Evaluating Sources

Question 1

Did American soldiers commit atrocities during theVietnam War in 1969?

Accepted Answer

Sworn testimony by Sergeant in Congressional hearings, Speech by American Generlal touring the United States

Question 2

What was slavery like in South Carolina?

Accepted Answer

A white woman interviewing a former slave in 1936., A black man interviewing a former slave in 1936.

Question 3

What was the layout of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz?

Accepted Answer

Interview with 80 year-old Holocaust survivor in 1985, Map of concentration camp found in Nazi files.

Question 4

What happened at the Battle of Little Bighorn?

Accepted Answer

High school history textbook from 1985, Newspaper account from the day after the battle in June 1876

Question 5

Why were Japanese Americans put in internment camps during WWII?

Accepted Answer

Government film explaining internment from 1942., Government report based on declassified documents.

Question 6

Who was present at the signing of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Hollywood movie about the American Revolution made 2001, Book written by an expert on the American Revolution in 1999

Questions 6