”

15. Name the “infographics” on pages 29 and 50.

16. Look in the “Biographies” List. On what page is the bio of David Farragut? Look at his bio and complete this sentence: David Farragut was the first ____.

17. Find the section entitled “Quick Facts.” On what pages would you find information on “The Great Compromise” and “Hamilton’s Economic Plan?”

18. Look at the Section called “History Close-Up.” Go to the page about “A Mill Girl.” Name one detail about life as a mill girl.

19. Check out “Points of View.” Look at the page called “Fighting Discrimination.” Name the 2 men whose perspectives are shown.

20. Look at the section called “History and Geography.” Find the map of “Trail of Tears.” Look at the map and list the names of 3 tribes on the trail.

21. Look at the Special Vocabulary of Social Studies in “Reading Social Studies” section. According to the text, what is the difference between a “movement” and a “campaign.”

22. What page is Washington’s Farewell Address (important historic document) on?

23. In the Primary Sources section on pages xxiv - xxvi, what is the first primary source in chapter 8?