Lee declined and tendered his resignation from the army when the state of Virginia seceded on April 17, arguing that he could not fight against his own people.
Cuneiform, the first written language
Popular sovereignty is the concept that all power is ultimately derived from the people. This means that every time you vote or express an opinion to a local leader/ politician, you are shaping the way this country is run. The problem? Old while men are the ones with free time on their hands, so they are the ones going out to vote and becoming/ influencing politicians, which makes the national vote a reflection of- not the actual public's opinion, no- but instead the opinions of those who have lots of free time on their hands... (*cough, cough* <em>white nationalists)</em>
Americans express popular sovereignty every day... kind of.
The massachusetts bay colony
"He supported the Northern Securities Company" is an example of “trust-busting” among the choices given in the question that Theodore Roosevelt enforced.