Great Compromise/ Three Fifths Compromise

The founding fathers combined the ideas of the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan to come up with -

• Compromise of 1820

• Three-fifths compromise

• Great Compromise

• Constitutional Convention

During the Constitutional Convention, William Paterson, in response to the Virginia Plan, presented the delegates with the New Jersey Plan which -

• proposed a bi-cameral legislative branch with representation based on the population of each state

• called for the same one vote per state representation as under the Articles of Confederation

• allowed the Southern states to continue the practie of slavery while the nothern states built factories

• designated that each slave would count at three-fifths of a person for the purpose of determining representation

One of the major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia was -

• proposing a new strategy to proceed with the abolition of slavery

• creating a plan for representation of both large and small states

• whether or not to remain neutral in the French Revolution

• if Missouri should be allowed to join the country as a free state

Northern and Southern delegates vehemently argued on how slaves should be counted as population for representation purposes, the result of this debate was the -

• Three-fifths compromise

• Great Compromise

• Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

• Missouri Compromise

Which of the following arguments best explains why the Federalists wanted to ratify the US Constitution?

• the federal government wouldn't become too powerful because it would share power with the state governments

• They believed that a Bill of Rights was the only way to protect the people from the abuses of the government

• the executive branch would be able to make and enforce all the laws for the new country

• by outlawing slavery the new government would enforce the claims of the Declaration that all men are created equal.

What was the goal of the 3/5th's Compromise?

• To get states to buy slaves
• To get rid of slavery
• To get the states to agree to the Constitution
• To get states to reject the Constitution

What plan did the Northern states have for slavery?

• Slaves wouldn't count as people
• Slaves would count as 1 person
• Slaves would count as 3 people
• Slaves would count as 1/2 of a person

What slavery plan did the South have?

• Slaves wouldn't count as a person
• Slaves would count as 5 people
• Slaves would count as 1 person
• Slavery would be legal forever

What was the 3/5ths Compromise?

• Slaves counted as 2/4ths of a person
• Slavery was outlawed
• Slaves counted as 3/5ths of a person
• Slaves in the South were set free

What did the Northern states get that they wanted?

• Slaves counted as a person
• Slaves didn't count as a person
• The South freed their slaves
• There was a possibility to end slavery in the future