20. Jefferson says that this event is "a reprieve only, not a final sentence." What was the final sentence about this issue? a. the Civil War b. the creation of the Whig Party to oppose Andrew Jackson and bring back the 2-party syste c. the Trail of Tears d. the War of 1812
20. Jefferson says that this event is "a reprieve only, not a final sentence." What was the final sentence about this issue? a. the Civil War b. the creation of the Whig Party to oppose Andrew Jackson and bring back the 2-party syste c. the Trail of Tears d. the War of 1812
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![Questions #17-20 refer to the following quotation.
"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. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,
moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be
obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper....But as it is, we have the
wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and
self-preservation in the other."
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Holmes, 1820
Thomas Jefferson Randolph, ed., Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas
Jefferson (London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829), 4:332.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F0e4ce092-1543-4607-8d6d-ca20c81c4f62%2Ff5a71cc8-add0-4d91-8a66-e09db6da429d%2Fzard1hm_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Questions #17-20 refer to the following quotation.
"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. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle,
moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be
obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper....But as it is, we have the
wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and
self-preservation in the other."
Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Holmes, 1820
Thomas Jefferson Randolph, ed., Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas
Jefferson (London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829), 4:332.
![20. Jefferson says that this event is "a reprieve only, not a final sentence." What was the
final sentence about this issue?
a. the Civil War
b. the creation of the Whig Party to oppose Andrew Jackson and bring back the 2-party system
c. the Trail of Tears
d. the War of 1812](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F0e4ce092-1543-4607-8d6d-ca20c81c4f62%2Ff5a71cc8-add0-4d91-8a66-e09db6da429d%2Ftj81fli_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:20. Jefferson says that this event is "a reprieve only, not a final sentence." What was the
final sentence about this issue?
a. the Civil War
b. the creation of the Whig Party to oppose Andrew Jackson and bring back the 2-party system
c. the Trail of Tears
d. the War of 1812
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