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Which type of resource are newspaper accounts written at the time an events occcured

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A. primary source documents

Primary source documents are historical documents from the time period.

In the example, newspapers written at the time of an event provide a primary account of an event. It is set in the context of the period. It is a primary account from the period but it is not necessarily a direct account of the event. It demonstrates the media and cultural impact regarding an event.

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