What was the idea behind popular sovereignty in the mid-1800s? a. allowing slaves the rights to own property and vote b. allowing newly added territories to the united states decide for themselves the slavery issue c. allowing newly added territories to the united states to decide for themselves their own form of government d. allowing all americans to vote for the president

Look at the painting the lictors bring to brutus the bodies of his sons by jacques-louis david (1789). the most likely message this painting sends to french citizens is that one must be prepared to sacrifice their own children to preserve france. loyalty to one’s country stops short of sacrificing one’s own children. brutality is an integral part of revolution and the reign of terror. no one is immune to death, not even the leaders of the revolution.