How is intellectual disability measured?

How is intellectual disability measured? Intellectual functioning, or IQ, is usually measured by a test called an IQ test. The average score is 100. People scoring below 70 to 75 are thought to have an intellectual disability. To measure adaptive behavior, professionals look at what a child can do in comparison to other children of […]

Why did Southerners oppose the Civil War?

Why did Southerners oppose the Civil War? Opposition took the form of both those in the North who believed the South had the right to be independent and those in the South who wanted neither war nor a Union advance into the newly declared Confederate States of America. What did South Carolinians do to support […]

Who were carpetbaggers and scalawags?

Who were carpetbaggers and scalawags? The Republican Party in the South comprised three groups after the Civil War, and white Democratic Southerners referred to two with derogatory terms. “Scalawags” were white Southerners who supported the Republican party, “carpetbaggers” were recent arrivals in the region from the North, and freedmen were freed slaves. How did scalawags […]

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