Question

Which excerpt from Jefferson Davis’s speech to the Mississippi Legislature best expresses a major theme of his speech?

Answer 1

The theme of this speech was an inferiority of other races, specifically those from Latin America. Thus, the sighting of foreign flags (A) was telling of the theme of this speech. Davis was stern about his anger toward other races being involved in the Republican form of government and he believed that the audience (being white) was superior and therefore should be in charge of the country.

Answer 2

To any of the future students taking the quiz, I have taken the test the answer that I have is “I would cling tenaciously to our constitutional Government, seeing as I do in the fraternal Union of equal States the benefit to all and the fulfillment of that high destiny which our fathers hoped for…”