Unit 3: What happened at the
Philadelphia Convention?
Lesson 14
How did the Framers resolve the
conflict between the Northern and
Southern states?
Learning Targets:
At the conclusion of this lesson, you should be able to
1. Explain the differences between the
economies of the North and South
2.Explain the conflicts about tariffs and slavery
and how they were resolved
Terms to Understand:
Fugitive slave clause
Tariff
Three-fifths clause
1.
How were the economies of the North
and South different?
North
South
Agricultural
Farmers, fishers,
merchants, or bankers
Not – slave labor
Competed against GB
Bought Manufactured
goods from GB
2.
Why did the states disagree about the
need for tariffs?
North
American product - less
cost
Nat. govt – power to
pass tariffs
South
Increase cost of
products from GB
Feared GB tariff
America’s agriculture
products
Less people
3.
Why was there a conflict about slavery?
• Northern states had ended the practice
• Most Northern states ___________
slavery and __________ Southern states
opposed slavery
• 3 Southern states refused to join the
______ if not allowed to practice slavery
• Dilemma: Union =
_________________________________
4. Solve the problem: How would you
resolve the issues of tariffs and slavery?
WRITE YOU SOLUTION
SHARE IN CLASS!!!
5.
How did the Framers resolve the conflicts about
tariffs and slavery? Cont…
• Constitution gave
_________________ power to
place tariffs on imports, control
both interstate and foreign trade
(pleased the ________________)
5.
How did the Framers resolve the conflicts
about tariffs and slavery?
• Compromising on the issue of ____________:
Allowing Southern states not to end slave
trade before 1808, 3/5 clause (# of
representatives allowed – count slaves,
indentured servants, free men) PLEASED THE
________________________
• NO CIVIL WAR _____________________
FAR!!!!
Lesson Review
1.In what ways were the economic interests of
the Northern and Southern states different?
• The Southern states were almost exclusively
agricultural and shipped most of their
products to Great Britain and other European
nations.
• Southerners bought most of their
manufactured goods from Great Britain.
• Their economy depended on slave labor
1.
In what ways were the economic
interests of the Northern and
Southern states different? Cont…
• The Northern states had a more diversified
economy.
• Some people in the North worked as farmers,
fishers, merchants, and bankers.
• Others manufactured goods or worked laborers.
• The North was also a center for shipbuilding and
trade with other nations.
• The North competed with Great Britain’s shipping
and manufacturing industries.
• The Northern economy did not depend on slave
labor.
2. What was the position of the
Northern states on the issue of tariffs?
• Because the Northern states competed with
Great Britain in manufacturing products,
Northerners believed that placing tariffs on
British products would raise the prices of
British goods and encourage Americans to buy
goods made in the North.
What was the position of the Southern
states?
• Southerners argued that the tariffs would
increase the cost of goods Southerners bought
from European nations and that the tariffs
unfairly favored the North. Southerners also
feared that Great Britain might retaliated by
placing tariffs on agricultural products grown
in the South, thus making their products
harder to sell in Europe.
3. What was the position of the
Northern states on the issue of
slavery?
• Most of the Northern states had officially put
an end to slavery by the time of the
Philadelphia Convention, but its actual
practice in the Northern states continued into
the mid-1800s. The majority of Framers from
the Northern states, however; were opposed
to slavery.
What was the position of most of the
Southern states?
• Southern farmers were financially dependent
on slavery and wanted it to continue.
Southerners wanted each state to determine
this issue for itself. Some delegates from the
South stated that they would not be part of a
union that denied the right to own and import
slaves.
4. What compromise did the Framers
reach on the issues of tariffs and slavery?
• The Framers agreed that Congress would have the
power to impose and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and
excises, and would regulate commerce with foreign
nations, among the states, and with Indian tribes.
• They agreed that the federal government would not
end slavery before 1808.
• The Framers also agreed to count three-fifths of slaves
when deciding how many representatives a state would
send to the House of Representatives.
• They included the fugitive slave clause, which forced
residents of states where slavery was illegal to hand
over any slaves who had escaped from states where
slavery was allowed.
5.
What reason did the Framers have
for compromising on the issue of
slavery?
• The Framers compromised on the issue of
slavery to satisfy the demands of some of the
Southern states. These states would not have
supported the Constitution without this
compromise.
• The Framers believed that was more
important to bind the states together into one
nation than to prohibit slavery.
Do you agree or disagree that the
compromise violated fundamental
principles that you have been studying
in this text? Why?
• Allow students to share their
opinions about the Framers’ decision.
Learning Targets:
Objectives
1. Explain the differences between the
economies of the North and South
2.Explain the conflicts about tariffs and slavery
and how they were resolved