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“Threatened by popular political victories [in the states] and widespread resistance, many elite Pennsylvanians launched an effort to remake the state and national governments so that they were less democratic. . . . Popular policies and resistance . . . threatened elite ideals. . . . Popular calls for a revaluation of war debt certificates, bans on for-profit corporations, progressive taxation, limits on land speculation, and every other measure designed to make property more equal promised to take wealth away from the elite. . . . It was also threatening that popular politics frightened off potential European investors. . . . [They] were alarmed by the Pennsylvania legislature’s 1785 [cancellation] of the Bank of North America’s corporate charter. . . .
. . . The push for the Constitution was based in part on the belief that state governments across the new nation had been too democratic and, as a result, had produced policies . . . that threatened elite interests. Most of the men who assembled at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 were also convinced that the national government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak to counter the rising tide of democracy in the states.”
One piece of evidence Bouton uses to support his argument about why some United States political leaders sought to replace the Articles of Confederation in 1787 was that they
thought that a strong central government threatened Americans’ liberties
Option A,thought that a strong central government threatened Americans’ liberties
a
opposed the economic policies that some state legislatures pursued
Option B,opposed the economic policies that some state legislatures pursued
b
believed that the national government should be more democratic
Option C,believed that the national government should be more democratic
c
sought to discourage Europeans from investing in the United States
. . . The push for the Constitution was based in part on the belief that state governments across the new nation had been too democratic and, as a result, had produced policies . . . that threatened elite interests. Most of the men who assembled at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 were also convinced that the national government under the Articles of Confederation was too weak to counter the rising tide of democracy in the states.”
One piece of evidence Bouton uses to support his argument about why some United States political leaders sought to replace the Articles of Confederation in 1787 was that they
thought that a strong central government threatened Americans’ liberties
Option A,thought that a strong central government threatened Americans’ liberties
a
opposed the economic policies that some state legislatures pursued
Option B,opposed the economic policies that some state legislatures pursued
b
believed that the national government should be more democratic
Option C,believed that the national government should be more democratic
c
sought to discourage Europeans from investing in the United States
Answers
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GPT-5 mini
Correct answer: Option B.
Bouton argues that many leaders wanted a new Constitution because they opposed the economic (and populist) policies state legislatures had enacted — policies that threatened elite property and investment interests. The passage explicitly cites those policies (debt-crippling measures, bans on corporations, cancellation of the Bank's charter) as motivating the push to replace the Articles.
Bouton argues that many leaders wanted a new Constitution because they opposed the economic (and populist) policies state legislatures had enacted — policies that threatened elite property and investment interests. The passage explicitly cites those policies (debt-crippling measures, bans on corporations, cancellation of the Bank's charter) as motivating the push to replace the Articles.
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