50 PTS Read the following quote:
"Your invention of the alphabet is worth more to your people than two bags full of gold in the hands of every Cherokee." -Sam Houston (from History of Sequoyah, Cherokee. org)
Based on this quote, what can you conclude?

Sam Houston was responsible for inventing the Cherokee alphabet.

Sam Houston was a famous Cherokee Chief.

Sequoyah was a famous Cherokee Chief.

Sequoyah was responsible for inventing the Cherokee alphabet.

Hey there!

I remember taking this exam last semester, and the answer was, "Sequoyah was responsible for inventing the Cherokee alphabet."

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answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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