you will need to answer ALL the questions one by one on its own. If you would like to type out the question on WORD and then respond below it, then proceeding with the other questions in the same format. They don’t have to be crazy long, just a response of your opinion-making into a discussion. I won’t need any sources. you will just be answering the questions. minimum of 250 if you go over that it is perfectly okay. you can also just copy and paste the URL I put for the links and it will take you directly to the website.
here will be the instructions.
1) Read the three YAWP readings links provided below. I will most likely need to email you the online textbook so you should get that by today.
Black scientist Benjamin Banneker demonstrates Black intelligence to Thomas Jefferson, 1791
Black scientist Benjamin Banneker demonstrates Black intelligence to Thomas Jefferson, 1791
2) Read Thomas Jeffersons response letter to Benjamin Banneker, link provided.
https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/79.html
3) Read the Meaning of Race on pages 189 192 of the US History online text.
4) Read pages 202 – 205 of the US History online text.
5) Within the Constitution, which can be found on pages 987-993 of the US History online text, Read Article I, Section 2, Clause 3; Article I, Section 9, Clause 1; and Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3.
I will email the online textbook.
here will be the questions to answer:
From the YAWP reading, what do we know about Cato?
From the YAWP reading, what do we know about Benjamin Banneker?
What do you think about what Thomas Jefferson said, after reading about Cato and Benjamin Banneker?
What can we know about Thomas Jefferson from his response letter to Benjamin Banneker?
What does the Constitution call slaves? Does it use the word slave?
Does the Constitution protect slavery and the right to own slaves? Explain.
Would the President of the United States have had the power to end slavery under the Constitution? Do some research on your own.
Could a state within the union pass a law refusing to return a runaway slave? Explain.
By 1787, the year the Constitution was written, the United States had been using slave labor to build our economy for 168 years.
What were the reasons for slavery being debated during the Constitutional Convention?
What are the connections between the 3/5 Compromise, determination of representation in the House of Representatives, and the Electoral College?
Some people say that democracy is fragile. Why do you think they may say this? What does it depend on to continue?
Consider the questions presented in the PowerPoint presentation.
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