MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
CREATING STATE CONSTITUTIONS AFTER THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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Question
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At the Constitutional Convention, delegates from southern states wanted enslaved persons counted in a state’s population to increase their power in the new House of Representatives.
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
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