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Which source would best help a historian understand how the Great Chicago Fire affected families? A) a biography of a Chicago family displaced by the fire B) a letter from a grandmother in New York to her family in Chicago C) a newspaper editorial about families who were displaced D) an oral history dictated by an adolescent who fled the fire

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D) primary sources are much more accurate because they come directly from the source.

An oral history dictated by an adolescent who fled the fire is the source that would best  help a historian understand how the Great Chicago Fire affected families. Option D is correct.

Historians may use primary source which consists on written or created source by a person who saw a historical event. Letters, diaries, speeches, and photographs are examples of primary sources. Artifacts such as tools are also primary sources. Other tools that historians use are secondary sources.