tvery into the western territories.contributed to the "irritations" that Jefferson warned about in the letter abeteC. The movement of African Americans and Asians to the Westd. The increased settlement in areas forcibly taken from American Indians Questions #17-20 refer to the following quotation."This momentous question like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terrorI considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this isa 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 beobliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper....But as it is, we have thewolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, andself-preservation in the other."Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Holmes, 1820Thomas Jefferson Randolph, ed., Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of ThomasJefferson (London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829), 4:332.

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U ule Western territories. contributed to the "irritations" that Jefferson wamed about in the letter abover 0. The growth of violent nativist movements aimedd at limiting immigrants' influence and powe c. The movement of African Americans and Asians to the West d. The increased settlement in areas forcibly taken from American Indians

U ule Western territories. contributed to the "irritations" that Jefferson wamed about in the letter abover 0. The growth of violent nativist movements aimedd at limiting immigrants' influence and powe c. The movement of African Americans and Asians to the West d. The increased settlement in areas forcibly taken from American Indians