Question 9 • NY-Global History and Geography II
Because the document was written in 2022, long after Japanese rule in Korea, its writer can look back on the events with greater distance and cite them as past events. The writer can also assess the long-term effects of policies that unfolded during that period. The date alone does not show that the writer witnessed the events or can state what historians generally think.
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