Primary Or Secondary Source?
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| Total Attempts: 317
Read through the following examples of historical sources. Identify each one as either a primary or secondary source.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Diary kept by John Smith, a soldier in the Confederate Army
- A.
Primary source
- B.
Secondary source
- 2.Photograph of Martin Luther King Jr giving his "I have a dream" speech.
- A.
Primary source
- B.
Secondary source
- 3.Biography of George Washington
- A.
Primary source
- B.
Secondary source
- 4.Newspaper article about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, written the day after it happened.
- A.
Primary source
- B.
Secondary source
- 5.Television show about President Teddy Roosevelt's life.
- A.
Primary source
- B.
Secondary source
- 6.Photograph album with pictures of classmates at the Tuskeegee Institute in 1923.
- A.
Primary source
- B.
Secondary source
- 7.Letter from a World War I soldier describing his life in the trenches.
- A.
Primary source
- B.
Secondary source
- 8.Article about Rosa Parks in the New York Times newspaper from last week.
- A.
Primary source
- B.
Secondary source
- 9.Information about the Civil War in the World Book Encyclopedia.
- A.
Primary source
- B.
Secondary source
- 10.Map of north Carolina, drawn by John Collet in 1770
- A.
Primary source
- B.
Secondary source
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