{"id":4138,"date":"2022-02-11T14:19:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T14:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=4138"},"modified":"2022-07-25T19:12:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T19:12:24","slug":"historical-significance","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/chapter\/historical-significance\/","title":{"raw":"Historical Significance","rendered":"Historical Significance"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Identify how historical significance is defined and interpreted<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nHistorical significance examines the long-term\u00a0importance of an event. What is considered important can change depending on the context.\u00a0Oftentimes, the historical events believed to be the most significant are those considered important at the time in which they happened. They are the kinds of events that affected a lot of people, and affected them deeply. They lead to other important events or still affect attitudes and beliefs today.\r\n\r\nAs we will see in this Historical Hack, historical interpretation is not an exact science, but a changing and evolving understanding of the import of a key event or movement. To help us orient ourselves as we begin, first watch the video below.\r\n<div class=\"textbox examples\">\r\n<h3>Watch It<\/h3>\r\nDetermining the historical significance of an event may seem unclear and a little daunting. What exactly are we looking for when we gauge \"significance?\" This video gives us some questions we can ask when we consider how significant an event in the past might be.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6EWlZzuQ-3Y\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/cc89daef-7cfa-43a8-bc5b-ddb07605a894\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/6b76523b-3fd5-45a0-b3ca-5332b2661d56\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nAs we are going to see, historians don\u2019t always agree on what historical significance is, let alone what makes a particular event historically significant. The video we watched puts forward four criteria for gauging historical significance:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>N<\/strong>: Novelty: Is there something unprecedented about this event?<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>A<\/strong>: Applicability: What\u2019s the relevance for us?<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>M<\/strong>: Memory: How is something remembered by people?<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>E<\/strong>: Effect: how many people have been impacted, and how deep does that impact go? For example, the collapse of the Apartheid system in South Africa in the early 1990s impacted virtually everyone living in the country at the time, which changes ranging from the political and economic to the social and cultural.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>NAME the Significance<\/h3>\r\nBriefly, can you think of something you have studied so far in this course\u00a0that would fit for each of these four forms of historical significance?\r\n\r\nWhat is something that is historically significant because it is <strong>novel<\/strong>, or unprecedented?\r\n<p class=\"p1\">[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">[reveal-answer q=\"373998\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"373998\"]One answer that might be considered unprecedented is the United States joining NATO. As you may remember, the U.S. had steered clear of permanent alliances and obligations with other countries. Joining NATO in the midst of the Cold War was a fairly unprecedented departure from that tradition.[\/hidden-answer]<\/p>\r\nWhat is something that is particularly <strong>applicable<\/strong>\u2013 that is, it has a special relevance to us today?\r\n<p class=\"p1\">[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">[reveal-answer q=\"590195\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"590195\"]The Influenza epidemic that spread across not only the United States but much of the entire world in 1919 is an example of an event that has suddenly become of greater interest and relevance to us in today's world. As we manage life with COVID-19 and its variants, many students of history are curious about how the U.S. navigated another major public health crisis over a hundred years ago.[\/hidden-answer]<\/p>\r\nWhat is something that is significant because it endures in people\u2019s <strong>memory<\/strong>\u2013 either the memory of those in the past or the memory of those of us today?\r\n<p class=\"p1\">[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]<\/p>\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"4100\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"4100\"]One historically significant event that is uniquely tied to memory is the assassination of President Kennedy. In terms of being an iconic memory, there is the old trope that everyone who was alive in 1963 remembers where they were when they heard the tragic news. In this sense, an event of national scope takes on a more personal aspect. [\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\nWhat is something that has a sizable <strong>effect<\/strong>\u2013 with lots of people impacted very seriously?\r\n<p class=\"p1\">[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]<\/p>\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"574120\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"574120\"]The Great Depression would seem to be one good example. While some events only seem to have a direct impact on political actors, this one was devastating across economic classes, geographical regions, and race.[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nThis isn\u2019t the only take on the matter, of course. One historian, Christine Counsell, uses the mnemonic of \u201cThe Five R\u2019s\u201d to understand the nature of historical significance. These are:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Remarkable:\u00a0 The event or development was literally remarkable\u2013in the sense that it was remarked upon by people at the time or afterward. Alternatively, it could be unusual, beyond the realm of normal life.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Remembered: The event or development was important at some stage in history within the collective memory of a group or groups.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Revealing: It reveals something noteworthy about that time period or challenges us to consider an unexpected aspect of the past.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Resonant: it is possible to connect with experiences, beliefs, or situations we experience today.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Resulting in Change: It had consequences for the future.[footnote]'Tales of significance', URL: https:\/\/nzhistory.govt.nz\/te-akomanga\/historical-concepts\/historical-significance-tales-significance, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 11-Aug-2021[\/footnote]<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>Assessing Significance<\/h3>\r\nLet's take the 5R's and turn them into a ranking activity by giving each R a score on a five-point scale. How significant was the Kennedy assassination?\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>The event was <strong>remarkable<\/strong> and newsworthy.\u00a0<u>\u00a05\u00a0<\/u>\/5<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The event has been <strong>remembered<\/strong>.\u00a0<u>\u00a05\u00a0<\/u>\/5<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The event is <strong>revealing<\/strong>.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><u>3\u00a0<\/u>\/5<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The event is <strong>resonant<\/strong> and still connects to the experiences, beliefs, or situations that we experience today.\u00a0<u>\u00a05\u00a0<\/u>\/5<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The event <strong>resulted<\/strong> in change.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><u>3\u00a0<\/u>\/5<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<strong>Summary<\/strong>:\r\n\r\nThis is a speculative activity, so your responses could differ, but here's one possible explanation:\r\n\r\nI would assign 5 points to remarkable, remembered, and resonant. The assassination dominated U.S. news for months and is remembered vividly, and sometimes traumatically, by nearly every American able to recall the event. Moreover, Kennedy's death still generates interest today, and violent deaths of political figures are frequently likened to the president's assassination. Perhaps a smaller score, such as 3, might be assigned to \"revealing\" and \"resulting in change.\" The killing had a somewhat atypical nature, where a \"lone wolf\" shot Kennedy, and although the assassination made Lyndon Johnson president, it is not entirely clear how much direct change resulted from this transition of presidential power.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nAn event can be of personal, rather than general historical significance. To help understand different ways that historical significance can be assessed, let\u2019s start by delving into your own history.\r\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\r\n<h3>Activity<\/h3>\r\nStart by taking 4 minutes to brainstorm some significant events in your life\u2013 pick whatever you like, so long as you can actually remember them (so something like, say, your birth or your first steps probably wouldn\u2019t be a valid answer.)\r\n\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n\r\nOnce you have done this, select the five events that you feel are the most significant in your life.\r\n\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n\r\nReflect upon what makes these five events significant for you. Do any of these align with how our video or Christine Counsell understands historical significance?\r\n\r\nFor example, is there something that you didn\u2019t consider significant at the time it was happening, but only slowly realized its impact as you grew older? Or something that had a great impact on your future? Or something unprecedented, which you hadn\u2019t done before?\r\n\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nReaders of history often make decisions about which events are the most significant and worthy of study and consideration.\u00a0There are simply too many historical events to put the same weight on every historical event. For this reason, we choose those that are most novel, most noteworthy, or most applicable to the time period or event being studied. For example, if you are writing a paper about women in sports, then Wilma Rudolph, an\u00a0international sports icon in track and field and Olympian in the 1950s and 60s is going to be a significant player. If you are researching the Vietnam War, however, she will not be significant to your research. Which events are most significant sometimes change throughout history. Before 2020, we had known about the global flu epidemic of 1918, but its significance changed because of the greater value the study of this pandemic has to navigating the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\r\nCan you think of some events from the 1960s that might have had their significance change in the light of things that happened afterward? For example, the Soviet Union's invasion of an increasingly democratically-minded Czechoslovakia in 1968 might become more relevant in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion into Ukraine.\r\n\r\n[practice-area rows=\"4\"][\/practice-area]\r\n\r\n[reveal-answer q=\"153276\"]Show Answer[\/reveal-answer]\r\n[hidden-answer a=\"153276\"]Possible answers might include: the poor reconnaissance following the Gulf of Tonkin strike might become more significant after faulty intelligence led the United States to invade Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction. Alternatively, the Black Lives Matter movement might change the way we view the significance of Black Power ideology in the 1960s. The learner should, whatever their answer might be, demonstrate how a more recent event compels us to revisit or study something from the 1960s in a new light.[\/hidden-answer]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Glossary<\/h3>\r\n<strong>historical significance<\/strong>: an assessment\u00a0made about the long-term importance of an event. While significance is often gauged by people looking back at a historical event, sometimes participants or eyewitnesses weigh in on historical significance as well.\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Identify how historical significance is defined and interpreted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Historical significance examines the long-term\u00a0importance of an event. What is considered important can change depending on the context.\u00a0Oftentimes, the historical events believed to be the most significant are those considered important at the time in which they happened. They are the kinds of events that affected a lot of people, and affected them deeply. They lead to other important events or still affect attitudes and beliefs today.<\/p>\n<p>As we will see in this Historical Hack, historical interpretation is not an exact science, but a changing and evolving understanding of the import of a key event or movement. To help us orient ourselves as we begin, first watch the video below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox examples\">\n<h3>Watch It<\/h3>\n<p>Determining the historical significance of an event may seem unclear and a little daunting. What exactly are we looking for when we gauge &#8220;significance?&#8221; This video gives us some questions we can ask when we consider how significant an event in the past might be.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"What is historical significance?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6EWlZzuQ-3Y?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_cc89daef-7cfa-43a8-bc5b-ddb07605a894\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/cc89daef-7cfa-43a8-bc5b-ddb07605a894?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_cc89daef-7cfa-43a8-bc5b-ddb07605a894\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_6b76523b-3fd5-45a0-b3ca-5332b2661d56\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/6b76523b-3fd5-45a0-b3ca-5332b2661d56?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_6b76523b-3fd5-45a0-b3ca-5332b2661d56\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As we are going to see, historians don\u2019t always agree on what historical significance is, let alone what makes a particular event historically significant. The video we watched puts forward four criteria for gauging historical significance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>N<\/strong>: Novelty: Is there something unprecedented about this event?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>A<\/strong>: Applicability: What\u2019s the relevance for us?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>M<\/strong>: Memory: How is something remembered by people?<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong>E<\/strong>: Effect: how many people have been impacted, and how deep does that impact go? For example, the collapse of the Apartheid system in South Africa in the early 1990s impacted virtually everyone living in the country at the time, which changes ranging from the political and economic to the social and cultural.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>NAME the Significance<\/h3>\n<p>Briefly, can you think of something you have studied so far in this course\u00a0that would fit for each of these four forms of historical significance?<\/p>\n<p>What is something that is historically significant because it is <strong>novel<\/strong>, or unprecedented?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q373998\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q373998\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">One answer that might be considered unprecedented is the United States joining NATO. As you may remember, the U.S. had steered clear of permanent alliances and obligations with other countries. Joining NATO in the midst of the Cold War was a fairly unprecedented departure from that tradition.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What is something that is particularly <strong>applicable<\/strong>\u2013 that is, it has a special relevance to us today?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q590195\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q590195\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">The Influenza epidemic that spread across not only the United States but much of the entire world in 1919 is an example of an event that has suddenly become of greater interest and relevance to us in today&#8217;s world. As we manage life with COVID-19 and its variants, many students of history are curious about how the U.S. navigated another major public health crisis over a hundred years ago.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What is something that is significant because it endures in people\u2019s <strong>memory<\/strong>\u2013 either the memory of those in the past or the memory of those of us today?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q4100\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q4100\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">One historically significant event that is uniquely tied to memory is the assassination of President Kennedy. In terms of being an iconic memory, there is the old trope that everyone who was alive in 1963 remembers where they were when they heard the tragic news. In this sense, an event of national scope takes on a more personal aspect. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>What is something that has a sizable <strong>effect<\/strong>\u2013 with lots of people impacted very seriously?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q574120\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q574120\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">The Great Depression would seem to be one good example. While some events only seem to have a direct impact on political actors, this one was devastating across economic classes, geographical regions, and race.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the only take on the matter, of course. One historian, Christine Counsell, uses the mnemonic of \u201cThe Five R\u2019s\u201d to understand the nature of historical significance. These are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Remarkable:\u00a0 The event or development was literally remarkable\u2013in the sense that it was remarked upon by people at the time or afterward. Alternatively, it could be unusual, beyond the realm of normal life.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Remembered: The event or development was important at some stage in history within the collective memory of a group or groups.<\/li>\n<li>Revealing: It reveals something noteworthy about that time period or challenges us to consider an unexpected aspect of the past.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Resonant: it is possible to connect with experiences, beliefs, or situations we experience today.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Resulting in Change: It had consequences for the future.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"'Tales of significance', URL: https:\/\/nzhistory.govt.nz\/te-akomanga\/historical-concepts\/historical-significance-tales-significance, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 11-Aug-2021\" id=\"return-footnote-4138-1\" href=\"#footnote-4138-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Assessing Significance<\/h3>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take the 5R&#8217;s and turn them into a ranking activity by giving each R a score on a five-point scale. How significant was the Kennedy assassination?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The event was <strong>remarkable<\/strong> and newsworthy.\u00a0<u>\u00a05\u00a0<\/u>\/5<\/li>\n<li>The event has been <strong>remembered<\/strong>.\u00a0<u>\u00a05\u00a0<\/u>\/5<\/li>\n<li>The event is <strong>revealing<\/strong>.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><u>3\u00a0<\/u>\/5<\/li>\n<li>The event is <strong>resonant<\/strong> and still connects to the experiences, beliefs, or situations that we experience today.\u00a0<u>\u00a05\u00a0<\/u>\/5<\/li>\n<li>The event <strong>resulted<\/strong> in change.\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><u>3\u00a0<\/u>\/5<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>This is a speculative activity, so your responses could differ, but here&#8217;s one possible explanation:<\/p>\n<p>I would assign 5 points to remarkable, remembered, and resonant. The assassination dominated U.S. news for months and is remembered vividly, and sometimes traumatically, by nearly every American able to recall the event. Moreover, Kennedy&#8217;s death still generates interest today, and violent deaths of political figures are frequently likened to the president&#8217;s assassination. Perhaps a smaller score, such as 3, might be assigned to &#8220;revealing&#8221; and &#8220;resulting in change.&#8221; The killing had a somewhat atypical nature, where a &#8220;lone wolf&#8221; shot Kennedy, and although the assassination made Lyndon Johnson president, it is not entirely clear how much direct change resulted from this transition of presidential power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An event can be of personal, rather than general historical significance. To help understand different ways that historical significance can be assessed, let\u2019s start by delving into your own history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\n<h3>Activity<\/h3>\n<p>Start by taking 4 minutes to brainstorm some significant events in your life\u2013 pick whatever you like, so long as you can actually remember them (so something like, say, your birth or your first steps probably wouldn\u2019t be a valid answer.)<\/p>\n<p><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>Once you have done this, select the five events that you feel are the most significant in your life.<\/p>\n<p><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p>Reflect upon what makes these five events significant for you. Do any of these align with how our video or Christine Counsell understands historical significance?<\/p>\n<p>For example, is there something that you didn\u2019t consider significant at the time it was happening, but only slowly realized its impact as you grew older? Or something that had a great impact on your future? Or something unprecedented, which you hadn\u2019t done before?<\/p>\n<p><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Readers of history often make decisions about which events are the most significant and worthy of study and consideration.\u00a0There are simply too many historical events to put the same weight on every historical event. For this reason, we choose those that are most novel, most noteworthy, or most applicable to the time period or event being studied. For example, if you are writing a paper about women in sports, then Wilma Rudolph, an\u00a0international sports icon in track and field and Olympian in the 1950s and 60s is going to be a significant player. If you are researching the Vietnam War, however, she will not be significant to your research. Which events are most significant sometimes change throughout history. Before 2020, we had known about the global flu epidemic of 1918, but its significance changed because of the greater value the study of this pandemic has to navigating the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Try It<\/h3>\n<p>Can you think of some events from the 1960s that might have had their significance change in the light of things that happened afterward? For example, the Soviet Union&#8217;s invasion of an increasingly democratically-minded Czechoslovakia in 1968 might become more relevant in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion into Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><textarea aria-label=\"Your Answer\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<div class=\"qa-wrapper\" style=\"display: block\"><span class=\"show-answer collapsed\" style=\"cursor: pointer\" data-target=\"q153276\">Show Answer<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"q153276\" class=\"hidden-answer\" style=\"display: none\">Possible answers might include: the poor reconnaissance following the Gulf of Tonkin strike might become more significant after faulty intelligence led the United States to invade Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction. Alternatively, the Black Lives Matter movement might change the way we view the significance of Black Power ideology in the 1960s. The learner should, whatever their answer might be, demonstrate how a more recent event compels us to revisit or study something from the 1960s in a new light.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Glossary<\/h3>\n<p><strong>historical significance<\/strong>: an assessment\u00a0made about the long-term importance of an event. 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