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Which of the following is not a primary source?

artifacts
diaries
eyewitness accounts
recent book about the Civil War

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The correct answer would be D
User Brent Washburne
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The correct answer is a recent book about the Civil War.

A primary source indicates that the person who created the document witnessed the event first hand. This is why diaries, artifacts, and eyewitness accounts are all examples of primary sources.

A secondary source is one in which an individual writes about an event or topic without actually being there for the topic they are writing about. In this case, a recent book about the Civil War would be a secondary source since the writer was not at the actual war.

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