1st. Because I like the man. He was born and educated at the South. He has lived at the North and the West, and therefore has had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with our whole people,—an advantage not possessed by his competitors. He is known and honored both at home and abroad. He has shown his love of his country by unwavering devotion to its interests. –“Professor Hedrick’s Defence,”
October 4, 1856

Why did Hedrick want Fremont to become the US president?

He thought that Fremont understood the different regions of the nation better than his opponents.
He liked that Fremont had lived in the South all of his life.
He believed that Fremont promoted the interests of the Northern states.
He knew that Fremont disagreed with the beliefs of people in the Western territories.

(25pts) this photograph represents the chinese government’s response to a challenge it faced. what challenge do you think this is? what steps might china have taken to address this challenge?

“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?

According to this chart, which country is likely to have the most economic freedom with regards to entrepreneurship?