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The belief that war often drives civil modifications to a society is based upon the evidence that in times of external conflict, a society is forced to abandon long held discriminatory values to:

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.

1. suppose you're an attorney. in a case you're presenting to a federal court, you argue that the person you're defending suffered cruel and unusual punishment. which amendment of the constitution should you cite? a. amendment iv b. amendment viii c. amendment iii d. amendment ix