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.