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The __________________________ established a government... outlined a process for admitting new states to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states. Considered one of the most important legislative acts of the Confederation Congress.

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Articles of Confederation

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Why did the Constitutional Convention agree to the Three-Fifths Compromise?

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To settle debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation

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The _________________ protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.

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Northwest Ordinance

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In order to limit the power of the slave states, enslaved people were counted as _____ of a person for purposes related to distribution of representatives

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3/5

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What was the Northwest Ordinance?

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The process of adding new states to the union.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise concerned which issue below? Options: the counting of slaves for determining representation and taxation, the establishment of upper and lower legislative bodies, the counting of rights for states in the Bill of Rights, the creation of bicameral legislature

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the counting of slaves for determining representation and taxation