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Option A is our answer.

Lets understand the information mentioned in the passage before trying to answer it.

So the passage presents the discussion between two people Greene and Lin. Where they are discussing about the role played by Churches in providing women's suffrage, it starts with Greene telling us that "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" then Lin responds to that by saying "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".
Now the question asks us which of the following Options strengthens Greene's argument.

Now lets look at the options and see which one of them helps us to answer the question.

Option A: "In several southern states, where church involvement in suffrage activities was minimal, the women's suffrage movement developed more slowly". This option tells us that the places where the Church has limited intervention with with the women's suffrage, it developed very slowly. This information is aligned with the argument presented by Greene as she also advocated that the suffrage gained traction largely because of Church's intervention in it. So if the Church has limited or no intervention and suffrage is developed slowly then it clearly weaken Lin's argument and strengthen Greene's argument. But before marking it as answer lets see other options as well. Selected


Option B: "Although some early suffrage activists had backgrounds in religious reform, they deliberately established secular organizations to avoid relying on church-based institutions". This option tells us that some early activists had backgrounds related to Church, but they avoided relying on them for their plans/activities which we if see will weaken Greene's argument as this will show that the Church's involvement mentioned by Greene is overhyped. Eliminated


Option 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 option tells us that many of the organizers of suffrage were active in Church rum religion reform networks before their involvement in political advocacy but does not tell us whether they are still connected to the Church or not, this option needs addition assumption on top of this option to clarify whether those people were currently involved with Church or not, which is incorrect. Eliminated


Option 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 option tells us that regardless whether Church was involved or not the women's suffrage was more frequent in northeast states which will weaken Greene's argument by saying the Church's involvement does not matter much. Eliminated


Option E: "Public petitions supporting women’s voting rights in the early 1800s often used religious language, even when submitted by secular groups". This option talks about the language used by public petitions that supported women's suffrage but does not give any information about Church's involvement so irrelevant to the passage. Eliminated


So after reading all the option we can properly conclude that Only Option A fully supports Greene's argument.

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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.


 


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A. In several southern states, where church involvement in suffrage activities was minimal, the women's suffrage movement developed more slowly.
It focuses on the South, not the Northeast (as Greene's argument) and correlation doesn't prove causation. The South's slower progress could be due to other factor.

B. Although some early suffrage activists had backgrounds in religious reform, they deliberately established secular organizations to avoid relying on church-based institutions.
This weakens Greene's argument by emphasizing secular organizations, aligning more with Lin's view.

C. Many early suffrage organizers in the Northeast were already active in church-run religious reform networks prior to their involvement in political advocacy.
Directly supports Greene by showing that early organizers' roots were in church networks, implying churches provided the foundation for their later activism. CORRECT

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.
It focuses on media coverage and it's irrelevant to Greene's argument about churches' role.

E. Public petitions supporting women’s voting rights in the early 1800s often used religious language, even when submitted by secular groups.
It suggests religious influence but doesn't directly tie churches to providing spaces and organizing capacity, which is Greene's main point.

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Greene's argument is that reform-minded churches were the first catalyst for the early women’s suffrage movement in the NE-US since they provided acceptable public spaces and networks.

A provides an counter-example that where the church involvement was minimal, the suffrage movement developed more slowly. While it doesn't really show how churches in the NE actually enabled the movement's early traction, it is still a mild strengthener. Keep
B talks about a shift away from churches. Weakener. Eliminate
C shows that there is some prior involvement of some organizers' in churches but it does not directly show how churches led to traction. Keep

D talks about role of media coverage which weakens the link between churches and movement. Eliminate
E is irrelevant and doesn't talk about church at all. Eliminate

Now, between A & C is a tough choice because neither of them are strong.
A talks about a comparison to a different place where lack of church involvement is correlated with slow movement. It can be possible that church was actually a key factor for movement.
C establishes a prior association but a possible counter to C can be that the women had to move to political advocacy because churches weren't providing enough traction.

I would go with A for this.
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A. This strengthens the involvement of churches was a vital factor in development suffrage movements. And it supports the fact that suffrage movements could not develop fast independently. Correct

B. Whether these secular organizations supported in development of suffrage movements or not is not supported enough. Eliminate

C.
It is just explains the background of early suffrage organizers. Doesn’t show how churches helped the movement develop. Eliminate

D.
This says more about the role of media than about the role of churches. Eliminate

E.
It doesn't state that the churches were involved in supporting women's voting rights. Eliminate

Answer: A
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A: This is our answer as it leads us to infer that the suffrage movement developed more slowly in other states because of minimal church involvement.
B: This weakens greene's argument, as it states that there was avoidance on relying on church based institutions
C: This does not directly show that the churches had the role of helping the suffrage movement.
D: this gives another reason for traction gain, that is newspaper coverage. It weakens the statement. Eliminate
E: religious language could be because that's just how the public petitions worked. Eliminate

Option A.
Quote:
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.


 


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Let's evaluate the options one by one.
A. In several southern states, where church involvement in suffrage activities was minimal, the women's suffrage movement developed more slowly. This seems a plausible answer, but let's check other options.
B. Although some early suffrage activists had backgrounds in religious reform, they deliberately established secular organisations to avoid relying on church-based institutions. This does the exact opposite.
C. Many early suffrage organisers in the Northeast were already active in church-run religious reform networks prior to their involvement in political advocacy. This comes close. It is better than option A as it talks about the Northeast.
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 is refuting not supporting the argument.
E. Public petitions supporting women’s voting rights in the early 1800s often used religious language, even when submitted by secular groups. This is OUT OF SCOPE.
Option C is better than option A as it talks about the exact place in where the argument is about. Option A talks about the southern states, which is irrelevant.
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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.


 


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