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    Presentism is the the ideal of judging past events based on modern-day morals and values. Author Douglas L. Wilson discusses presentism as a concept that is best used on historical figures due to the drastic changes in social structures and societal expectations. Wilson defends Jefferson, saying that because of certain societal and social notions, Jefferson could not have been expected to free his slaves, and would have actually been doing more harm than good if he had freed them. Wilson…

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    My two primary sources is about 9/11. My first primary source explains, "What happened that day?," "Who attacked us?," "How did America respond to 9/11?," and "How did America change after 9/11?" (PS1). My second primary source goes more in-depth about what happened on 9/11. It also include photo's that signified that important day. A historian would use 9/11 as a primary source because "September 11 is the never-to-be-forgotten anniversary of major terrorist attacks on the United Sates" (PS2).…

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    These secondary sources explore crime history, gender roles, racial histories and relationships, religious interaction and histories, and biographies. Examples of journal articles are Laurel Ulrich Thatcher 's " Wheels, Looms, and Gender Division of Labor in the Eighteenth…

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    Franz Boas Primary Source

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    be presented in a completely different way by another. This arose between Franz Boas and Benjamin Lee Whorf from Boas’ primary source. To clarify, a primary source is a piece of original material which involves original thinking and the sharing of new ideas. Whatever is wrote in this primary material is reliable and accurate at that time of publication. Boas wrote the source in 1911 which discussed that the English language had a variety of different roots relating to the word ‘water’ such as a…

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    A primary document can change a person’s historical interpretation by enlightens them upon the background of an event in history that could often be left out of secondary documents that are meant to inform the reader upon a part of history. As example of this is Jefferson's Secret Message to Congress Regarding the Lewis & Clark Expedition (1803) this primary document enlightens a person on the outturn that Jefferson was attempting to receive from Lewis and Clarks expedition to the western side…

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    Essay On Reliable Sources

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    need reliable sources to support our main idea. And also we need the website that has real information. When I do my research paper, I personally like to go Grossmont online library databases to find my sources because I feel more trustful and it seems to be a reliable source. However, Google is the most popular website that people use to find any information. A bunch of results show up after searching. And this is how we check a website if it comes from a reliable and appropriate source. First,…

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    The sources do not support the statement according to which immigrants were treated well during the 1950s and 1960s. Most of the sources indicate that the immigrants were badly treated. Source A for example shows that in areas of employment, immigrants were not treated equally to the White Britons. The number of White Britons offered a job is 15, whereas for the Hungarians it is 10, and for Black Britons it is 1. Black Britons were statistically the most discriminated against, which was most…

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    What is the difference between Civil Rights and Land Rights in Australia between 1960 and 1980? 1. What argument does the source make? (if you are having trouble with this question, try breaking it down into two separate questions: What is the source about, and what does it say about its subject?) A. Source A, explores post the 1967 Referendum, in terms of addressing the misconceptions and generalisations that have been produced by scholars, the media and journalists, of whom have…

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    systems management, eventually becoming chief information officer (CIO)” (McCoy 3). From all the sources I have came across this stuck out the most because no other source stated these facts. This source was has the best information out of all my sources. While I have been doing my degree in database I never knew what my title would be and assumed I would be a database administrator. Thankfully I found this source and it states you have to work your way up. I will not be going down the…

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    the most important quality for any author or researcher is the ability to use sources well. Whether you are composing an economic survey, a scientific study, or even a personal account, being able to coherently and clearly represent outside sources in your work is crucial. The difficulty, however, lies not in acknowledging this fact, but in actually learning to effectively integrate texts into your writing. Using a source cannot be limited to stamping out another author’s exact viewpoints and…

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