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What is the best interpretation of Gettysburg?

  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • Union forces under Maj. Gen. George G. Meade defeated Robert E. Lee’s army at Gettysburg in July 1863.
  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
Correct answer(s):
  • Union forces under Maj. Gen. George G. Meade defeated Robert E. Lee's army at Gettysburg in July 1863.

What was the setting for Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?

  • Elevation has no meaningful connection to Pennsylvania climate patterns.
  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address during the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery.
  • Physiographic provinces are political districts created by the state legislature.
Correct answer(s):
  • Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address during the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery.

What does the Arkansas source material show about Before the Civil War, cotton plantations in Arkansas?

  • Slavery had no connection to antebellum cotton production in Arkansas.
  • Before the Civil War, cotton plantations in Arkansas were closely tied to enslaved labor
  • Arkansas became a state only after the Civil War ended.
  • Arkansas immediately voted to leave the Union before the Civil War’s opening military crisis.
Correct answer(s):
  • Before the Civil War, cotton plantations in Arkansas were closely tied to enslaved labor