MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION THE GREAT COMPROMISE
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Question
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What did the northern states want?
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Slaves to count for the state population
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To have more slaves.
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Slaves to not count for the state population
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For each slave to count for two votes.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Northerners at the Constitutional Convention wanted slaves not to count as persons at all, because the Northerners didn’t want the slave states to get all those seats in the House. Not all Northerners opposed slavery, but they opposed giving the South political power based on nonvoting slaves.
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