Thinking of America is a melting pot and everyone that came here is no longer the original European identity and they should have new ideas and opinions
Here individuals of all nations are melted into a new race of men. The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions.”
Explanation:
Basically this means that when americans became americans they saw themselves as a new race of man not based on color but the way we act and the way we treat things differently from others. We allowed freedom of religion whilst other countries did not and we provided freedom and justice while other countries did not. So the way that the term new race of man was used was in the way that americans were new evolved humans.
I believe C is correct, because the lack of electricity could possibly impact the character's decisions. The storm could also make it inconvenient to travel. The other options would not affect the plot.
