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Why did the delegates to the convention determine that a new constitution was needed?
Trade was strong and the economy was booming
What did the three fifths compromise at the constitutional convention determine?
It was used to determine population of states. Southern states had 9 million slaves and the smaller states didn't want them counted in the population so each slave was counted as 3/4 of a person in the census.
What is the difference between the primaries and a convention?
Primaries are elections held by political parties to choose their candidates for an upcoming election. A convention is a meeting where party delegates officially nominate their candidates and finalize their party platform for the election. Primaries are usually held before the convention to determine the candidates who will be officially endorsed at the convention.
What did the three fifth compromise at the constitutional convention?
It was used to determine population of states. Southern states had 9 million slaves and the smaller states didn't want them counted in the population so each slave was counted as 3/4 of a person in the census.
A statewide election of delegates to a political party's national convention to help a party determine its presidential nominee is called?
A presidential Primary
What is the Great Compromse?
The Great Compromise of 1787 was an agreement by which the members of Congress agreed how many delegates would be needed to fill the Congressional seats. This was necessary to determine how many delegates could be from each state.
Why would the compromise on counting slaves be called the three-fifths compromise?
Instead of counting all slaves for population to determine electoral votes, they only counted slaves as 3/5 of a person to calculate the electoral votes. Before this they didn't count any of the slaves as part of the population when calculating electoral votes.
How were the people treated in the three fifths compromise?
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached between delegates from southern states and those from northern states during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The debate was over whether, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxing purposes. The issue was important, as this population number would then be used to determine the number of seats that the state would have in the United States House of Representatives for the next ten years. The effect was to give the southern states a third more seats in Congress and a third more electoral votes than if slaves had been ignored (but fewer than if counts of slaves and free persons had been lumped together), allowing the slaveholder interests to largely dominate the government of the United States until 1865.[1] The compromise was proposed by delegates James Wilson and Roger Sherman.
What were the major compromises at the Constitution Convention?
Some powers were given to the states, some to the federal government, and some to both.
What is the purpose of the presidential primary?
A presidential primary is an election in which voters (1) choose State party organization's delegates to their party's national convention, and/or (2) express a preference for their party's presidential nomination. Sometimes only party members are allowed to vote; other primaries are open to all. to choose delegates for the national convention (gradpoint)
What two states during the civil war used popular soverinity to determine slaves freedom?
The people of West Virginia were unhappy when Virginia voted for secession from the Union. About a month later, the people of West Virginia had the Wheeling Convention to become a separate state. Tennessee voted to not send delegates to a secession convention.
What did the delegates do to solve the problem of how many representatives each state can have?
This issue all goes back to the Constitutional Convention, when there was an issue of big states vs. small states. After a heated debate, the Great Compromise was proposed by Roger Sherman, which created a bicameral legislature. Each states would have equal representation in the Senate (satisfied the small states) and the size of the population of each state would determine the state's representation in the House of Representatives (satisfied the big states). There is also a similar case in the state of Alabama in which the state legislature were apportioned and assigned to districts, based on populations. This supreme court case is known as Reynolds v. Sims.
