The compromise also addressed another major point of contention between northern and southern states over
the issue of slavery
.
Which issue debated at the Constitutional Convention contributed most to the conflict between?
How the Articles of Confederation failed and delegates met to create a new constitution. The major debates were
over representation in Congress, the powers of the president, how to elect the president (Electoral College)
, slave trade, and a bill of rights.
What were the 3 major issues at the Constitutional Convention?
To get the Constitution ratified by all 13 states, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention had to reach several compromises. The three major compromises were
the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the Electoral College
.
What issue did the three fifths compromise resolve?
The three-fifths compromise was an agreement, made at the 1787 Constitutional Convention, that allowed
Southern states to count a portion of its enslaved population for purposes of taxation and representation
.
How did the three fifths compromise lead to the Civil War?
Created as a compromise between the North and South
due to further arguing over how slaves were to be viewed and treated
, the Three Fifths Compromise was meant to be a halfway point for both areas for both taxation and apportionment regarding the House of Representatives.
What were the three major equality issues at the constitutional convention How were resolved?
The issue of representation was solved by the Connecticut compromise, the issue of counting slaves was solved by the 3/5 compromise
, and the issue of who can vote (political equality) was decided by giving the states the rights to decide who can vote.
What major issues or ideological tensions did the debate over the Constitution reveal?
There were two sides to the Great Debate: the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. The Federalists wanted to ratify the Constitution, the Anti-Federalists did not. One of the major issues these two parties debated concerned the
inclusion of the Bill of Rights
.
What were the main arguments for and against ratification of the Constitution?
The Federalists
wanted a strong government and strong executive branch
, while the anti-Federalists wanted a weaker central government. The Federalists did not want a bill of rights —they thought the new constitution was sufficient. The anti-federalists demanded a bill of rights.
What was the central issue in the framing of the US Constitution?
Federal Powers. A central issue at the Convention was
whether the federal government or the states would have more power
. Many delegates believed that the federal government should be able to overrule state laws, but others feared that a strong federal government would oppress their citizens.
On what issues did convention delegates agree?
The delegates generally agreed on
the need for a separate executive independent of the legislature
. (The executive would be called the “president.”) And they also agreed on giving the president the power to veto laws but only if his veto was subject to an override.
Who opposed the 3/5 compromise?
The ratification of the United States Constitution was the subject of intense debate between 1787 and 1789.
Why did the North agree to the 3/5 compromise?
Northern states
wanted to count slavery in high numbers
because that would put more of a tax burden on the South and less on the North. … Counting three out of five slaves toward each state's population was agreed to by all states except New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
Why was the Three-Fifths Compromise important?
By including three-fifths of slaves (who had no voting rights) in the legislative apportionment, the Three-fifths Compromise provided additional representation in the House of Representatives of slave states compared to the free states.
What effect did the Three-Fifths Compromise have on southern states?
The Three-Fifths compromise
gave southern states disproportionate representation in the House of Representatives relative to free states
, thereby helping the southern states to preserve slavery.
Which group benefited most from the Three-Fifths Compromise?
Counting the whole number of
slaves
benefited the Southern states and reinforced the institution of slavery. Minimizing the percentage of the slave population counted for apportionment reduced the political power of slaveholding states.
What issue did the delegates settled the great compromise tackle next?
The Great Compromise
settled matters of representation in the federal government
. The Three-Fifths Compromise settled matters of representation when it came to the enslaved population of southern states and the importation of enslaved Africans. The Electoral College settled how the president would be elected.
