Which statement best explains the fallacy in the
argument?
they perfectly understood the meaning of the language
they used, and how it would be understood by others; and
they knew that it would not in any part of the civilized
world be supposed to embrace the negro race, which, by
common consent, had been excluded from civilized
governments and the family of nations, and doomed to
slavery.
-dred scott v. sandford,
supreme court of the united states
taney is quick to assume that the writers of the us
constitution excluded african americans born in the
country from citizenship.
taney unfairly appeals to human emotion by
creating a sense of hopelessness for enslaved
persons during the time of the case.
because the constitution does not explicitly
exclude african americans from citizenship, taney
is begging the claim.
the men who wrote the constitution made a
mistake in not writing about the position of enslaved
people within the nation.

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major's speech. instead-she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings