WorksheetsL.10 Section 6 and 7
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 6hrs 47mins
What was the main issue that the Great Compromise aimed to resolve?
Voting rights for women
Trade with other countries
Taxation of exports
Representation in Congress
What was Gouverneur Morris's question regarding enslaved people?
Upon what principle shall slaves be computed in the representation?
How should they be taxed?
How should they be freed?
Should they be allowed to vote?
Why did southern delegates want enslaved people to be counted in representation?
To end slavery
To promote equality
To increase their political power
To reduce taxes
What was the northern delegates' view on counting enslaved people?
They should be counted as full citizens
They should be counted as property for taxation
They should not be counted at all
They should be given the right to vote
What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Freeing three-fifths of enslaved people
Taxing three-fifths of enslaved people
Allowing three-fifths of states to decide on slavery
Counting each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person for representation
What was a concern for southern delegates regarding Congress's power over trade?
Congress might tax southern export crops
Congress might ban all trade
Congress might increase import taxes
Congress might favor northern businesses
What did the fugitive slave clause require?
Enslaved people to be freed in free states
Escaped enslaved people to be returned to their enslavers
Enslaved people to be counted as citizens
Enslaved people to be given voting rights
What was the outcome of the debate over the trade of enslaved people?
Complete freedom for all enslaved people
Taxation of the trade of enslaved people
Immediate ban on the trade of enslaved people
Congress could not interfere with the trade until 1808
Which states objected to ending the trade of enslaved people?
North Carolina and Maryland
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
South Carolina and Georgia
New York and Virginia
What did the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves do?
Taxed the importation of enslaved people
Allowed states to decide on slavery
Freed all enslaved people
Banned the trade of enslaved people in 1808
What was the main economic reason the South wanted to keep slavery?
To compete with northern industries
Desire to expand into new territories
Need for more political power
Dependence on the labor of enslaved African Americans
What did some northern states do in response to new thinking on slavery?
Passed laws ending slavery
Allowed women to vote
Banned all trade
Increased the number of enslaved people
What was the main concern of northern delegates regarding enslaved people?
They should be given land
They should be freed immediately
They should be allowed to vote
They should be taxed as property
What did the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution prompt some White Americans to do?
Move to the South
Support the British
Increase the number of enslaved people
Reexamine their views on slavery
What was the main reason for the Three-Fifths Compromise?
To promote equality
To increase taxes
To end slavery
To keep the convention moving forward
What did the southern economy rely on heavily?
Labor of enslaved African Americans
Gold mining
Trade with Europe
Manufacturing
What was the purpose of the fugitive slave clause?
To tax enslaved people
To return escaped enslaved people to their enslavers
To free enslaved people in the North
To allow enslaved people to vote
What did some southern ministers and planters do after the Revolution?
Increased the number of enslaved people
Spoke against slavery
Supported the British
Moved to the North
What was the main fear of South Carolina and Georgia regarding the trade of enslaved people?
They would have to pay more taxes
They would have to free all enslaved people
They would lose political power
Their economies would collapse
What did the compromises on slavery ultimately do?
Postponed resolving the contradiction between enslavement and liberty
Ended slavery immediately
Freed all enslaved people
Gave enslaved people the right to vote
What did The Great Compromise do?
Created the House of Representatives AND the Senate
Abolished slavery in Northern states
Ended the American Revolution
What was the main argument used by southern states to justify the continuation of slavery?
It was a moral obligation
It was essential for their economic survival
It was a way to promote equality
It was a temporary measure
Which are true about the Great Compromise?
it created a bicameral legislature
it made taxing export illegal
it counted slaves as a fraction towards representation
it made representation of one house of congress based on population
it made representation of one house of congress equal for all states
