Analyzing Central Ideas in a Historical Speech

Question 1 • [ELA10] ELA 10, Sem 2 (26-27)

Which quotation is an example of how Tecumseh uses reasoning to develop the central idea that Harrison should stop taking land from Indigenous people?

Answer

“When Jesus Christ came upon the earth you killed Him and nailed Him to the cross. You thought He was dead, and you were mistaken.”

“And I would that I could make the red people as great as the conceptions of my own mind, when I think of the Great Spirit that rules over us all.”

“If you continue to purchase them, it will make war among the different tribes, and, at last I do not know what will be the consequences among the white people.”

“You want by your distinctions of Indian tribes, in allotting to each a particular, to make them war with each other. You never see an Indian endeavor to make the white people do this.”

Explanation

Choice C uses cause-and-effect reasoning: Tecumseh explains that continued land purchases will create conflict among Indigenous tribes and could eventually have consequences for white people too. This supports his argument that Harrison should stop taking or purchasing Indigenous land. Choice D also criticizes Harrison, but it focuses on his motives rather than laying out this consequence-based reasoning.

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