By the 1850s the constitution, originally framed as an instrument of national unity, had become a source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it had created. using the documents and your knowledge of the period 1850-1861, assess the validity of this statement.

Although we are not provided with the documents you are referring to, we can still try to judge this statement based on the things we know about this period.

Before the signing of the Constitution, many states were fearful about the possibility of the federal government gaining a lot of power and exerting too much control over the states. This fear gave rise to a concern that would dominate the following years. This tension between the power of the states and the power of the federal government became particularly obvious when it came to the subject of slavery. While the Constitution had provided unity to the nation following the Revolutionary War, it became a source of tension as the principles it proposed (equality, liberty, etc.) were dramatically opposed to the maintenance of the practice of slavery. Therefore, the Constitution became a source of national tension between the North and the South.

china unilaterally claims the entire south china sea as sovereign territory, then builds artificial islands to bolster its claim. it suddenly activates an air defense identification zone over the east china sea, and threatens to down any aircraft that does not report its position. it builds roads into indian territory, then redraws the maps to show that it is actually chinese territory. the people's republic under president xi jinping is quickly becoming the bully of asia.

the correct answer that would best complete the given statement above would be option b. expanding civil services. diocletian and constantine paved the way for foreign invasion by dividing the empire, creating administrative bureaucracies and reorganizing the military, except for expanding civil services. hope this answer .

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