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Which option separates cause and consequence?

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Topic

AA America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidation

Question

  1. A. Plains Indians should be explained before judging consequences.
  2. B. A source comment with no provenance.
  3. C. A long-term cause treated as a result.
  4. D. A similarity presented as a difference.

Answer

Evidence check: Plains Indians should be explained before judging consequences. is the best answer. It fits Part one: Expansion: opportunities and challenges within AA America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidation and directly supports Study Plains Indians' way of life, early American Government policy towards the Plains Indians, the Permanent Indian Frontier and changing relationships with. Check this by using evidence, provenance, date, event, individual, policy, consequence; do not choose a distractor simply because it sounds historical.

Explanation

The correct option is Plains Indians should be explained before. This MCQ is about Which option separates cause and consequence, not just general recall. The correct option works because it matches the period context of Paper 1 Section A: Period studies and uses the same evidence base as Study Plains Indians' way of life, early American Government policy towards the Plains Indians, the Permanent Indian Frontier and changing relationships with. The rejected options are weaker: 1) A source comment with no provenance.; 2) A long-term cause treated as a result.; 3) A similarity presented as a difference.. To decide between them, students should identify, support, test, reject the option against chronology, evidence and the learning objective, then keep evidence separate from opinion and interpretation.

Common mistake

Avoid confusing Plains Indians

A common mistake is to write about Plains Indians as a general opinion, or to mix up cause, consequence, change and continuity in 1840-1895.

Anchor the answer to Part one: Expansion: opportunities and challenges, use precise evidence, and state whether Plains Indians is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.

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