Analyzing a Seminal US Document

Question 1

What is the best summary of Taney’s opinion?

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B: The men who wrote the Constitution understood that enslaved persons would not be citizens.

Question 2

Which statement provides the best counterclaim to Taney’s claim?

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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.

Question 3

What type of fallacy or faulty reasoning is used in this passage?

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A: ad populum

Question 4

How does Taney use this appeal to emotion to support his argument?

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A: The appeal praises the virtues of the writers of the document Taney uses as evidence.

Question 5

Question 5

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Question 6

Which statement best explains the fallacy in the argument?

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A: Taney is quick to assume that the writers of the US Constitution excluded African Americans born in the country from citizenship.

Question 7

Question 7

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A,E

Analyzing a Seminal US Document Answers