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3. This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.
Part A
Based on Passage 1, with which statement would the author agree?
(A) The state of Mississippl is within its rights to take over Choctaw territory.
Only by sticking together will the Choctaw be able to preserve their culture.
By forcing the Choctaw to leave, the state of Mississippi is treating them unfairly.
Subsequent generations of Choctaw will be better off living outside of Mississippi.
(B)
Part B
Which sentence from Passage 1 provides evidence for the answer in Part A?
"We were hedged in by two evils, and we chose that which we thought the least."
(paragraph 3)
(A)
B
"Although the legislature of the state were qualified to make laws for their own citizens.
that did not qualify them to become law makers to a people that were so dissimilar in
manners and customs as the Choctaws are to the Mississippians." (paragraph 3)
"Painful in the extreme is the mandate of our expulsion." (paragraph 6)
"We go forth sorrowful, knowing that wrong has been done." (paragraph 9)