Reliable Primary Sources Primary sources are original records created at the time or after historical events occurred. Primary sources may include letters‚ manuscripts‚ diaries‚ journals‚ newspapers‚ speeches‚ interviews‚ memoirs‚ photographs‚ audio recordings‚ video recordings‚ research data‚ and objects or artifacts from the time in order for it to be considered reliable. These sources are raw materials that help interpret the past. Not every primary source is completely reliable‚ because they
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Source A is supposed to be a valuable one because it’s adapted from Lenin’s April Theses for Peace‚ thus offering a perspective on the Revolution from the Bolshevik Party leader himself. However‚ the fact that it’s ‘adapted’ lowers its credibility‚ as the document might have suffered misleading changes‚ meant to portray Lenin and the Bolsheviks in a certain way. Moreover‚ the extract is published by the official communist newspaper which indicates a clear bias in favour of the Bolshevik Revolutionaries
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Primary Source Essay Assignment In my point of view‚ history portrays the past. While reading a American history book‚ people would only focus on the essential events that trigger their emotions; however‚ they should recognize the American history are dominated by three elements- race‚ class‚ and gender. In the rest of the assignment‚ I would use several primary sources documents to analyze how gender had made a big impact in the American history. It would signify the hardships that women endured
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Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of Sources The St. Louis was a German transatlantic liner. On May 13‚ 1939 the St. Louis and it’s captain‚ Gustav Schröder‚ departed Hamburg‚ Germany with 937 passengers that were all searching for a better life in North America. After being turned away by the government of Cuba the refugees hoped to be accepted by the United States‚ however‚ president Franklin D. Roosevelt also turned them away. So now the question is‚ was FDR responsible for the fate of
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declared a free man. Primary sources provide a great insight to the happenings of historical events. It gives us a firsthand view from someone who had lived and experienced everything that occurred in a certain time period. From the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to The Diary of Anne Frank‚ we learn a great deal about how it was to be a slave in America to being a Jew during the holocaust. With primary sources‚ more is known about not just slavery and the holocaust‚ but various battles
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Cinthya Perez History 102 “Letters to King Jao of Portugal‚” was written by the king of Kongo‚ King Affonso‚ who’s real name was Nzinga Mbemba. King Affonso writes this letter directed to the king of Portugal‚ King Jao‚ to inform him about his concerns of his people. The letter is dated 1526 and takes place in the Kingdom of Kongo‚ which by during this time slave trade is going on (705). Throughout the letter of King Affonso seems to beg King Jao for help rather than being demanding‚ “again we
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Summary of Primary Source The primary source‚ “World War II and Mexican-Americans (1945)” describes the founding of an organization that confronts against the anti-Latina discrimination and fights for equal rights for Latinos. The League of United Latin American Citizens or known as LULAC specifies why there’s mistreatment of “Mexicans” when they are people that risked their lives to help during WWII. They define that in the United States there’s an ideal that the “American Culture” is remarkable
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The two sources selected for the ‘Secondary Source Assignment’ include Christopher Tyerman’s The Crusades (chapter six)‚ and William Urban’s Victims of the Baltic Crusade. To start‚ Tyerman’s primary proposition contends that the Crusades were more than just a religious movement‚ as the process of executing the Crusades – extensive economic planning‚ recruitment‚ logistics‚ and other necessary plans – was needed to run each Crusade. The author proves this arguments through highlighting the differences
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recently. I was reading sources for my EE. The second source I read basically overthrew/contradicted my whole research question. I am writing about a ruler in medieval Japan who brought peace which lasted 250 years and how he accomplished this peace. As I read the second source‚ it stated that the one that actually established the peace was not this ruler‚ but the one before him. With this newfound information my whole EE practically fell apart. So‚ I had two contradictory sources and a load of questions:
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across the world‚ the Inquisition led to more legal action and punishments for – what some argue to be – trivial and petty crimes‚ such as witchcraft and sodomy. However‚ we‚ as readers‚ understand these cases in different manners‚ based on the sources that we derive information
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