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Answer 4 questions before studying. Two questions sample each skill; an unanswered skill is not a failed skill. You can change answers until you check them.

Which document primarily establishes the structure and powers of the federal government?

The Declaration of IndependenceThe ConstitutionA campaign platformA wartime recruitment poster

A historian finds a public statement promising equal treatment and a record of exclusion. What is the strongest conclusion?

The evidence shows a gap between a stated ideal and practice.The statement proves exclusion never occurred.The exclusion makes the statement useless for every historical question.The two sources must concern different countries.

Which sequence is chronological?

Stock market crash → U.S. entry into World War I → U.S. entry into World War IIU.S. entry into World War II → stock market crash → U.S. entry into World War IU.S. entry into World War I → stock market crash → U.S. entry into World War IIStock market crash → U.S. entry into World War II → U.S. entry into World War I

Why can the Cold War and civil rights movement appear on the same timeline?

One movement must have ended before the other began.Different historical processes occurred during overlapping years.An era label makes every event in it identical.Only wars belong on historical timelines.