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By counting 60% of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxes. All delegates to the Convention recognized that this was an imperfect compromise to a difficult issue, but many of the delegates redesigning American government didn't want to deal with slavery at all. by counting 60% for all slaves--APEX
They passed the Three-Fifths Compromise and another compromise that stated that slavery would not be abolished until 1808.
There were several, but I bet the one you're thinking of was slavery.
The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Missouri compromise...
By counting 60% of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxes. All delegates to the Convention recognized that this was an imperfect compromise to a difficult issue, but many of the delegates redesigning American government didn't want to deal with slavery at all. by counting 60% for all slaves--APEX
They passed the Three-Fifths Compromise and another compromise that stated that slavery would not be abolished until 1808.
There were several, but I bet the one you're thinking of was slavery.
The delegates were right to compromise over slavery because, despite the anti-slavery sentiments of many of the delegates, the southern representatives were not about to compromise the cornerstone of their economy. Demanding the immediate end of slavery would have caused them to walk out, jeopardizing the new nation. Therefore, the delegates kept slavery but left provisions for the elimination of slavery at a later date. Also, they added the three-fifths clause, which essentially hamstrung the southern states' ability to use slaves to inflate their population and therefore their representation in the House of Representatives.
During the US Constitutional Convention there was a debate about outlawing slavery and or other means to reduce slavery. The Southern colonies-States threatened to walk out of the Convention if there was to be an outlawing of slavery. A compromise was agreed upon whereby in 1808, no more slaves could enter the new USA.
The issue of the Three-Fifths Compromise was resolved at the Constitutional Convention, which determined how slaves would be counted for the purpose of taxation and representation in Congress. The compromise stated that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person for these purposes.
for ever five elslaved people they counted three of them it was called a three- fifth
The Missouri Compromise postponed the issue of slavery.
Political parties avoided the issue of slavery for many years after the Missouri compromise.
they made the electoral college
The overriding issue was slavery. The compromise included The Fugitive Slave Act and agreement to allow slavery within the borders of Missouri.
southern delegates is for slavery they were trying to keep it. northern delegates is against slavery they were trying to get rid of it.