Preamble Of The Constitution Dbq

This nation is not perfect, so we can only hope to improve it. To do so, we must find and criticize the hypocrisy in our country’s history with the fairness they once promised to their people. It is evident that the Preamble of the United States Constitution was hypocritical in 1787 because of the narrow vision of “the People,” because of the economic divide, and because of the issues plaguing their justice system, all proving that the promises written in the Preamble went unfulfilled in the year it was made. Foremost, the Constitution’s definition of “We the People” did not extend to all in its land, challenging the possibility of forming a more perfect union when the people in this union were treated unequally. For example, the circumstances of the African Americans did not reflect these ideals truly, as they are referred to as “such Persons” in Article 1, Section 9, Clause 1 of the Constitution: People. Yet in that very same clause, they were spoken of as goods to be taxed upon importation. In addition to this, in Article 4, Section 2, Clause 3, they speak of slaves as property to be returned to their owners, to be “delivered up” as if
Also, poor farmers could not bring themselves to believe that they were a part of “the People.” From our readings, the farmers felt that the state government had turned against the majority, against the people, and by extension,