A. In several southern states, where church involvement in suffrage activities was minimal, the women's suffrage movement developed more slowly. This choice tells us that in states, the less the church involvement, the slower the movement. This strengthens the causal link b/w church support and suffrage progress. Keep.
B. Although some early suffrage activists had backgrounds in religious reform, they deliberately established secular organizations to avoid relying on church-based institutions. This choice tells us that activists avoided churches, weakening Greene’s claim. Incorrect.
C. Many early suffrage organizers in the Northeast were already active in church-run religious reform networks prior to their involvement in political advocacy. This choice tells us that organizers were active in church reforms prior to their involvement in political associations, but were these churches used as organizing spaces? Not mentioned. Incorrect.
D. Newspaper coverage of women’s suffrage was more frequent in northeastern states than in other areas of the United States, regardless of the presence of churches. This choice seems irrelevant as it talks about the role of newspapers in spreading women’s suffrage. Incorrect.
E. Public petitions supporting women’s voting rights in the early 1800s often used religious language, even when submitted by secular groups. This choice tells us that religious languages were used but did it help/supported in organizing churches. Does the language had a role to play in organized churches? We don’t know! Incorrect.
IMO Option (A)
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Greene: The early women’s suffrage movement in the northeastern United States gained traction in large part because reform-minded churches provided one of the few socially acceptable spaces where women could speak publicly and organize collective action.Lin: That overstates the role of churches. While some early suffrage events occurred in church buildings, the real acceleration of the movement came later, when women began organizing through secular political associations and advocacy clubs that operated independently of religious institutions.Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen Historian Greene’s argument?A. In several southern states, where church involvement in suffrage activities was minimal, the women's suffrage movement developed more slowly.B. Although some early suffrage activists had backgrounds in religious reform, they deliberately established secular organizations to avoid relying on church-based institutions.C. Many early suffrage organizers in the Northeast were already active in church-run religious reform networks prior to their involvement in political advocacy.D. Newspaper coverage of women’s suffrage was more frequent in northeastern states than in other areas of the United States, regardless of the presence of churches.E. Public petitions supporting women’s voting rights in the early 1800s often used religious language, even when submitted by secular groups.