ANSWER: Small Medium at Large
EXPLANATION: The headline Small Medium at Large is basically playing with puns. The word 'Small' is mentioned because the fortune-teller was 3 foot 10 inches in height, the word 'Medium' was mentioned because a fortune-teller is usually called a medium and is frequently used and the word 'Large' usually refers to escaping from Jail.
Answer:
1. The South Carolina representatives vote to...
- <em>Why: </em>The SC representatives were protesting the "Tariff of Abominations," which was a high tax on goods. They were not a fan of strong federal power, so they voted to ignore his law.
2. President Jackson is furious about...
- <em>Why: </em>Jackson, oh Jackson. What an unconventional guy. He was an advocate of states' rights at times, but he also had no problems with grabbing the reins and controlling unruly states. He threatened to use federal power, and they eventually succumbed, but this was very controversial.
3. As Jackson raises an army to back up...
- <em>Why: </em>SC realizes that it can't hold up against a federal army, so it backs down.
4. The South Carolina convention decides to accept...
- <em>Why: </em>Congress makes a compromise with SC by allowing it a lower tariff. Obviously this would annoy Jackson, because he didn't want to be undermined, but eventually this led to peace, for now.
Answer: one good way they could avoided it's downfall was a better ruler
In the Revolutionary War, the colonial forces had multiple advantages. For one, they were fighting on their home turf, so they were more familiar with their surroundings. Also, they cared more about what they were fighting for - to the British, this was a dumb war they were being forced to fight so close to the 7 Year's War and they didn't really care about keeping some irrelevant colony. The colonial forces used guerrilla warfare to fight the British as well, which disrupted their traditional military style.
