Which option separates cause and consequence?

Evidence check: Mountain Meadow Massacre should be explained before judging consequences. is the best answer. It fits Part two: Conflict across America within AA America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidation and directly supports Study coming to terms with the Mormons, including the Mountain Meadow Massacre and its aftermath. Check this by using evidence, provenance, date, event, individual, policy, consequence; do not choose a distractor simply because it sounds historical.

This MCQ is about Which option separates cause and consequence, not just general recall. The correct option works because it matches the period context of Paper 1 Section A: Period studies and uses the same evidence base as Study coming to terms with the Mormons, including the Mountain Meadow Massacre and its aftermath. The rejected options are weaker: 1) A source comment with no provenance.; 2) A long-term cause treated as a result.; 3) A similarity presented as a difference.. To decide between them, students should identify, support, test, reject the option against chronology, evidence and the learning objective, then keep evidence separate from opinion and interpretation.