Form 8: The Three-Fifths Compromise & Slavery Debates
Explore the intense debates over slavery at the Constitutional Convention and the resulting Three-Fifths Compromise.
Questions
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What was the main agreement of the Three-Fifths Compromise?
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Which region wanted enslaved people counted fully for congressional representation?
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Which region argued that enslaved persons should NOT count for representation unless granted rights?
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Under the Slave Trade Compromise, Congress was forbidden from banning the transatlantic slave trade for how long?
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Which constitutional clause required escaped slaves to be returned to their owners?
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Why did Northern delegates compromise on slavery issues despite objections?
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To protect Southern agricultural exports, what was Congress forbidden to do under Commerce compromises?
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Which delegates originally proposed the 3/5 ratio during Confederation tax debates in 1783?
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What was a major political result of the Three-Fifths Compromise?
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In what year did Congress finally pass a law banning the foreign slave trade?
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Which delegate strongly condemned slavery as a nefarious institution during debates?
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How did the original 1787 Constitution handle the word 'slavery'?