The new morality supporters
value the personal freedom the most and this movement influenced numerous
aspects of the American society. The new morality also glorified youth, and it
was the rise of the automobile that helped the youth of the nation to find a
means to its independence.
California was to enter the Union as two states. The northern one would be a "free" state called California and the southern one would be a territory which was to immediately become a “slave” state to be called Colorado. Californians were outraged that the federal government could overrule the decision of a state.
<span>The letter of the law versus the spirit of the law is an idiomatic antithesis. When one obeys the letter of the law but not the spirit, one is obeying the literal interpretation of the words (the "letter") of the law, but not necessarily the intent of those who wrote the law.</span>
