It has alot of affect because if you have no setting the reader is confused like if two people split up and they are doing different things the reader wont know who is doing what.
You could argue that this is an indication of Walter Cunningham's severe poverty. He is very poor, and poor people did not have access to sweets or treats such as molasses syrup, so when he was offered it he deemed it appropriate to drench his entire lunch in it.
The answer is C. Did little to change American attitudes toward Growth and Expansion
The Panic of 1819 was the first major financial crisis in the US, but it doesn't stopped US attitudes towards Growth and Expansion, we still continued to do westward Expansion in the middle of financial crisis ( We acquired Ohio and northern Mississippi around year 1820)
The Catholic Church did NOT like the Reformation. And they did many things to try and stop it.. but most deemed unsuccessful, the reasons being. Well first off all humans are like little kids.. when you tell them not to do something.. you wanna do it. Second people REALLY believed in the Reformation and the people who led it. (there are more if you need)
Tennessee, hope I helped;P