Diverse Cultural Experiences and Historical Narratives Quiz

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According to the author's note, what was the intention behind the September Perspectives on History column?

To foreclose a conversation for many members

To harm colleagues, the discipline, and the Association

To generate anger and dismay among colleagues and members

To open a conversation on how we 'do' history in a politically charged environment (correct)

What does the author take responsibility for in the author's note?

Conveying what was intended

Generating anger and dismay among colleagues and members

Causing harm to colleagues, the discipline, and the Association (correct)

Foreclosing a conversation for many members

What does the author apologize for in the author's note?

Provoking the AHA membership

Leaving the impression that questions posed from absence, grief, memory, and resilience matter less than those posed from positions of power

Alienating Black colleagues and friends (correct)

Drawing attention to methodological flaws in teleological presentism

What does presentism threaten to do to historians?

Put them out of business Signup and view all the answers

What happened to the number of PhDs awarded to students working on pre-1800 topics from 2003 to 2013?

Decreased by 4 percent Signup and view all the answers

What is the consequence of the discipline's focus on the 20th and 21st centuries?

Historical analyses collapse into familiar terms of contemporary debates Signup and view all the answers

What is the main concern raised by the author regarding the teaching of American history through The 1619 Project?

It lacks historical legitimacy Signup and view all the answers

Justice Stephen Breyer argues that history should not be the primary measure for adjudicating contemporary legal issues because

Historians engage in research methods incompatible with solving modern-day legal, political, or economic questions. Signup and view all the answers

What is the consequence of shaping history to justify contemporary political positions?

The discipline of history is undermined and its integrity is threatened. Signup and view all the answers

How should historians interpret elements of the past?

Within the worlds of our historical actors. Signup and view all the answers

Where did the majority of Africans who passed through Elmina Castle go?

Brazil and the Caribbean Signup and view all the answers

What is the main concern of the historian in the text?

The narrow politics and historical erasures in narratives about African American history Signup and view all the answers

What is the author's criticism of the US Supreme Court decisions mentioned in the text?

They cherry-pick historical data to fit their political biases Signup and view all the answers

What does the text suggest about the interpretation of history in recent political contexts?

It is shaped by current political positions Signup and view all the answers

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