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CAHSEE ELA 5.3 Main Idea and Sources. Which of the following statements can be best supported by information found in the passage?
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- 00:03
This one goes out to all you shmoopbirds out there...
- 00:07
You can hit pause to review the passage if you need a refresher...
- 00:21
Which of the following statements can BEST be supported by information found in the passage?
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And here are the potential answers...
- 00:29
So... what is this question asking? It wants us to take the four statements provided,
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- 00:34
and determine which one is backed up by the passage the MOST.
- 00:39
A and B are easy... they make less of an appearance in this passage than a democrat at a gun rally...
- 00:48
so we can nix 'em both. C is mentioned in the passage... but it isn't
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true. It's the "Union Pacific," not the "Utah Promontory." Not all "U"
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words are created equal. Bye, C. Which leaves us with D: The railroad drastically
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changed commerce in America. The passage tells us that the railroad "bound
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the country together economically"... economics and commerce are pretty tightly linked,,,
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...so looks like D is our answer. As in, "Democrat."
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