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Para 1- View until recently- Cherokee were compelled to assimilate Euro-American culture during the 1820s.
Para 2- McLoughlin- not only did Cherokee culture flourish during and after the 1820s, but the Cherokee themselves actively and continually reshaped their culture.
part-Cherokee elite vs traditionalist full-Cherokee majority --> intratribal tensions
Para 3- Traditionalist Cherokee wanted to use the skills that missionaries could provide
Para 4- McLoughlin unfortunately overlooks earlier sources of influence
1. Which one of the following best states the main idea of the passage?(A) McLoughlin’s studies of the impact of missionaries on Cherokee culture during the 1820s are fundamentally flawed, since McLoughlin ignores the greater impact of White resident traders in the eighteenth century.- incorrect, McLoughlin’s studies are not fundamentally flawed but he does overlook earlier influences
(B) Though his work is limited in perspective, McLoughlin is substantially correct that changes in the Cherokee culture in the 1820s were mediated by the Cherokee themselves rather than simply imposed by the missionaries.- Correct
(C) Although McLoughlin is correct in asserting that cultural changes among the Cherokee were autonomous and so not the result of the presence of missionaries, he overemphasizes the role of intratribal conflicts.- incorrect, he does not overemphasize the role of intratribal conflicts, also we can't completely discount the presence of missionaries
(D) McLoughlin has shown that Cherokee culture not only flourished during the 1820s, but that changes in Cherokee culture during this time developed naturally from elements already present in Cherokee culture.- incorrect
(E) Although McLoughlin overlooks a number of relevant factors in Cherokee culture change in the 1820s, he convincingly demonstrates that these changes were fostered primarily by missionaries.
- incorrect, he does ignore the influence of earlier sources but the changes were shaped by Cherokee themselves
2. Which one of the following statements regarding the Cherokee council in the 1820s can be inferred from the passage?(A) Members of the Cherokee council were elected democratically by the entire Cherokee Nation.- incorrect, how the councils were elected is not stated
(B) In order for a policy to come into effect for the Cherokee Nation, it had to have been approved by a unanimous vote of the Cherokee council.- incorrect
(C) Despite the fact that the Cherokee were dominated politically and economically by the United States in the 1820s, the Cherokee council was able to override policies set by the United States government.- incorrect
(D) Though it did not have complete autonomy in governing the Cherokee Nation, it was able to set some policies affecting the activities of White people living in tribal areas.- Correct
most members of the Cherokee council, including traditionalists, supported a move which preserved many of the reforms of the part-Cherokee elite but limited the activities and influence of the
missionaries and other White settlers.
(E) The proportions of traditionalist and acculturating Cherokee in the Cherokee council were determined by the proportions of traditionalist and acculturating Cherokee in the Cherokee population.- incorrect, how the proportions on council were determined is not stated
3. Which one of the following statements regarding the attitudes of traditionalist Cherokee toward the reforms that were instituted in the 1820s can be inferred from the passage?(E) They viewed the reforms as a means of preserving the Cherokee Nation and protecting it against exploitation.
“We want our children to learn English so that the White man cannot cheat us.” Many traditionalist Cherokee welcomed the missionaries for another reason: they perceived that it would be useful to have White allies.
4. According to the passage, McLoughlin cites which one of the following as a contributing factor in the revival of traditional religious beliefs among the Cherokee in the 1820s?(C) Missionaries unintentionally created conflict among the Cherokee by favoring the interests of the acculturating elite at the expense of the more traditionalist majority.- Correct
The missionaries’ tendency to cater to the interests of an acculturating part-Cherokee elite (who comprised the bulk of their converts) at the expense of the more traditionalist full-Cherokee majority created great intratribal tensions. As the elite initiated reforms designed to legitimize their own and the Cherokee Nation’s place in the new republic of the United States, antimission Cherokee reacted by fostering revivals of traditional religious beliefs and practices.
5. Which one of the following, if true, would most seriously undermine McLoughlin’s account of the course of reform among the Cherokee during the 1820s?(D) Revivals of traditional Cherokee religious beliefs and practices began late in the eighteenth century, before the missionaries arrived.
As the elite initiated reforms designed to legitimize their own and the Cherokee Nation’s place in the new republic of the United States, antimission Cherokee reacted by fostering revivals of traditional religious beliefs and practices.
McLoughlin unfortunately overlooks earlier sources of influence, such as eighteenth-century White resident traders and neighbors, thus obscuring the relative impact of the
missionaries of the 1820s in contributing to both acculturalization and resistance to it among the Cherokee.
6. It can be inferred from the author’s discussion of McLoughlin’s views that the author thinks that Cherokee acculturalization in the 1820s(B) may have been part of an already-existing process of acculturalization
McLoughlin unfortunately overlooks earlier sources of influence, such as eighteenth-century White resident traders and neighbors, thus obscuring the relative impact of the
missionaries of the 1820s in contributing to both acculturalization and resistance to it among the Cherokee.
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