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AP U.S. History 1.5 Period 2: 1690-1754. The sentiment expressed in the above passage most closely resembles the sentiment of which of the following?
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[ musical flourish ]
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And here's your shmoop du jour,
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brought to you by William Penn,
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the permanent inker of American democracy.
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All right, first up is the excerpt.
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But, next to the power of necessity...
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[ mumbles ]
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... honourable... Gotta love the way they spell that.
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[ mumbles ]
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And it's all by William Penn.
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And now the question:
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The sentiment expressed in the above passage
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most closely resembles the sentiment of which of the following?
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And here are the potential answers.
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All right, Declaration of Independence, First Great Awakening...
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... Second Great Awakening, huh.
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All right, so, what exactly is the sentiment expressed
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in this passage?
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Well, we see phrases like,
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"liberty without obedience is confusion,
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and obedience without liberty is slavery."
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Well, Penn is expressing those quintessential American values:
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democracy, liberty, and protection from government abuse -
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essentially the ice cream and apple pie
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of American political doctrine.
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[ gulping ]
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So which of the following answers also expressed those values?
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Was it B - the First Great Awakening?
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Not quite. The First - and Second - Great Awakenings
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were periods of intense religious revival in the United States.
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So they're mostly focused on religious and spiritual matters -
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not on how the government was structured.
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[ crickets chirping ]
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So we can eliminate B and D. [ buzzer sounds ]
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So, were these values similar to the sentiment of C -
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Manifest Destiny? Actually, Manifest Destiny was the belief
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that America existed for white settlers
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and that it was their obligation to colonize the continent
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and expand their way of life.
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That's a whole other ball of wax, so it's not C. [ buzzer sounds ]
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That leaves us with A - the Declaration of Independence.
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Those values Penn mentions -
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democracy, liberty, and protection from government abuse?
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Yeah, well, they're pretty similar to the preamble
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of the Declaration of Independence, which claims
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that all men have the right to
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"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
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So A is the perfect match.
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[ gulping ]
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