The Following Questions Refer to the Excerpt Below

question 21

Multiple Choice

The following questions refer to the excerpt below.
"…It follows,from what has been stated,that it is a great and dangerous error to suppose that all people are equally entitled to liberty.It is a reward to be earned,not a blessing to be gratuitously lavished on all alike-a reward reserved for the intelligent,the patriotic,the virtuous and deserving,and not a boon to be bestowed on a people too ignorant,degraded and vicious to be capable either of appreciating or of enjoying it."
John C.Calhoun,"A Disquisition on Government," 1849
-Which of the following political developments would Calhoun have most vigorously supported?

• A) the growth of the Republican Party
• B) the Dred Scott decision
• C) the rise of abolitionist societies
• D) Radical Reconstruction

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