The primary purpose of the passage as a whole is to
(a) examine the tactics of antebellum political parties with regard to women
(b)trace the effect of politics on the emergence of the woman's rights movement
(c) point out a deficiency in the study of a particular historical period
(d) discuss the ideologies of opposing antebellum political parties
(e) contrast the methodologies in two differing fields of historical inquiry

(E) Contrast the methodologies in two differing fields of historical inquiry.

Explanation: During the pre-civil war, political historians contrast their studies in two differing fields: the emergency of a new "american political nation" and the women's rights movement. The methodologies used by political historians were recognized by them for underestimated the women's rights movement in the antebellum period.

After politicians, candidates, movers, supporters and militants recognized and saw the women's power and influence into a campaign, by the mid-1850's, they were included on party politics rituals by Democrats, becoming this fact something common.

b) to encourage free trade

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