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US History key terminomology

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Anachronism   show
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show Close inspection of material-- text, picture, etc.-- designed to reveal broader meaning or clarify a bigger picture.  
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Assimilation   show
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Causation   show
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Chronology   show
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Context   show
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Culture   show
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show Capable of being verified or disproved by observation or experiment  
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Evidence   show
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show A piece of information about the past generally understood as empirically true, and used as evidence by a historian in support of a conclusion or interpretation. Facts are subject to change if/when more reliable information about them comes to light.  
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show The cultural or ethnic tradition with which one personally identifies, often a source of pride.  
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show The selected study of the past based on the interpretation of empirical evidence grounded in fact.  
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Idiom   show
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Interpretation   show
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Metacognition   show
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Myth   show
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Nativism   show
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Presentism   show
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show The two basic categories of evidence used by historians to interpret the past.  
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Primary sources   show
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Secondary sources   show
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Talk to the Text   show
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