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Here are additional tips on answer multiple-choice history questions:

Here are additional tips on answer multiple-choice history questions:

:Determine the period in time.

#Determine the period in time.

:Who was president? Who is fighting with whom?  Between 1600 and 1650, what are some events? What else?  Consider other periods.

#Determine in your mind who was president. Was there a war going on?  If it was during colonial times, what was going on?

:Need to find mental landmarks for each time period: something that you know very well, so that you find your perspective on that period of time.

#Have mental landmarks for each time period: something that you know very well, so that you find your perspective on that period of time.  It is like knowing how to find a place in your town, and then knowing how to find somewhere else in relation to it.

Once we reach 1788, the easiest “landmark” for each period is the President.  That doesn’t mean he is the most important person.  Not by a long shot.  But who was President provides a way to organize the events.  By the end of this course, I should be able to name any date and you should be able to say who was President.

After 1788, the easiest "landmark" for each period is the President.  That does not mean he is the most important person.  Not by a long shot.  But being able to identify the President is an easy way to organize the events.  By the end of this course, I should be able to name any date and you should be able to say who was President.

Let’s try it now:  1798.  Who was president? 1793?  1790?

Let's try it now:  1798.  Who was president?<ref>John Adams.</ref>1793?<ref?>George Washington.</ref> 1790?<ref>Also George Washington.</ref>

Now we are up to 1800.  The federal or national government has been in operation for a dozen years.  How did it pay for its operations?  George Washington was President.  Did he serve for free?  Who paid for his buildings?  Where was his office?

Now we are up to 1800.  The federal or national government has been in operation for a dozen years.  How did it pay for its operations?  George Washington was President.  Did he serve for free?  Who paid for his buildings?  Where was his office?

The Fugitive Slave Act required Americans to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves and denied them the right to a jury trial.  This caused 20,000 blacks to flee to Canada.  Even free blacks were reportedly captured and sent to be slaves in the South.  The abolitionists redoubled their efforts, through use of the Underground Railroad, the resolution of the Compromise of 1850 proved to be only temporary.

The Fugitive Slave Act required Americans to assist in the recovery of fugitive slaves and denied them the right to a jury trial.  This caused 20,000 blacks to flee to Canada.  Even free blacks were reportedly captured and sent to be slaves in the South.  The abolitionists redoubled their efforts, through use of the Underground Railroad, the resolution of the Compromise of 1850 proved to be only temporary.

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