Assignment #015 Three Fifths Compromise

Assignment #015 The Three Fifths Compromise

..And a look at the continued rise of American Slavery

The Roots of American Slavery

As we studied in Unit 1, The Colonial Era, the first enslaved African Americans arrived in Jamestown in 1619.

The Atlantic Slave Trade

The first enslaved Africans that arrived in Jamestown came from the West Coast of Africa. They were just a handful of the millions before and after brought over in what was called the "Middle Passage", the middle part of the Triangular Trade route. Ships would leave Europe, trade weapons and tools for slaves in Africa and then slaves for natural resources in the New World and then back again to Europe to start the whole journey again.

Multiple Choice

What year did slavery begin in the 13 colonies (our future United States)?

• 1776

• 1607

• 1619

• 1620

Multiple Choice

Where did the first enslaved Africans arrive in the 13 colonies?

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Boston

• Charleston

Fill in the Blanks

The Middle Passage was part of the ... route

Study the chart. You will answer questions about it as part of your grade.

Multiple Choice

Which country transported the most enslaved Africans across the Atlantic?

• United States

• Great Britain

• Portugal

• France

Multiple Choice

What would be a possible historical theory to investigate that explains why the United States had so much fewer enslaved African arrivals from the Middle Passage?

• Because the US wasn't founded as a nation until 1776, it participated in the slave trade for a much shorter time.

• Only one region of the United States had high demand for African slave labor, compared to entire countries in South America.

• The abolition movement that fought to end the slave trade was actually somewhat effective.

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

Which state was the first to abolish slavery?

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

• Vermont

• New Jersey

Multiple Choice

What do all these states have in common?

• None of them are Southern states

• They are all New England states

• They are all the former middle colonies

• They abolished slavery at the same time

Open Ended

Think about the graphic on the last screen. How does it illustrate the Three Fifths Compromise that you learned about today?

Multiple Choice

Why were Northern states afraid to force Southern states to abolish slavery in the new Constitution?

• The South might declare war on them

• The South might split off and start their own country

• They needed the cash crops from Southern plantations

• The North actually wanted legalized slavery too.

Multiple Choice

Most delegates at the Constitution believed legalized slavery was hypocritical to spirit of liberty for all in the Constitution?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How did the Constitution deal with the issue of slavery?

• Compromises like the 3/5ths Compromise over representation

• Setting a date in the future to abolish US participation in the Atlantic Slave Trade (middle passage)

• Leaving it to the states to decide with no federal laws keeping slavery legal (in other words, they didn't outlaw it.. but they didn't outlaw keeping it legal either).

• All of the above

Constitution Article 1, Section 2

"Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons...."

Open Ended

What do you think happened to the Three Fifths Compromise over time? Do you think it still exists in our Constitution?