“Our Brethren Are Already in the Field! Why Stand We

question 5

Multiple Choice

“Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
--Patrick Henry, 1775

-Which of the following statements about liberty is most accurate?

• A)The idea of liberty is deeply ingrained throughout U.S.history.
• B)Americans only began to understand liberty during the Red Scare.
• C)All Americans have similar ideas about what liberty entails.-Consider This: Americans are incredibly diverse,and have different ideas about what liberty means and the freedoms to which people are entitled.
• D)Liberty is unrestrained in the United States.

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