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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Words, Phrases, and Clauses

Question 6 • ELA 10B - 2023

Which statement best explains the fallacy in the argument?

Answer
A
Taney is quick to assume that the writers of the US Constitution excluded African Americans born in the country from citizenship.
B
Taney unfairly appeals to human emotion by creating a sense of hopelessness for enslaved persons during the time of the case.
C
Because the Constitution does not explicitly exclude African Americans from citizenship, Taney is begging the claim.
D
The men who wrote the Constitution made a mistake in not writing about the position of enslaved people within the nation.
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