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Lies My Teacher Told Me (Chapter 1)
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1
According to the author, American troops never intervened in Haiti by forcing peasants to work on road construction.
True
Arguable
False
2
According to Loewen, President Wilson supported women's suffrage but attacked unions, a democratic contradiction.
True
Arguable
False
3
According to the author, we must learn from the Wilson era that there's a link between leadership and public response.
Arguable
False
True
4
Do you think that "heroification" lies to the next generations, making the truth about history elusive?
I agree.
I disagree.
Maybe
5
Ex-president Woodrow Wilson is a political cliché of goodness in many history textbooks according to Mr. Loewen?
False
Arguable
True
6
Helen Keller rejected the ideas of socialism, making her the American symbol of patriotism.
True
Arguable
False
7
Ms. Keller supported ideologically & financially the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
False
True
A historical misconception
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The first chapter is about...
solidifying the status quo of history.
correcting mistakes from the past.
heroification (perfect historical figures)
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Lies
My Teacher Told Me
was written by...
James W. Baldwin
James W. Loewen
James Jonas Jamison
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According to Mr. Loewen, "heroification" is ...
un unquestionable process that must be seen as a doctrine.
an objective process, free of bias.
a subjective process based on who is writing the textbooks.
can be full of bias based on the author's views.
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History textbooks have never mentioned President Woodrow Wilson's racial prejudice at all.
Arguable
True
False
