multiple choice 3.5 points
\our present position has been achieved in a manner unprecedented in the history of nations. it illustrates the american idea that government rests upon the consent of the governed and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government whenever it becomes destructive of the ends for which it was established. the declared purposes of the compact of union from which we have withdrawn were to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity; and when in the judgment of the sovereign states now comprising this confederacy it had been perverted from the purposes for which it was ordained, and had ceased to answer the ends for which it was established, an appeal to the ballot box declared that so far as they were concerned the government created by that compact should cease to exist\
-jefferson davis, inaugural address, 1861
jefferson davis would likely point to ___ as justification for the confederacys secession from the union.
the treaty of guadalupe - hidalgo
the
ecessary and proper\ clause of the u.s. constitution
the war of 1812
the american revolution
clear my selection

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multiple choice 3.5 points
\our present position has been achieved in a manner unprecedented in the history of nations. it illustrates the american idea that government rests upon the consent of the governed and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish a government whenever it becomes destructive of the ends for which it was established. the declared purposes of the compact of union from which we have withdrawn were to establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, to provide for the common defence, to promote the general welfare, and to secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity; and when in the judgment of the sovereign states now comprising this confederacy it had been perverted from the purposes for which it was ordained, and had ceased to answer the ends for which it was established, an appeal to the ballot box declared that so far as they were concerned the government created by that compact should cease to exist\
-jefferson davis, inaugural address, 1861
jefferson davis would likely point to ___ as justification for the confederacys secession from the union.
 the treaty of guadalupe - hidalgo
 the
ecessary and proper\ clause of the u.s. constitution
 the war of 1812
 the american revolution
clear my selection

Accepted Answer

# Answer:
the American Revolution

# Brief Explanations:
The text mentions the right to alter or abolish a government (like in the Declaration of Independence, which was part of the American Revolution). The American Revolution was based on the idea that when a government fails its people (as the colonists felt the British did), they can form a new one. Davis uses similar logic (government perverted from its purpose, so secede) as the American Revolutionaries did (British government not serving their interests, so declare independence). The Treaty of Guadalupe - Hidalgo (1848, about territory from Mexico), the "necessary and proper" clause (about federal government powers), and the War of 1812 (between US and Britain) are not related to the secessionist argument of people's right to change government as presented in the text.

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