I feel disgusted at an administration who have trampled
our rights under foot to offer new pledges from their
rotten hearts.
-Letter to Stand Watie,
John Ridge,
April 6, 1832
Which sentence best paraphrases this excerpt from the
text?
O John Ridge says he is outraged because the US
government has crushed Cherokee rights in the
name of self-serving promises.
O Disillusioned by the US government and what he
considers putrid hearts, John Ridge declares
rightful anger.
O John Ridge expresses his deep frustration with the
false new pledges of the US government.
O Disgusted, John Ridge asserts that the US
government has trampled people's rights to make
pledges from rotten hearts.