1. Distinguish between primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. 2. Define and describe the three ways historians categorize the past.
3. What is “slippery” about the concept of civilization?
4. Why did American historians create the subject of “western” civilization and why is it worth studying?
5. What does it mean to say, “The best history makes us self-critical, not self-congratulatory?” Do you agree? Why or why not?

Which of the following statements about the fugitive slave act of 1850 is not accurate. a. marshals who refused to arrest a suspected fugitive could be fined $1,000. b. slave owners had to present evidence that an african american in the north was a fugitive slave. c. any person who provided food or shelter to a fugitive slave could be find $1000 and placed in jail for six months. d. it required all federal marshals to arrest any african-american suspected of being a runaway slave.