The following is a quote from Senator James Mason from Virginia, "Whenever the hour comes, when in good faith, and with due regard to national honor, we can incorporate Cuba as one of these United States, it will be done, and Europe may find it best to hold its peace." The above quote references which of the following?

The following is a quote from 1836 from representative James Henry Hammond from South Carolina. The topic regards what he believes to be the appropriate response from the south to unwarranted attacks from the north. "...systematic plan of operation, intended to subvert the institutions of the South..... “ "I believe [slavery] to be the greatest of all the great blessings which a kind Providence has bestowed upon our glorious region.” What is a possible future result of the regional friction ("unwarranted attacks from the north") that Representative Hammond referenced?

"Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men." The Antebellum importance of the above quote is which of the following?