Q4:Antebellum

[shingivyas]

The fields of antebellum (pre-Civil

War) political history and women’s history

use separate sources and focus

Line on separate issues. Political histori-

(5) ans, examining sources such as voting

records, newspapers, and politicians’

writings, focus on the emergence in the

1840’s of a new “American political

nation,” and since women were neither

(10) voters nor politicians, they receive little

discussion. Women’s historians, meanwhile,

have shown little interest in the

subject of party politics, instead drawing

on personal papers, legal records

(15) such as wills, and records of female

associations to illuminate women’s

domestic lives, their moral reform

activities, and the emergence of the

woman’s rights movement.

(20) However, most historians have

underestimated the extent and significance

of women’s political allegiance

in the antebellum period. For example,

in the presidential election campaigns

15

(25) of the 1840’s, the Virginia Whig party

strove to win the allegiance of Virginia’s

women by inviting them to rallies and

speeches. According to Whig propaganda,

women who turned out at the

(30) party’s rallies gathered information

that enabled them to mold party-loyal

families, reminded men of moral values

that transcended party loyalty, and conferred

moral standing on the party.

(35) Virginia Democrats, in response,

began to make similar appeals to

women as well. By the mid-1850’s

the inclusion of women in the rituals of

party politics had become common-

(40) place, and the ideology that justified

such inclusion had been assimilated

by the Democrats.

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Q2:

The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is to

A. examine the tactics of antebellum political parties with regard to women

B. trace the effect of politics on the emergence of the woman’s rights movement

C. point out a deficiency in the study of a particular historical period

D. discuss the ideologies of opposing antebellum political parties

E. contrast the methodologies in two differing fields of historical inquiry

 

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Q3:

The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following

statements regarding most historians of the antebellum period?

A. They have failed to adequately contrast the differing roles that women played in

the Democratic and Whig parties in the 1850’s.

B. They have failed to see that political propaganda advocating women’s political

involvement did not reflect the reality of women’s actual roles.

C. They have incorrectly assumed that women’s party loyalty played a small role in

Whig and Democratic party politics.

D. They have misinterpreted descriptions of women’s involvement in party politics

in records of female associations and women’s personal papers.

E. They have overlooked the role that women’s political activities played in the

woman’s rights movement.

 

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Q4:

 

According to the second paragraph of the passage (lines 20-42), Whig propaganda

included the assertion that

A. women should enjoy more political rights than they did

B. women were the most important influences on political attitudes within a family

C. women’s reform activities reminded men of important moral values

D. women’s demonstrations at rallies would influence men’s voting behavior

E. women’s presence at rallies would enhance the moral standing of the party

[nikiforos]

imo ans are

a

c

e

pls post the OA

[shingivyas]

Ans are CCE...

 

I got the last one wrong

[lsr]

1)C. point out a deficiency in the study of a particular historical period

 

However, most historians have

underestimated the extent and significance

of women’s political allegiance

in the antebellum period.

 

2.) C. They have incorrectly assumed that women’s party loyalty played a small role in Whig and Democratic party politics.

 

By the mid-1850’s

the inclusion of women in the rituals of

party politics had become common-

(40) place

 

3.)E. women’s presence at rallies would enhance the moral standing of the party

 

reminded men of moral values

that transcended party loyalty, and conferred

moral standing on the party.

[naive2]

got stuck b/w B and E for Q#3.

 

i think B should be taken as kind of inference while the Q clearly asks for Whig's assertion. So we need to find the exact answer not the inference.

 

any other input?

[swa007]

i m confused b/w b & c in 2 ques

[swa007]

i m confused b/w b & c in ques 2