Like the John Brown's Legacy assessment, this question gauges student ability to evaluate the relevance of contextual information for determining the motivations of an author. Students must select one fact and explain how it might help explain the artist’s motivation in creating the image in 1876. Students with a strong understanding of contextualization will be able to explain how the fact that demand was high for commemorative images related to the United States’ founding might help explain why the artist created an image of the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock.
