Question

base your answers to questions 3 and 4 on the image and excerpt below and on your knowledge of social studies. this poster was an advertisement for harriet beecher stowe’s uncle tom’s cabin. 150,000 sets. 27,000,000 volumes sold. uncle toms cabin for sale here. the greatest book of the age. source: the authentic history center ... stowe is often credited with influencing the country to think differently about slavery, but what do we know about how stowe influenced lincoln? a decade earlier, uncle tom’s cabin (1852) had been a publishing and propaganda phenomenon. using stories to illustrate the breaking of slave families, stowe reached a wide audience: 10,000 copies in the first week, a million and a half in a year. the book was so successful that within weeks it immediately became part of the national stage, where it charles sumner, leader of the radical republicans, said, \had there been no uncle tom’s cabin, there would have been no lincoln in the white house.\ ... but pro - slavery critics charged that stowe had made it all up and that slavery was a humane system. so stowe wrote a nonfiction report, the key to uncle tom’s cabin (1853), compiling the real - life evidence that had informed her fictional stories.... source: katherine kane, “lincoln and the key to uncle tom’s cabin,” connecticut explored, winter 2012/2013 3. which claim is supported by both documents 1 and 2? (1) uncle tom’s cabin painted an inaccurate picture of slavery (2) uncle tom’s cabin scared pro - slavery critics (3) harriet beecher stowe influenced president lincoln (4) harriet beecher stowe was an influential abolitionist 4. according to document 2, what was a major effect of the publication of harriet beecher stowe’s novel uncle tom’s cabin? (1) more americans learned how to read in order to read the book (2) abraham lincoln was elected president of the united states (3) the abolitionist movement began across the united states (4) harriet beecher stowe became a figure in the women’s suffrage movement

Explanation:

Question 3

• Analyze each option:
• Option (1): Document 2 says critics charged inaccuracy, but Document 1 is an advertisement promoting the book, not supporting inaccuracy. Eliminate.
• Option (2): Document 1 is an ad for the book, no info on scaring critics. Document 2 talks about critics, but not being scared. Eliminate.
• Option (3): Document 2 quotes Lincoln implying the book's influence, Document 1 shows the book's popularity (150k+ copies, "Greatest Book of the Age"), supporting it influenced Lincoln.
• Option (4): Document 1 is an ad, no info on her being an abolitionist. Document 2 focuses on the book's impact, not her role as abolitionist. Eliminate.

• Analyze each option:
• Option (1): No info in Document 2 about people learning to read for the book. Eliminate.
• Option (2): Document 2 says the book was popular before the Civil War, and Lincoln's comment implies its role in the pre - war climate, which relates to his election context. The book's influence on public opinion (shown by sales and reception) likely contributed to Lincoln's election as he was anti - slavery.
• Option (3): The abolitionist movement existed before the book (e.g., early 19th - century efforts), so the book didn't start it. Eliminate.
• Option (4): Document 2 focuses on the book's impact on slavery and Lincoln, not women's suffrage. Eliminate.

Answer:

(3) Uncle Tom’s Cabin influenced President Lincoln

Question 4