While at a banquet during his vice presidency, john c. calhoun gave a toast: "to the union. next to our liberty, most dear." what does this quote reveal about why many south carolinians wanted to secede from the union? a) some south carolinians threatened to secede if liberty was not extended to the enslaved. b) south carolinians in support of secession believed liberty was more important than maintaining the union. c) the south carolinians in support of secession wanted to leave the south and move to the north. d) john c. calhoun encouraged many south carolinians to support the union, even if it meant the loss of liberty.

Question 1 (1 point) five score years ago, a great american, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the emancipation proclamation. this momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. it came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. but one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. one hundred years later, the negro is still languished in the corners of american society and finds himself an exile in his own land. and so we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. in the first paragraph of this passage, which literary technique does mlk use? question 1 options: a. this is an example of personification because it compares segregation to being in chains. b. this is an example of hyperbole because it gives it gives human characteristics to segregation. c. this is an example of allusion because it references the language used in the emancipation proclamation, which freed slaves in 1863, 100 years before this speech was presented. d. this is an example of onomatopoeia because he uses the words seared and withering to describe the injustices experienced by african americans.

The supreme court serves what important function in the u.s. federalgovernment?

Which statement best explains the role of government according to thomas hobbes