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Q: What issue was at the heart of one of the compromises made between northern and southern states during the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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One of the compromises made between northern southern state during the constitutional convention of 1787 concerned?

counting slaves in the population


What did northern an southern states disagree over the most at the Constitutional Convention?

The northern and southern states had two major disagreements at the convention. The North disagreed with the use of slaves, and the South disagreed how people were elected to office.


What did At the Constitutional Convention delegates from northern and southern states disagreed about?

D. whether the federal government should have the power to regulate slavery.


Which compromises at the Constitutional Convention please the Southern states Why?

The Three-Fifths Compromise counted three-fifths of the state's slaves in apportioning Representatives. The compromise ended up giving the southern states 38 percent of the seats in the Continental Congress.


Which state was the most southern state during the Constitutional Convention?

Georgia


What compromises did the north and south reach?

The compromises that the Northern and Southern states reached were the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise.~A.K. =)


What three compromises about slavery kept southern delegates from walking out of the constitutional convention?

There was only one compromise regarding slavery and it was the three-fifths compromise which stated that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of assigning House of Representative seats. Another compromise during the Constitutional convention was the Great compromise which created a bicameral legislature and the creation of the electoral college for Presidential elections.


What topic are the southern states most concerned about upholding during the constitutional convention?

im not sure


Which best represents the view of the Southern delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

Blacks should be given the right to vote.


Was Virginia part of the North or the South during the Constitutional Convention?

Virginia was a Southern Colony, and became and will forever be a member of the Southern States of the USA.


Who was the chairman of the constitutonal convention?

George Washington was voted in as the chairman of the Constitutional convention. He became unhappy with the position because of the arguments between large and small populated states or northern free states and southern slave states. He also had to stay quiet or neutral with any remarks so he would not be accused of using his position to sway the vote on any contorversy. Thank goodness for Roger Sherman of Connecticut who came up with the Great Compromise. Three major compromises allowed the constitutional convention to conclude to the ratification process. "Father of the U.S. Contitution was a young delegate from Virginia named James Madison, who later will be voted in as the fourth President of the United States.


What compromise did north and south reach?

The compromises that the Northern and Southern states reached were the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths Compromise.~A.K. =)