The men were exhausted, so that is why thet didn't retaliate.
The correct answer is "The founders of American Democracy would not have expected corruption in Philadelphia."
The orator appeals to its "Pathos" or appealing to the sentiment of the people who are listening to him by reminding them that under that same hall the "Fathers of American liberty" voted there once.
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. He established the world.
Popular vote is the amount of votes that exist nationwide and that can get cast during a voting process. In some countries it represents the number of electors while in some it represents the general population that has come of age and has voting rights. In history the number of voters was much lower since not everyone was a part of the popular vote.