[Video] Q32: In the first paragraph of passage 1, the main purpose of douglas’s discussion of the growth of the territory and population of the united states is to

Explanation for Question 32 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 8

Okay, so for number 32, it says in the first paragraph, 2 the passage one, the main purpose of Douglas's discussion of the growth of the 3 territory and population of the United States is to do what? 4 So this is a purpose question you're trying to figure out, um, 5 why did they do this? Or why didn't you talk about this, 6 which you can do kind of have to like, look at the context of 7 the passage, not just like one specific line item. 8 Um, since we already read the first paragraph, 9 we have a main idea written down. 10 Let's just try to remember what we were, what we wrote about. Right? 11 Like, so it was a rebuttal of Lincoln's quote. 12 We remember that he kept talking about the fact that us was still able 13 to stand despite all of these increases in territory, 14 um, and in growth and wealth and population. 15 And then he ends up using that, uh, kind of statement. 16 She supported the idea that yes, we can still expand by slavery. 17 So, um, what is the purpose of him discussing this growth of territory? 18 Well, it ends up setting up his argument in the second paragraph, 19 which is, do you see now the fact that we can still stand despite 20 all of this growth? Um, 21 so kind of supports the argument, right? So provide context for Douglas's defense 22 of a hand expansion. Um, so just the division into free associates is not 23 endangered. The union C imply that Lincoln is unaware of basic fact concerning the 24 country. Okay. It's obviously not C so that's, 25 I can'...