The correct answer is to amend the articles of confederation
They believed that the Articles needed to be changed, however, instead of changing it, they drafted a completely new governing document that is known to audiences as the US Constitution. The rest is history with the ratification and the amendments.
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The Grange movement among farmers was similar to the labor unions because they both opposed and sought an end to coercive practices by the owners of capital. Farmers fought against monopoly in the form of railroad pricing. Labor unions fought against the owners of mills and factories. Cooperation, ownership of mills and factories, and political action through the election of representatives to state and federal office who were sympathetic to their platforms informed the Grange. The principles of cooperation, ownership of the means and modes of production, and political action informed both movements.
In this scenario, the government would have been forced to take land from white farmers and give it to newly freed slaves.
Many politicians were unwilling to confiscate land from white farmers to give it to blacks farmers because they felt this was a violation of American citizens natural rights. During this time period, ownership of land was seen as extremely valuable as agriculture was still the main source of income for most American families. By taking away someone's land and giving it to someone else, politicians felt that they would be creating an extremely powerful and tryannical federal government. This is why the government never takes farm land and gives it to newly freed African American citizens.
