Question

timothys teacher has asked the class to research the impact bill clinton had on us politics using only a secondary source. the source that best fits the requirements of the assignment is a(n)

• documentary about politics that includes interviews with clinton during his time as president.
• biography by a journalist who covered clinton during his time as president
• textbook in which historians interpret letters that clinton wrote during his time as president
• autobiography that clinton wrote about himself after his time as president

Explanation:

A secondary source interprets/analyzes primary sources. A textbook with historians interpreting Clinton’s letters (primary source) is secondary. A documentary with Clinton interviews (primary - his own words), a journalist’s biography (could be primary - direct coverage), and Clinton’s autobiography (primary - his own account) are not secondary or less so.

Answer:

C. textbook in which historians interpret letters that Clinton wrote during his time as president