GWD-1-Q4 to GWD-1-Q6:

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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GWD-1-Q6:

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

1. They feared that their party was losing its strong moral foundation.
2. They believed that the Whigs’ inclusion of women in party politics had led to the Whigs’ success in many elections.
3. They created an ideology that justified the inclusion of women in party politics.

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

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

该题的答案是E,可是我根据35－42行，认为C比E更对应，所以选择C。不知那位大牛解释一下该题的解题思路。

line 35--42: 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-place, and the ideology that justified such inclusion had been assimilated by the Democrats.

The meaning of Creat and imitate is different: creat means you do the thing firstly and imitate means you do similar thing with others. The words "in response" and "make similar appeals" deliver the meaning of imitate, not create. they didn't created ideology.

请问B的错误是在于success in many elections未提及吗？

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