(6) Analyzing a Seminal US Document
Which statement best describes the fallacy in this passage?
X Justice Taney uses the argument that Dred Scott is an enslaved person to prove that he is not a citizen.
What reason does Warren give for making the claim that comparing "tangible factors" is not enough to evaluate segregation?
O The real impact of racial segregation is emotional damage to minority students.
What is anecdotal evidence?
O a personal story or historical example
How does a writer support a counterclaim after stating it? Select three options.
O by restating the original claim O by providing reasons O by supporting it with evidence
When analyzing an argument, which elements should you focus on most? Select three options.
O claim O reasons O evidence
What type of logical error underlies the argument that African Americans were inferior?
O genetic fallacy
What is the difference between a Supreme Court opinion and a Supreme Court dissent?
O An opinion is a Supreme Court decision that the majority of the judges agree with, while a dissent disagrees with the decision.
Which statement could best be used as an effective counterclaim to this claim?
O Taney cannot deny Scott citizenship because it is a federal right.
Which statement best serves as a counterclaim to the claim in this passage?
O Taney fails to provide any actual evidence for his statements that African Americans were universally considered inferior.
The Fourteenth Amendment stresses that anyone born or naturalized in the United States is a citizen and cannot be deprived of their rights. Which detail from the passage supports the court's reason for not using previous rulings on effects of the Fourteenth Amendment to decide this case?
O The 14th Amendment's impact on public education was not addressed in previous cases.
What claim does Taney make in this passage?
O The Missouri circuit court does not have jurisdiction in the case against Sanford.
Which statement accurately summarizes the opinion of the court?
O The doctrine of "separate but equal" takes away African American citizens' rights to an equal public education.
What reasons does Warren provide in this passage to support the claim? Select three options.
O The policy of segregation increases a sense of inferiority because it is a law. O Racially segregated schools take away educational benefits from African Americans. O The policy of segregation makes African American children feel inferior.
What type of fallacy does this argument represent? Read the passage from the opinion of the court in Dred Scott v. Sandford, written by Justice Taney. The question before us is, whether the class of persons described in the plea in abatement compose a portion of this people, and are constituent members of...
O hasty generalization
What reason does Warren give for believing that "separate but equal" does not give minority children equal educational opportunities?
O the findings that a sense of inferiority affects the motivation to learn
What fallacy can you identify and discredit to develop a counterclaim to this claim?
O the idea that African American people are inferior based on perceptions from an earlier time
