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The South worried since the number of representative in the House of Representative is chosen by the size of the population per state and since slaves made a large proportion of the population in the South compared to the Whites...
That without the slaves being included in the population of the Southern states they would have a much smaller number of representatives in the Congress.
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Why did the south want slaves to count toward population?
The South wanted slaves to count towards the population for political representation purposes. Including slaves in the population count would have increased the South's representation in the House of Representatives and therefore its political power within the government.
Did North Carolina want to count slaves as population?
Slaves were not counted in the population census in 1860 or 1870.
How did sectionals lead to the civil war?
Because the south wanted slaves and the North did not want slaves.
How sectionalism helped to lead to the Civil War.?
Because the south wanted slaves and the North did not want slaves.
Why did people want slaves in the south?
Business men would want slaves to work on their plantations. They wouldn't get paid so it was free labour.
What was the 3 to 5 ratio for counting slaves?
It was a result of a compromise between the North and the South. The North wanted slaves to be counted for taxation purposes in the South to bring in more revenue for the federal government which was something the South did not want. But the South wanted to count slaves towards in population in terms of representation so they could have more members in the House of Representative which the North did not want. In the end they settled upon the idea that each slave counted as 3/5 of a person, both in terms of taxation and representation.
Why did the Southern states want slaves to be included in their population count?
because the people wanted a higher population so they could have more people with power in there state......but that's just what my txtbook said
Did Rufus King want to count slaves as population?
No, Rufus King did not want to count slaves as part of the population for the purpose of representation in Congress. He was against including slaves in the population count because he believed it would give slave-holding states more political power even though slaves were not treated as equal citizens.
What was the purpose of the three fifths compromise?
Although slaves couldn't vote, the Southern states wanted to count them for the purpose of increasing their representation in the House of Representatives. The Northern states didn't want to count slaves at all because the South insisted slaves were property and not persons. The Three Fifths Compromise was was just that...a compromise that allowed the South to count three-fifths of the slaves towards their total population which ultimately gave the South greater representation in congress than they would otherwise have had.
Did Charles Pinckney want to count slaves in apportioning seats in congress?
Yes. He insisted that slaves be included in the rule of representation, equally with the whites or freemen.
Why did US Civil War start?
It actually started because of States Rights to have slaves and other things like tariffs the north wanted higher tariffs and the south did not the north didn't want slaves the south wanted slaves.
Why didn't slave owners want to free their slaves?
It Was Against The State Of Law In The South
