The goal was to stop the spread of Communism.
(Look into Domino Theory.)
We learned how to read ancient hieroglyphics when after Napoleon's troops discovered the Rosetta Stone, which had translations of the hieroglyphics in Ancient Greek, which many people knew how to read.
For Number 1, the Dred Scott Case said <span>a slave who had spent part of his life in non-slave territory, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court.</span>
The larger goal was uniting Americans around the war effort.
Cracking down on dissent would be a negative action in support of the larger, positive goal the government sought. The government wanted a fully united public in support of the war, and so it put out the message that that freedom of speech might have its limits in times of war.
I believe the answer is B) Henry Clay. because he compromised so easily and he was good @ it.
