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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Age of Revolutions

Question 6 • SS221 World History/Geography A

What is the most significant limitation that Carl Schurz’s work has, as a resource for a historian?

Answer
A
He was not an eyewitness to the events he describes.
B
He was too young to be a reliable witness.
C
He was an employee of the government and likely biased against the revolutionaries.
D
He wrote his account about fifty years after the events occurred.

Explanation

Carl Schurz’s account was written roughly fifty years after the events it describes. The long gap could have affected his memory or the details he included, making the time between the events and his writing the most significant limitation. So the best answer is D, that he wrote his account about fifty years later.

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