The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 6

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"It is thus that our political system,resting on the great principle involved in the recognized diversity of geographical interests in the community,has,in theory,with admiral sagacity,provided the most efficient check against their dangers.Looking to the facts,the Constitution has formed the States into a community only to the extent of their common interests;leaving them distinct and independent communities as to all other interests,and drawing the line of separation with consummate skill,as before stated."
John C.Calhoun,1828
-In this excerpt,Calhoun is arguing against

• A) the efforts of the abolitionist movement.
• B) the sectional divisions that were growing in the United States.
• C) the rise of the Whig Party.
• D) the extension of the national government's powers over the states.

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