Can you outsmart the fallacy that divided a nation? - Elizabeth Cox
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It’s 1819. The US is preparing to make Missouri and Maine new states. One representative insists that slavery shouldn’t be allowed in any new state. Another believes it should be a state’s right to choose. A compromise is proposed: slavery will be allowed in Missouri and prohibited in Maine. Can you spot the problem with this compromise? Elizabeth Cox explores the middle ground fallacy.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Elizabeth Cox
- Director
- Hector Herrera, Pazit Cahlon
- Narrator
- Jack Cutmore-Scott
- Animator
- Hector Herrera
- Art Director
- Hector Herrera
