I have been the most persevering and determined public man in my State to preserve the Union—the last to abandon the hope, that the good sense of the Nation would prevent a collision between the extremes. –Jonathan Worth,
Letter to Springs, Oak and Co.,
May 13, 1861

What does Worth mean when he says that he was the last to abandon hope?

He was the last to think the South should fight for states’ rights.
He was the last to believe that the North would fight against the South.
He was the last to think that war was the only option left.
He was the last to believe that the nation could avoid a civil war.

Read a report of the paris medical faculty from 1348 about the plague. we can say that the main cause of this pestilence was and is the configuration of the heavens. in 1345, at 1: 00 in the afternoon of march 20th, there was a major conjunction of three planets in the constellation of aquarius. this conjunction, along with others like it and the eclipse caused a deadly corruption of the air around us. what is the most likely reason this document would be important to a historian’s study of the black death? a) it shows the importance of astronomy in medicine today. b) it shows how medicine once differed in paris and london. c) it shows how the plague’s cause was interpreted in the past. d) it shows the desperation to find a cause of the black death.

Which type of monetary policies would the federal reserve most likely use when the economy is struggling

Which consumer uses the most water in the united states each year? a. livestock b.power generation c. industry and mining d. public water consumption