Answer Choices
They included no means for reconciling differences between free states and slave states.
They anticipated the Union’s expansion into western territories.
They provided a good basic structure that does not need to be changed.
They were founded on an assumption that slavery was necessary for economic growth.
Explanation for Question 33 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 8
Okay, so we're going to do questions 33 and 34 together. 2 It says, what does passage one suggest about the use of government's 3 provisions or about the U S government provisions for the institution of slavery is 4 from in the constitution. So we need to be looking at just a passage 5 of one. That's what we know so far. And what does passage one suggest 6 about how the us government kind of provides or has provisions for the 7 institution of slavery as from the constitution? 8 Um, what I would do here is I would just see, okay, we have 9 to look between lines 10 and 45. 10 Um, let's kind of see here, 11 if any of those kind of fit in terms of the U S government 12 kind of suggesting something about the constitution, 13 um, and how the constitution provides for slavery. 14 So let's just read from 10 to 45 here. 15 So 10 starts off here, says we have extended our territory from the Mississippi 16 to the Pacific ocean. Okay. So it's not going to be line 10, 17 right? Because this is not talking about the constitution at all. 18 Um, we have resonate from a, 19 we can give a power to become the terror, admiration supplies world, 20 and all this has been done under our constitution. Okay. So now line 19, 21 we hear about the constitution, which Mr. 22 Lincoln in substance says is in violation of law of God and under a 23 union divided into free associates, 24 which Mr. Lincoln thinks, because such as you cannot stand, 25 okay, let's get rid of, uh, the line 10. 26 Now line 19 is n...