Famous Dates
1776?
Formal Declaration of the Independence of America from Britain.
Abraham Lincoln
Associated with the civil war and his assination.
Where is Virginia?
The East coast of the United States.
Battle of Bunker Hill, American Revolution
1775
Historiography
Either the methods and principles used in the study of history or the written result.
1803?
The Louisiana Purchase by America from the French.
Woodrow Wilson?
World War I President
Where is Montreal?
South-Eastern Canada.
Battle of the Alamo
1836, Texas-Mexican Independence/War.
What is a Primary Sources?
Material from, or directly related to, the past. usually letters, records or other documents created during the period that is being studied,
1863?
In The American Civil War, The Battle of Gettysburg.
Sitting Bull
Native American-led forces against the 7th Calvary Army and General Custer.
Where is the White House?
Washington, District of Columbia, B.C.
December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
What are secondary resources?
Material created by somebody removed from the event being studied, all history textbooks are secondary sources.
1910?
The sinking of the Lusitania, a prelude to World War I.
Alexander Graham Bell.
The Invention of the phone, first patented phone.
Statue of Liberty
New York, United States.
1942
Battle of Midway, Naval Turning Point. World War II.
What is a Historian?
An individual who studies the past.
September 11, 2000?
The airline attacks on America, the World Trade Center, and the Pentagon.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Afro-American Movements / assisnation.
What state is the Grand Canyon in?
Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.
June 1944
The D-Day Invasion of Normandy World War II
What is a Journal in historiography terms?
A periodical that normally deals with a specific issue, for instance, National Geographic. By periodical, we mean a sort of magazine.