7.7d - Reform Movements: - Practices A through E

Which statement best describes the most likely purpose of the broadside?

Consider two viewpoints:

(1) a tenant farmer and

(2) a patroon landowner or local official.

Using evidence from the broadside, explain how EACH side might interpret the broadside differently.

Which detail from the document would be the BEST evidence that the Anti-Rent movement challenged the landownership system, not just a single unfair bill?

Using evidence from the broadside, explain how the Anti-Rent movement was an attempt by tenant farmers to protest New York’s landownership system.

Include at least TWO specific details from the document as evidence.

Based on the format and message of the broadside, which tactic of protest is MOST strongly suggested?

Which inference about the Anti-Rent movement’s strategy is BEST supported by the sequence of events in the notice?

Using evidence from the notice, describe the sequence of actions the Anti-Rent committee reports.

Then explain how that sequence supports the idea that tenant farmers were organizing to protest New York’s landownership system.

Which statement is the BEST example of a conclusion that could be checked using this document as evidence?

Which event happened SECOND, based on the dates shown in the notice?

Imagine you are a historian trying to reconstruct what happened after the final dated event in the notice.

Using evidence from the notice, predict ONE likely next step the Anti-Rent movement might take and explain why it would follow logically.

Which statement BEST describes how the two excerpts differ in point of view about the rent system?

Which detail would be the BEST evidence that the Anti-Rent conflict involved more than one side’s interests?

Compare the claims in the two excerpts. Then explain what each source suggests about the broader landownership system in New York.

Use at least ONE specific detail from EACH excerpt as evidence.

Explain how these excerpts fit into the Anti-Rent movement in New York State.

In your answer, describe what was being protested and why the conflict mattered beyond a single rent payment.

Use evidence from the documents.

Based on the context of New York in the 1840s, which situation BEST explains why these two sources might exist at the same time?

According to the legend, what does the meeting-house symbol MOST likely represent on this map?

Use evidence from the map to explain how geography could have affected the Anti-Rent movement’s ability to spread across New York State.

In your answer, cite at least TWO specific map details (counties, symbols, or legend information).

Which inference about the Anti-Rent movement is MOST supported by the map information?

Which statement is BEST supported by the map’s shaded counties?

A student claims: “The Anti-Rent movement was only a local protest in one county.”

Use the map as evidence to support or challenge this claim.

Include at least TWO pieces of geographic evidence from the document.

Based on the table, which inference is MOST reasonable about how this rent system could affect a tenant’s economic choices?

Which statement BEST explains why this lease system could create economic conflict between tenants and landowners?

Which detail from the document is the BEST evidence that tenant obligations went beyond money?

Using evidence from the document, explain how a tenant farmer and a patroon landowner might each argue that the lease terms are fair or unfair.

Include at least ONE piece of evidence for EACH viewpoint.

Use evidence from the document to explain how patroon leases shaped the economic system for tenant farmers.

In your answer, describe at least TWO different types of costs or obligations shown and explain how they could lead to Anti-Rent protest.