Read the excerpt from harriet beecher stowe's uncle tom's cabin, and then answer the question. "on the shores of our free states are emerging the poor, shattered, broken remnants of and women, escaped, by miraculous providences, from the surges of in knowledge, and, in many cases, infirm in moral constitution, from a system which confounds and confuses every principle of christianity and morality." what is the author's intent in this excerpt? a. to question christian doctrine b. to reveal the slaves' lack of education c. to expose the horrors of southern slavery d. to portray the slaves as a confused people

The author's intent in this excerpt is C. to expose the horrors of Southern slavery.

In this excerpt, Beecher described the conditions which the slaves were in - families torn apart and poorly educated - and how their treatment goes against Christian values.

the support that the author, uses in the article facing our fears is a): a definition of the part of the brain called the amygdala.

he takes neuroscientist joseph ledoux's words by telling that by falling to distinguish between evolutionary old systems located in the amygdala and newer systems, centered in the prefrontal cortex, doctors have conflated non conscious threat circuits in the brain with circuits that underlie the conscious experience of fear. that, the author says, "leads ledoux to the jarring conclusion that the amygdala, a decades-old centerpiece of the brain's fear circuit, does not underlie the conscious feeling of fear".

despite this, the author points out in the article that that is a controversial notion and that evidence, in animal and humans, supports the idea that core emotions can exist outside of conscious awareness.

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