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Three fifths compromise is an agreement at the constitutional convention to count a slave as three fifths of a person when determining the population of a state True Or False?
True.
What key conflicts emerged at the Constitutional Convention?
Representation, population!
What were the causes of the Constitutional Convention?
Delegates convened the Constitutional Convention to establish a better government and update ideas found in the Articles of Confederation. A growing population as well as lack of control over changing territories were major factors in choosing to meet in 1787.
What fraction of the slaves in a state were included when determining represantation in congress?
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 if, and if so, how, slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for constitutional purposes.
What was the three fifths comprmise?
(1787) Agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention stating that three fifths of the slaves in each state should be counted as part of the state's population for determining representation in the lower house of Congress.
Delegates at the constitutional convention of 1787 agreed to the three fifths compromise as a way to?
delegates at the constitutional convention of 1787 agreed to the three-fiths compromise as a way slaves were counted in determining a state's congressional delegation.
Who Were the people who attended the Constitutional conventional represenative the American Republic?
no, the people who attended the constitutional convention were the aristocratic elite of the American population.
What was the mainconflict at the constitutional convention?
The primary conflict of the Constitutional Convention was settling how states would be represented in Congress and whether this would be an equal number or vary based on population. The Connecticut Compromise resolved this issue.
The plan proposed by Virginia at the constitutional convention for a bicameral legislature with representation based on population?
The Great Compromise
Delegates from small states most strongly supported what during the constitutional convention of 1787?
They supported a government that had equal representation for all states and had a one house legislature so states with more population wouldn't get more representation in the government
What was the name of the plan that called for states to be represented on the basis of population in both house of government?
The plan that based representation in the U.S. Congress on population was the Virginia Plan, also called the Large State Plan. It was written by James Madison and proposed at the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Why did the Constitutional Convention of 1787 agreed to create a bicameral legislature?
The framers agreed to create the United States Senate and House of Representatives as a compromise. During the Constitutional Convention, framers disagreed on whether or not the legislative branch of government should represent the states equally or based on population. As such, the Senate has an equal number of 2 representatives for each state, and the House of Representatives has a certain number of representatives for each state depending on population.
