INTENTIONALLY DUMBED-DOWN
Ask yourself WHY
Can you pass this 8th grade test from 1895?
(part 4)
U.S. HISTORY
(Time, 45 minutes)
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Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
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Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
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Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
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Show the territorial growth of the United States.
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Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
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Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
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Who were the following: Morse, Whtney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
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Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865.
Buy a history book published 20 years ago.
Buy a history book published 10 years ago.
Buy a history book published this year.
Compare.
Focus on WWI/WWII
Something ALARMING will be discovered.
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