Question

Which lines from this excerpt of Jefferson Davis’s Inaugural Address show that Davis believed that he and his fellow citizens had the right to rebel against the government if it failed them?

Answer 1

I believe the correct answer is the third option (blue): Our present condition, achieved in a manner unprecedented in the history of nations, illustrates the American idea that governments rest upon the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish governments whenever they become destructive of the ends for which they were established.

 

In this this excerpt of Jefferson Davis’s “Inaugural Address” third statement shows that Davis believed that he and his fellow citizens had the right to rebel against the government if it failed them as their present condition illustrates the idea of Americans that governed have the right to alter or abolish governments whenever they become destructive.