Digital PSAT Reading and Writing Practice Question 194: Answer and Explanation

Question: 194

A historical passage presents an overview of the history of the War of 1812.

Which quotation from the passage best illustrates the claim that the War of 1812 gradually shifted from being fought in the wilderness to being fought in urban areas?

• A. By concentrating their defenses in Ontario, the Canadians left Quebec vulnerable to invasion along the St. Lawrence River.
• B. In April of 1814 Napoleon was defeated in Europe, and a greater brunt of the British military fell upon the United States.
• C. The primary theatres of war, in turn, shifted from the Canadian frontier to coastal American cities such as Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans.
• D. Canada's role in the conflict was by that time essentially at an end, though fighting continued intermittently in the North until the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in December of that year.

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

(C) This option illustrates a shift from fighting in the wilderness, the Canadian frontier, to fighting in urban areas, cities such as Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans. The other options do not illustrate this sort of shift in setting.