My teacher thinks I cheated on a test and I don’t know what to do.

We had a DBQ test in AP US History and the question was something along the lines of federal policy for expansion between 1800 and 1850. When I took the test I knew there was a land act in the early 1800s but I couldn’t remember the exact year, so I guessed 1804. I later realized that I was thinking of the land ordinance of 1787, but somehow there was a similar law title the land act of 1804 which was similar. I wrote about it somewhat vaguely enough that my description in the essay could be applicable to both laws, but still constitute a good essay. Only issue is that we never went over the land act of 1804 in class and it’s not in our textbook so my teacher presumed that I looked it up knowing the question ahead of time. Apparently her tests are reused AP questions which I didn’t know, so in theory I could have looked it up and prepared ahead of time. And it certainly doesn’t help that I didn’t have an outline because I couldn’t think of how to write one. The worst part is is that I can’t even be upset with her because the odds of something like this are so astronomically small; if I was in her position I wouldn’t believe my story either... I’m not worried about getting in academic trouble because she said she believed me and class today was normal and she seemed fine, but I can tell she’s incredibly suspicious. I just have no idea how to proceed, any advice is appreciated.

Submitted December 12, 2019 at 03:45PM by Zanolon77 https://ift.tt/38uYIpc