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1. The excerpt above provides evidence to support the argument that the framers (writers) of the Constitution A) considered extending suffrage to women. B) intended to promote the interests of an elite group. C) opposed property qualifications for voting. D) wanted to ensure that all economic and social classes were guaranteed suffrage.

1. The excerpt above provides evidence to support the argument that the framers (writers) of the Constitution A) considered extending suffrage to women. B) intended to promote the interests of an elite group. C) opposed property qualifications for voting. D) wanted to ensure that all economic and social classes were guaranteed suffrage.

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The next two questions refer to the excerpt below. "Suppose it could be shown from the classification of the men who supported and opposed the Constitution. that substantially all of the merchants, money lenders, security holders, manufacturers, shippers, capitalists, and financiers and their professional associates are to be found on one side in support of the Constitution and that substantially all or the major portion of the opposition came from the non slaveholding farmers and the debtors-would it not be pretty conclusively demonstrated that our fundamental law was not the product of an abstraction known as "the whole people," but of a group of economic interests which must have expected beneficial results from its adoption?" --An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, Charles Beard, 1913 1. The excerpt above provides evidence to support the argument that the framers (writers) of the Constitution A) considered extending suffrage to women. B) intended to promote the interests of an elite group. C) opposed property qualifications for voting. D) wanted to ensure that all economic and social classes were guaranteed suffrage. 2. Which of the following represents additional evidence that would further the argument of the excerpt above? A) Most states initially allowed only white adult males who owned a minimum amount of property to vote. B) The 24th amendment made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal. C) The 15th amendment allowed former slaves to vote. D) Congress can override a Presidential veto with a 2/3 vote.
Transcribed Image Text:The next two questions refer to the excerpt below. "Suppose it could be shown from the classification of the men who supported and opposed the Constitution. that substantially all of the merchants, money lenders, security holders, manufacturers, shippers, capitalists, and financiers and their professional associates are to be found on one side in support of the Constitution and that substantially all or the major portion of the opposition came from the non slaveholding farmers and the debtors-would it not be pretty conclusively demonstrated that our fundamental law was not the product of an abstraction known as "the whole people," but of a group of economic interests which must have expected beneficial results from its adoption?" --An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States, Charles Beard, 1913 1. The excerpt above provides evidence to support the argument that the framers (writers) of the Constitution A) considered extending suffrage to women. B) intended to promote the interests of an elite group. C) opposed property qualifications for voting. D) wanted to ensure that all economic and social classes were guaranteed suffrage. 2. Which of the following represents additional evidence that would further the argument of the excerpt above? A) Most states initially allowed only white adult males who owned a minimum amount of property to vote. B) The 24th amendment made poll taxes and literacy tests illegal. C) The 15th amendment allowed former slaves to vote. D) Congress can override a Presidential veto with a 2/3 vote.
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