GWD-1-Q6

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The fields of antebellum (pre-Civil
    

War) political history and women’s his-

tory 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, mean-

while, have shown little interest in the

subject of party politics, instead draw-

ing 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 signifi-

cance of women’s political allegiance

in the antebellum period. For example,

in the presidential election campaigns

(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 propa-

ganda, 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 con-

ferred 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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GWD1-Q6:     

According to the passage, which of the following was true of Virginia Democrats in the mid-1850’s?     C——E

A.      They feared that their party was losing its strong moral foundation.

B.       They believed that the Whigs’ inclusion of women in party politics had led to the Whigs’ success in many elections.

C.      They created an ideology that justified the inclusion of women in party politics.

D.      They wanted to demonstrate that they were in support of the woman’s rights movement.

E.       They imitated the Whigs’ efforts to include women in the rituals of party politics.

答案是E，原文第35行也的确有。但这题目问的不是 in the mid-1850’s吗？而mid-1850’s是从第37行才开始的啊？

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hughlv

35行是讲Democrats开始进行一些针对妇女的策略，但是最后一句才说了他们已经完成这个转变。所以选E喽

haha666

但题目问的不是in the mid-1850’s吗？但这个时间段不是从37行才开始的吗？