HIST 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Splendid Isolation
17 Oct 2016
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The past is vast, so picking and choosing certain events is crucial in history. An event is significant only if it affects a decent amount of people, but that amount is not fixed nor can it be decided by just one person. Significance also depends on who is telling the story, which means the historian will select the events he/she feels has the most evidence behind it. Looking through many sources on world war i, there were many different tellings of events. In some books certain events were omitted whereas in others they were mentioned. It is only when all these books are pieced together that history can be slowly revealed. Having evidence to support a claim during a debate is definitely a must. Evidence helps to confirm that a point is solid; it also tells us exactly what happened. Germany made up a statement about france flying over belgium and bombing german territory.
