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Southern delegates were willing to accept the Three-Fifths Compromise because it allowed them to count enslaved individuals as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation in Congress. This arrangement would increase the political power of Southern states in the House of Representatives without granting enslaved individuals any rights. It was seen as a necessary compromise to ensure the participation of Southern states in the new government while maintaining their economic interests tied to slavery. Ultimately, it reflected the deep divisions over slavery in the early United States.

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

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Blacks should be given the right to vote.


Why did the delegates have to compromise on slavery?

the southern delegates would not have signed.


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


Why did Southern delegates to the Constitutional Convention not support Congress' power to regulate trade?

They were afraid Congress might try to end Slavery or the Slave trade


Why did delegates agree to allow the International slave trade to continue for another 20 years?

bc the southern states' economies needed the slave trade, and many southern delegates said they'd leave the Union if the constitution immediately ended the trade. =D


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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.


Why you think the delegates to the constitutional convention were right or wrong in compromising on the slavery issue?

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.


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

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At the constitutional convention of 1787 the three fifths compromise and the great compromise dealt with the issue of?

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