Read this passage from a letter written by Abraham Lincoln.

“We have just carried an election on principles fairly stated to the people. Now we are told in advance, the government shall be broken up, unless we surrender to those we have beaten . . . If we surrender, it is the end of us, and of the government.”

–Abraham Lincoln
Letter to Senator J. T. Hale
January 11, 1861

In this passage, Lincoln expresses concern about

the secession of several Southern states.

the splintering of the Democratic Party.

Confederate troops firing on Fort Sumter.

the formation of a new state, West Virginia.

He seventeenth amendment to the us constitution calls for the direct election of all us senators. this means that the people of each state get to vote to decide who will be their two us senators. before this, the legislatures of each state chose the two us senators from that state with no direct involvement of the average voter. why would this amendment be considered a reform? how would it benefit the people? even today some people claim that the seventeenth amendment was a bad idea. what arguments could be made for reverting selection of us senators back to the state legislatures?

The articles of confederation allowed congress to: make and borrow money. declare war. create a postal service. all of these choices are correct.

Which statement might have been made by an anti-federalist?