Command of Evidence: Textual

SAT Reading and Writing· difficulty 2/5

A historian claims that the women's suffrage movement in Britain used a wide range of nonviolent tactics, including parades, petitions, and public lectures, in addition to the more confrontational tactics that have received the most attention.

Which evidence, if true, would the historian most likely cite to support this claim?

  • A

    Britain granted partial women's suffrage in 1918.

  • B

    Some suffragists later worked as journalists.

  • C

    A few suffragists were arrested for damaging property.

  • D

    Newspaper archives from 1900 to 1914 record dozens of suffragist parades, hundreds of petitions, and frequent public lectures across British cities.

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Explanation

A directly documents the breadth of nonviolent tactics the historian describes. B describes confrontational tactics; C and D are tangential.

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