AnswersELA10 ELA 10 Sem 2 26-27Analyzing Central Ideas in a Historical Speech

Lesson Two: Analyzing a Seminal US Document Answers

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What is the best summary of Taney’s opinion?

A
The framers who crafted the Constitution were the most honorable men for the job.
B
The men who wrote the Constitution understood that enslaved persons would not be citizens.
C
The men who wrote the Constitution had a great understanding of the language they used.
D
The framers who crafted the Constitution all believed that African Americans should be enslaved.
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Which statement provides the best counterclaim to Taney’s claim?

A
Because Dred Scott was the son of a enslaved person, he would always be considered enslaved regardless of what the courts decided.
B
Because Dred Scott’s parents were born in a different county, Dred Scott could not be considered a citizen of the United States.
C
Because Dred Scott lived in Wisconsin and Illinois, his freedom should have been granted without having to sue Sanford in court.
D
Because they were born in the United States, Dred Scott and his family were citizens and had all the rights granted by the Constitution.
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What type of fallacy or faulty reasoning is used in this passage?

A
ad populum
B
begging the claim
C
genetic fallacy
D
hasty generalization
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How does Taney use this appeal to emotion to support his argument?

A
The appeal praises the virtues of the writers of the document Taney uses as evidence.
B
The appeal relies on his original claim that Dred Scott is not a citizen and cannot sue in a federal court.
C
The appeal counters Taney’s claim that people’s origins dictate their status in the community.
D
The appeal creates doubt about the validity and soundness of the Constitution in terms of defining citizenship.
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What type of fallacy or faulty reasoning is used in this passage?

A
ad populum
B
begging the claim
C
genetic fallacy
D
hasty generalization
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Which statement best explains the fallacy in the argument?

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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Which evidence best supports Curtis’s opinion that Dred Scott should be free because he lived in a free territory? Check all that apply.

A
“The Constitution refers to slaves as ‘persons held to service in one State’”
B
“The Convention which framed the Constitution . . . has . . . the power to regulate commerce.”
C
“A citizen of the United States owns slaves in Cuba.”
D
“Does this legislation deprive him of his property without due process of law?”
E
“Acts of Congress as prohibited slavery and involuntary servitude within that part of the Territory of Wisconsin . . . were constitutional and valid laws.”

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