MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE RATIFICATION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE NEW US GOVERNMENT
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Larger states supported it for requiring indirect election to the Senate.
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Smaller states supported it for expanding the power of the House of Representatives.
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Northern states supported it for guaranteeing states with more industry a lower tax rate.
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Southern states supported it for counting part of states’ enslaved population towards representation in the House of Representatives.
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Detailed explanation-1: -One of the decisions reached at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 became known as the Three-Fifths Compromise. Which statement best explains support for this compromise? Southern states supported it for counting part of states’ enslaved population towards representation in the House of Representatives.
Detailed explanation-2: -The North agreed that the slave trade could continue until 1808. In addition, slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person for representation in the House of Representatives; this was known as the “Three-Fifths Compromise.”
Detailed explanation-3: -The three major compromises were the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise, and the Electoral College. The Great Compromise settled matters of representation in the federal government.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the summer of 1787, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia established equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House of Representatives.
Detailed explanation-5: -The three-fifths compromise was an agreement reached by members of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. It provided for the enumeration of 3/5ths of the enslaved population in a state for the purpose of determining the number of Representatives in Congress each state would have.