When you construct an argument, you are relating to the world by means of your ability to infer. True False

“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?

Initially, northerners did not want missouri to be included in the union because 1.) maine would not be allowed to enter the union as a free state 2.) missouri wanted to enter the union as a free state 3.) missouri wanted to enter the union as a slave state 4.) maine would not be allowed to enter the union as a slave state

Which of the following was a factor that attracted settlers from the east to the oregon country in the 1840s? a. the absence of native americans in the oregon country attracted many eastern settlers to the region. b. the discovery of gold in 1848 caused a huge migration of people into the oregon country. c. the oregon country’s status as an area of religious freedom attracted many mormons from the east. d. married couples could claim 640 acres of free land in the oregon countr