The issue of slavery at the Constitutional Convention was actually an issue about
How did the Great Compromise resolve the dispute about representation?
Read the excerpt from Robert Yates’s notes from the Constitutional Convention on June 11, 1787.Mr. Wilson was of opinion, and therefore moved, that the mode of representation of each of the States ought to be from the number of its free inhabitants, and of every other description three fifths to one free inhabitant.
What was the most debated subject between large and small states during the Constitutional Convention?
The New Jersey Plan supported the idea of
What was the primary way the farms in the South differed from those in the North?
Read the excerpt from James Madison’s notes on the Constitutional Convention from July 14, 1787.Mr. SHERMAN urged the equality of votes [in the Senate] not so much as a security for the small States; as for the State Govts. which could not be preserved unless they were represented & had a negative in the Genl. Government. He had no objection to the members in the [House] voting per capita, as had been suggested by [Mr. Gerry].
Why did the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise involve so much debate and discussion at the Constitutional Convention?
Which statement about the Great Compromise is accurate?
Once the delegates settled the Great Compromise, what issue did they tackle next?
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