The declaration of independence is divided into a preamble and three main sections. which is in the first main section?

a. it declares that the colonies are “free and independent states.”

b. it states some general ideas about society and government.

c. it states that king george iii must be considered “unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”

d. it details a long list of specific complaints against king george iii.

Which statement best explains how world war ii to end the great depression? a. new job opportunities opened as the united states produced more military products. b. the u.s. army provided new jobs that paid better than any other work at the time. c. people had to worry more about war problems than about the economic crisis. d. the war caused people to trust the economy enough to spend more money.

Which best describes the purpose of the south carolina exposition and protest, which was written by john c. calhoun? a) to explain why the south was nullifying the tariff of 1828 b) to describe the ways the tariff of 1828 would southerners c) to persuade northern states to rebel against the federal government d) to ask england for if the south decided to secede from the union

“dear sir: it is with great reluctance, i trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than i have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. i mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. it is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. for some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. a part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.” what’s the central idea?