The US was the 'city upon a hill': Using early Puritan ideology abolitionists saw the US as a beacon of equality and freedom which slavery spit in the face of.
The US had been a model for political philosophy and an experiment which was mostly a success but slavery was a flaw. Abolitionists believed we could not be a beacon of freedom with the system in place. The US government refused to deal with the issue and compromises furthered the practice instead of limiting or eliminating it.
Most Americans could not embrace Woodrow Wilson idea of a league of nations
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If this is history, then the symbolism in this quote is strong. An eye for an eye (revenge) will only make the whole word blind.
Answer: the consent of the governed
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This is true. The armory artwork exhibit opened a path for many future artists such as Jackson Pollock or Willem De Kooning.
