The Three-Fifths Compromie

Which states wanted to count slaves as part of the population in order to be able to send a higher number of representatives to the HOUSE of Reps?

• The Southern States

• The Northern States

• The Western States

• The Great States

What advice would a Northern delegate give to a Southern delegate who wanted to count slaves in the population?

• to secretly count them in and not tell anyone

• to first make them citizens and let them vote

• to continue buying more slaves and hide them

• to runaway with slaves and start a new state

What did Benjamin Franklin become the president of in 1787?

• The Pro-Slavery Group

• The Anti-Women Association

• The British Parliament

• The Anti-Slavery Society

Why weren't Southerners ready to end slavery yet?

• They depended on slave labor for their large farms

• They planned on throwing them a party first

• They were just trying to be difficult

• They wanted to overthrow islands in the Caribbean with the help of their slaves

What compromise was reached between the Northern and Southern States over the slave population issue?

• The Two-Thirds Compromise

• The Three-Fifths Compromise

• The One-Half Compromise

• The Five-Eighths Compromise

The Three-Fifths Compromise meant that:

• 3/5 of every delegate would vote in congress

• 3 out of 5 Native Americans would stay in the US

• 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted as population

• 3/5 of all British had to leave the US

What "clause" said that escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners, even if caught in a free state?

• The Santa Clause

• The Fugitive Slave Clause

• The Escape Clause

• The Capture Clause

Delegates at the Convention decided that the subject of the slave trade was off the table for how many years?

• 5 years

• 10 years

• 15 years

• 20 years