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Question 11 pts
Which statement best describes the difference between primary source documents and secondary source documents?
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Primary source documents are always nonfiction pieces while secondary sources are sometimes fictional.

Primary source documents discuss U.S. historical events while secondary sources focus on international events.

Primary source documents, unlike secondary sources, include multiple quotations as well as summaries and paraphrasing.

Primary source documents, unlike secondary sources, are written by someone who experienced or observed an event.

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Question 21 pts
Which of these is an example of a secondary-source document?
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diaries

letters

photographs

textbooks

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Question 31 pts
Read this passage from a historical document.

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What does the author's use of the pronoun "we" suggest about the document he's written?
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It's supposed to be seen as a primary source document.

It's supposed to be seen as a secondary source document.

It's a new solution to an old mystery.

It's accurate about for the outcome of the historical event.

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Question 41 pts
Read this paragraph from a historical document, paying close attention to the author’s point of view.

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What information is necessarily missing from this secondary source?
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Mr. Stimson's recommendations for reaching a descision about using the bomb

what the president and Mr. Stimson discussed when they met to talk about the bomb

what the president felt or said privately about the decision to drop an atomic bomb

what Mr. Stimson said "on record" about the power of the atomic bomb that his team was building

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Question 51 pts
Which of these statements is true of secondary sources?
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The source will contain interviews with several people.

It is always less valuable than a primary source material.

Most of the facts in the source will not be accurate.

The source is likely to suggest reasons why events occurred.

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Question 61 pts
A person doing research on Hurricane Andrew, which hit South Florida in 1992, comes across the following:

a person who rode out the hurricane in his house, which was destroyed
a newspaper account of the aftermath of the storm;
a weather forecaster who worked the day the storm hit South Florida
a New York woman whose daughter was injured in the storm.

Which source is most likely to be considered a primary source?
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a newspaper account of the aftermath of the storm

a weather forecaster who worked the day the storm hit South Florida

a person who rode out the hurricane in his house, which was destroyed

a New York woman whose daughter was injured in the storm

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Here are the correct answers:

1. Primary source documents, unlike secondary sources, are written by someone who experienced or observed an event.

2. Textbooks

3. It's supposed to be seen as a primary source document.

4. What the president felt or said privately about the decision to drop an atomic bomb

5. The source is likely to suggest reasons why events occurred.

6. A person who rode out the hurricane in his house, which was destroyed