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"Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery."Who was most likely to have said the quote above?"When the Pilgrims came to New England they too were coming not to vacant land but to territory inhabited by tribes of Indians. The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Winthrop, created the excuse to take Indian land by declaring the area legally a "vacuum." The Indians, he said, had not "subdued" the land, and therefore had only a "natural" right to it, but not a "civil right." A "natural right" did not have legal standing.The Puritans also appealed to the Bible, Psalms 2:8: "Ask o"This colony was for the most part at first peopled by persons of low circumstances including many servants held by indentures...Nor was it hardly possible it should be otherwise; for 'tis not likely that any man of plentiful estate should voluntarily abondon a happy certainty to roam after imaginary advantages in a New World only to find disease and misery" Robert Beverly, 1705This quote most likely describes:Which of the following events support the claim that by the 1830s the north and south viewed the legal rights of slaves and runaway slaves very differently?"Nowhere is wisdom more necessary than in the guidance of charitable impulses. Meaning well is only half our duty; Thinking right is the other, and equally important, half." This reformer opened institutions of learning for the blind.An insurrection was planned, aborted, and rescheduled for August 21,1831, when he and six other slaves killed the Travis family, managed to secure arms and horses, and enlisted about 75 other slaves in a disorganized insurrection that resulted in the murder of 51 white people.What event and outcome matches the description above?"The Mexican government, by its colonization laws, invited and induced the Anglo-American population of Texas to colonize its wilderness under the pledged faith of a written constitution, that they should continue to enjoy that constitutional liberty and republican government to which they had been habituated in the land of their birth, the United States of America.In this expectation they have been cruelly disappointed, inasmuch as the Mexican nation has acquiesced in the late changes made inRecommendations for Amendments:And it is further recommended, that the said States shall persevere in their efforts to obtain such amendments, until the same shall be effected.Second.-No new State shall be admitted into the union by Congress in virtue of the power granted by the Constitution, without the concurrence of two-thirds of both Houses.Third.-Congress shall not have power to lay any embargo on the ships or vessels of the citizens of the United States, in the ports or harbors thereWhat foreign policy accomplishment that expressed diplomatic nationalism during the Era of Good Feeling ensured that the nation would extend from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific coast, but caused future tensions with Canada and Mexico?advertisement of an indentured servant in a Philadelphia NewspaperThe advertisement above shows all of the following about colonial America EXCEPT?"Ever since the report of the Committee on Foreign Relations came into the House, we have heard but one word like the whip-poor-will, but one eternal monotonous tone—Canada! Canada! Canada!...It is to acquire a prepondering northern influence that you are to launch into war." - John Randolph, Congressman from Virginia, 1812Which statement below is best supported by the excerpt above?image of women working in mills"Oh! isn't it a pity, such a pretty girl as I-Should be sent to the factory to pine away and die?Oh ! I cannot be a slave,I will not be a slave,For I'm so fond of libertyThat I cannot be a slave." - Song sung by Lowell Mill Girls during 1836 strikeWhich statement is LEAST supported by the image and quote above?map of various Indian tribes located in the Northwest Territory (known as Midwest today)What historical development between 1800 and 1812 relates to the map above and start of war in 1812?maps that show the growth of slavery in the South from 1790 to 1860, especially in the deep southWhich of the following contributed the LEAST to the pattern seen above?John Marshall served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court during much of the Jackson Age. His decisions included key precedents that would be followed for many years. Important cases included Gibbons vs. Ogden, Fletcher vs. Peck, and McCulloch vs. Maryland.In general, what was the most important long-term impact of the decisions above?Which of the following people was NOT a symbol of the new American nationalism and hero worship that came out of the War of 1812?two political cartoons, one depicting Jackson as a king and the other as a devil hanging gifts over peopleWhat was the perspective of the authors of the images above?"but this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. it is hushed indeed for the moment. but this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence." - Thomas Jefferson, 1820What was Jefferson concerned about in this quote?"Experience should teach us wisdom. Most of the difficulties our Government now encounters and most of the dangers which impend over our Union have sprung from an abandonment of the legitimate objects of Government by our national legislation, and the adoption of such principles as are embodied in this act. Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we hav"The true question in controversy . . . involves the interest of the whole nation. It is the right of exporting the productions of our own soil and industry to foreign markets. . . .What, Mr. Speaker, are we now called on to decide? It is whether we will resist by force the attempt made by that government to subject our maritime rights to the arbitrary and capricious rule of her will; for my part I am not prepared to say that this country shall submit to have her commerce interdicted or regula
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