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AP U.S. History Exam 1.15. What does the excerpt suggest about the position of Native Americans in the United States at the time of the signing of the Constitution?

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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by population control the

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attempt to remove corny dad's from circulation yeah I know I've been there [Dad enters room]

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all right here's the excerpt.....

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all right in a question all right what

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does the excerpts suggest about the position of Native Americans in the

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United States at the time of the signing of the Constitution? or I'm hearing your

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potential answers..... [Mumbling]

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well the status of Native American tribes was mentioned

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only a handful of times in the Constitution which was enough to lead to [Native American looking at the constitution]

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plenty of confusion let's see which answer might be able to clear things up

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a bit well at the time of the signing of the

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Constitution where Native Americans a required to pay taxes well take a look

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at the excerpts again Indians not taxed that means exactly the opposite of tax

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so it's not a case where Native Americans be counted in the population

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well when it came to the three-fifths compromise Native Americans were [Three-Fifths compromise appears]

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specifically excluded from the population count even though they were [Man playing instrument]

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somewhat better off than slaves who were bound to service so that eliminates D [Native American with a slave]

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and D which means that when the Constitution was signed Native Americans

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see were not seen as United States citizens not counting American Indians

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in a population suggests that the framers did not view them as citizens of

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the United States so the answer is C even though the framers debated certain [Ben Franklin appears in a room]

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issues endlessly they were pretty good at sleeping certain topics under the rug

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looks like there is always room for improvement [Ben Franklin grabs a broom]

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