3/5 Compromise

The 3/5 Compromise settled the argument of--

• Representation in the Senate
• How slaves should be counted for representation
• How states should be represented
• Borders of states

Before the 3/5 Compromise, Northern states wanted slaves to count for--

• Taxes
• Population

Before the 3/5 Compromise, Southern states wanted slaves to count for--

• Taxes
• Population

What was the freeing of individual enslaved persons called?

• Shay's Rebellion
• prohibition
• compromise
• manumission

Why did the southern states cling to slavery?

• Because they thought their economy couldn't survive without it

• Because it made them feel powerful and important

• Because they liked it

What statement is NOT true in connection to the idea of closing the slave trade in 1808 really not that much of a step towards ending slavery?

• All states but SC had ended the slave trade

• There was already a surplus of slaves in the U.S>

• An estimated 50,000 Africans were illegally smuggled into the U.S. after 1808

• None of these

• N

What house of Congress created the 'gag rule'?

• House of Representatives

• Senate

• Cabinet

• Supreme Court

What legal document declared the slave trade open until at least 1808?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• None of these