Assignment Question
1. Select and rank the top 3 major issues resolved by the United States Constitution that have been the most beneficial to the nation.
1a.Then, describe why you believe those three resolutions are most beneficial to the nation. Weakness: The United States Constitution and Slavery Slavery has been characterized as “the great sin”. The institution of slavery was permitted by the United States Constitution. Please read Slavery, the Constitution, and a Lasting Legacy. Then, watch Slavery by Another Name. After you read the passage below, respond to questions
3 a & b It is interesting to consider why the framers would protect the institution of slavery but be unwilling to use the word. The omission of the word “slavery” from the United States Constitution might imply shame or ambivalence about slavery. Nonetheless, the United States Constitution enacted provisions that protected the institution of slavery. For example, the Fugitive Slave Clause is one of the constitutional protections for slave owners. Since the end of slavery, there has been no constitutional amendment proposed to reject the pro-slavery language in the constitution. The 13th amendment which is commonly understood to abolish slavery contains an exclusion that allows slavery to be practiced in prisons.
3a. What are your thoughts about the documentary, Slavery By Another Name and the exclusion in the 13th amendment that allows slavery to persist?
3b. Would it make sense if an amendment expressly declared that “the United States formally rejects and repudiates all provisions of the Constitution that protected slavery?” Why? Why not?
