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Which of these is an example of a primary source?
- Original news footage
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Which statement best describes this passage?
- It is a primary source providing information to wartime detainees.
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What is one possible benefit of a secondary source that is not available from a primary source?
- It can provide an overview of a historical topic or event.
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What kind of document would summarize and discuss eyewitness accounts of an event?
- Secondary source
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Which statement best describes this passage?
- It is a secondary source representing the perspective of Japanese detainees.
1. Which of these is an example of a primary source?
magazine or journal article
website with links to original documents
encyclopedia
original news footage
2.
Read this passage from a historical document.
Basic Aims of the War Relocation Authority
At the present time, the War Relocation Authority is working toward two fundamental
objectives: (1) to help as many of the evacuees as possible in effecting a personal relocation
outside the evacuated area; and (2) to make the relocation centers as livable and productive as
wartime conditions will permit for those evacuees who are unable to effect a personal relocation
while the war is going on.
Looking to the future, the first of these objectives is by far the more important both for the great
majority of evacuees and for the Nation. In normal American communities you will have a far
better opportunity than in the relocation center to develop the kind of home and family life you
really want. You will probably be able to use your energies more productively and effectively. The
returns for your work-the wages you earn-will certainly be greater and your chances of making a
successful adjustment in the post-war period will be tremendously enhanced. The WRA
recognizes all these advantages and earnestly hopes that all able-bodied residents of relocation
centers, and especially those who intend to remain in the United States after the war, will
eventually take advantage of the opportunity to leave the relocation centers after proper
clearance is granted.
Every effort will be made to provide the residents who continue to live within the centers with
adequate living quarters, nourishing food, sound medical care, education for children of school
age, and a variety of work opportunities.
Which statement best describes this passage?
It is a secondary source describing the situation of wartime detainees.
It is a primary source referring to past conditions for wartime detainees.
It is a primary source providing information to wartime detainees.
It is a secondary source written for contemporary readers.
3. What is one possible benefit of a secondary source that is not available from a primary source?
It can include firsthand accounts of an event.
It is always more accurate than a primary source.
It can provide an overview of a historical topic or event.
It is always more fun to read than primary source material.
4. What kind of document would summarize and discuss eyewitness accounts of an event?
primary source
secondary source
newsreel
diary or letter
5.
Read the passage below.
Anger and frustration and the physical and psychological disorientation brought on by the
relocation took a toll on the evacuees. Most had supported the United States and were loyal and
patriotic until their government decided that they were untrustworthy and guilty until proven
innocent. In extreme cases, formerly loyal citizens renounced their citizenship. Others merely
sympathized with the Japanese government. Ethnic churches, Japanese language schools, and
unofficial unions flourished. Open resistance came in the form of strikes and protest
demonstrations. The most serious disturbance erupted at Manzanar in December 1942,
following months of tension between supporters and opponents of the WRA administration. The
confrontation ended when the director called in the military police who used tear gas to break up
the crowd. When a truck was pushed toward the jail, the military police fired into the crowd,
killing one and wounding at least ten others (of whom one later died).
Evacuees also found ways to express their resentment secretly. At Manzanar, they scratched
inscriptions into the wet concrete of a settling basin they were building. Written in Japanese and
under water when the settling basin was in use, they read "Beat Great Britain and the USA," and
"Banzai, the Great Japanese Empire, Manzanar Black Dragon Group headquarters."
Other evacuees remained loyal to the United States, in shock and disbelief at how they had been
deprived of their homes and their freedom. Their major goal was to find ways to prove their
loyalty. Many young men volunteered when the army announced in 1943 that it would accept
volunteers for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, an all-Nisei combat unit. Women
volunteered for the Women's Army Corps and the Red Cross.
Which statement best describes this passage?
It is a secondary source written from the point of view of the United States government.
It is a primary source sharing the firsthand experiences of wartime detainees.
It is a primary source summarizing the feelings of non-Japanese Americans.
It is a secondary source representing the perspective of Japanese detainees.
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