Chapter 7, Lesson 2.3 - Slavery & Trade

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 would happen if the Northern states got everything they wanted?

• It would start a Civil War over slavery
• Slaves in America would revolt
• The South would eventually accept the Constitution
• The South wouldn't accept the Constitution

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

The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise that...

• counted three-fifths of the South's cash crop production towards GDP.

• counted three-fifths of a state's slave population towards representation in the Senate.

• counted three-fifths of a state's slave population towards representation in the House of Representatives.

• Did not allow any slaves to be counted towards state population.

This clause or compromise increased the power of the white voters in the South at the expense of enslaved African Americans:

• Fugitive Slave Clause

• Slave Importation Clause

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Commerce Clause

• Coinage Clause

This compromise or clause barred escaped slaves from living as free people in Northern states:

• Fugitive Slave Clause

• Slave Importation Clause

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Commerce Clause

• Coinage Clause

Besides Slavery, what other issue were Southern delegates concerned with entering the Constitutional Convention?

• Export Tax

• Republicanism

• Revolutionary War Debt

• Majority Rule

Northern delegates argued that enslaved people should not be counted because they were legally defined as property.

• True

• False