Primary versus Secondary Sources

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This quiz will assess your understanding of the difference between primary and secondary sources.

1

A Civil War soldier's diary is an example of a ...
- primary source.
- secondary source.
2

An online journal article about the historical significance of Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" is an example of a ...
- primary source
- secondary source
3

A letter from a soldier to his mother in an example of a ...
- primary source.
- secondary source.
4

Primary sources are written by...
- people who experienced the event first-hand
- people who have studied the event after the fact.
5

Secondary sources are written by ...
- people who were eyewitnesses to the event.
- people who have done extensive research about the event.
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Understanding the difference between primary and secondary sources is important because...
- different types of sources provide different kinds of information.
- sometimes a primary source has a greater impact in a paper than a secondary source.
- primary sources can often be biased and provide a skewed version of history, where secondary sources usually remain neutral.
- all of the above

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