3/5 Compromise

What plan did the Northern states have for slavery?

• Slaves wouldn't count towards population

• Slaves would count as 1 person
• Slaves would count as 3 people
• Slaves would count as 1/2 of a person

What kind of congress did the Great Compromise establish?

• 1 House that controls everything
• 2 Houses that have no power
• 2 Houses that both vote on laws
• 2 Houses that take turns being in charge

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 Great Compromise was a compromise between--

• Mass. Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
• Virginia Plan and New York Plan
• Virginia Plan and Delaware Plan

Congress is made up of two houses, which one has equal representation of 2 representatives per state?

• House of Burgesses
• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Continental Congress

The Virginia Plan wanted representation based on--

• population
• equality for every state
• state size
• money

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

The New Jersey Plan wanted representation in government based on--

• population
• equality for every state
• state size
• money

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

• Taxes
• Population

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