Had fort mchenry surrendered during the night of september 13, 1814, a) key might never have written his poem.

b) the national anthem would be easier to sing.

c) the british would have retaken control of the us.

d) the american flag might not look the way it does now.

The correct answer is A. Had Fort McHenry surrendered during the night of September 13, 1814, Key might never have written his poem.

Explanation:

Fort McHenry is a fort in the port of Baltimore, Maryland. At the time of the War of 1812, the fort was shot at by the British navy from Chesapeake Bay. The bombing of Fort McHenry, watched by Francis Scott Key, inspired the poet to write the American anthem The Star-Spangled Banner.  

On September 13, 1814, during the 1812 War, the fort came under attack from British ships. For 25 hours the fortress was bombed in an attempt to capture Baltimore harbor and the city. However, the British bombing and the American reply caused only minor damage and on September 14 the British stopped the fire.  

Francis Scott Key, who tried to secure the release of prisoners on a nearby ship, witnessed the bombing of the British. When, after the bombing, he could still see the American flag flying above the fort, he became inspired to compose the words of the current national anthem. His poem, The Defense of Fort McHenry, was later renamed the Star-Spangled Banner.

as university of miami psychologists debra lieberman and adam smith pointed out in a recent article in the journal current directions in psychological science, humans have social and psychological mechanisms to deter incest. with very few exceptions, marriages between brothers and sisters and between parents and their children are verboten in every human culture. the primary psychological anti-incest mechanism is the yuck response. even the idea of sex with their mom or dad, bro or sis is upsetting to most people. the psychologist jonathan haidt has found that nearly everyone is repelled by the prospect of brother-sister sex, even in hypothetical situations in which there is no chance of pregnancy).

the biological cost of incest

this raises an interesting question: just what’s so bad about incest? sure, having sex with your dad or your sister seems gross — but why? some anthropologists have argued that incest taboos are learned social conventions. this explanation, however, doesn’t make sense to me as it does not explain the widespread existence of anti-incest mechanisms in creatures ranging from cockroaches to chimpanzees. second, the incest taboo is about as close to a universal law as human moral rules get.

why should mechanisms to avoid incest be so widespread both in nature and across human societies? the answer is simple. the problem with having sex close with relatives is that there is an astonishingly high chance that your offspring will be born with a serious birth defect.

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