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Lesson Two: Analyzing a Seminal US Document

Question 6 • [ELA10] ELA 10, Sem 2 (26-27)

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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