Social Studies Review

REFUTE

• prove (a statement or claim) to be wrong or false; disprove.

• to approve a source

• to claim something is correct

• to argue in favorite of evidence

relevant source

• an invalid source

• a source that does NOT answer your research question

• a source that answers your research question

• a source that doesn't help you

NOT relevant source

• an invalid source

• a source that does NOT answer your research question and provide information you don't need

• a source that answers your research question

• a source that doesn't help you

CREDIBLE source

• a source that can't be trusted

• an absurd source

• a source that we cannot trust

• a source that is written by someone who is an expert in their discipline and is free of errors and bias

NOT CREDIBLE source

• a source that can't be trusted

• an absurd source

• a source that is written by someone who is an expert in their discipline and is free of errors and bias

a CLAIM is:

• the evidence provided in an essay

• the main argument of an essay

• the rebuttal of an essay

• the evidence cited in an essay

Reasoning

• an explanation of how your evidence supports your claim

• the evidence that supports your claim

• the argument

Who was elected President in 1860?

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Bell

• John Breckinridge

This law required the return of runaway slaves even in free states and affected free African-Americans as well.

• Runaway and Return Act

• Underground Railroad Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Southern Slave Act

Which region had an economy primarily based on agriculture and slave labor.

• North

• South

• West