Answer:
The tyranny of the majority (or tyranny of the masses) is an inherent weakness to majority rule in which the majority of an electorate pursues exclusively its own objectives at the expense of those of the minority factions.
Explanation:
What & When: In 1789 the U.S. Constitution
replaced the Articles of Confederation and
created a stronger federal government. It
established the three branches of
government, outlined how to add changes to
the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights
explained the rights of the people.
Cause: The Articles of Confederation had
not proven strong enough for a growing
country like the U.S. who needed a
government with more central power to be
able to enforce its laws.
Effect: It was not easy to get delegates to
agree on the design of the new government
in the planning process that took place
during the Constitutional Convention.
Significance: The Constitution that was
created during this time has endured and is
still the highest law in the land today.
<span>The correct answer is checks and balances. They wanted to make a system where one part of the government would be in charge of keeping another part in line, while itself being kept in line by the third part. It is like a triangle where you control and are being controlled. This was done to prevent anyone becoming too powerful and tyrannical.</span>
There were several ideas from the Reconstruction and I will focus on:
- 13th Amendment - <u>Very effective </u>
- Sharecropping <u>- needed revising </u>
The Republicans in Congress were able to pass and then ratify the 13th Amendment which:
- Abolished slavery thereby freeing black people
- Allows for Congress to come against other forms of slavery for instance, trafficking.
This was very effective as it ended a dark chapter in American history and paved the way for equality of races.
A disastrous policy that was implemented during Reconstruction was Sharecropping.
Sharecropping was a way by which White landowners kept poor Whites and Black people as legal labor. It involved:
- Lending land to a farmer for payment in the form of harvested crops
- Landowners controlling what the farmer pays them
- Farmers getting into debt because they had to buy seeds and tools from the landowners and interest kept accruing even when they could not harvest enough crops to pay back.
- Farmers being forced to remain on the land to work off their debt.
Sharecropping kept a lot of Black people in bondage and ensured White landowners had a labor force just like during slavery.
This could have been solved by laws being passed that allowed Sharecroppers to change their profession and go into other jobs where they would then have enough money to pay back their debt.
In conclusion, the 13th Amendment allowed the nation to start anew with all people being free but the practice of Sharecropping damaged that in some areas.
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