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3/5 Compromise Guided Notes
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
1. At the
in
, there was a major
between
the
states and the
states over
whether to count slaves as a person or not as a person for purposes of
representation.
2. A compromise was struck that slaves were equal to
person.
of a
3. Let’s dissect the compromise even further…
Understanding the Background
1. In 1787, America was in the
of creating a
.
2. Just 5 years earlier they had won the
and implemented the
.
3. We learned that the Articles of Confederation has
miserably.
4. It was time for a
but there was
between the
and
states.
Northern States
1. The northern states included:
a.
e.
b.
f.
c.
g.
d.
2. The northern states did
3. The north relied upon a
people
have slavery dominating their society.
and got
Southern States
1. The southern states included:
a.
d.
b.
e.
c.
f.
2. The southern states relied heavily upon a
workforce in the fields to help harvest crops.
where
.
Constitution
1. Enter the
.
2. The Constitutional Convention was held in the summer of 1787 in
in order to create a better form of
.
3. The only problem was that there was
the north and the south
between
.
4. We will see that the beginnings of the
tensions start as early as the
Constitutional Convention, almost
years prior to the
Civil War!
What was the Tension?
1. The Constitutional Convention was
and forth on how to tackle the
back
of
and
in regards to
.
Representation
1. Representation is defined as someone who has a
the
2. The more
state more
for
.
a state has, the more
a state has thus giving that
in how the government should be
.
3. Let’s say there is a vote on what to have for lunch. Pizza or burgers. You
want pizza. So, in order for you to get pizza, you need the majority of
people voting for pizza.
Representation
1. The southern states had a lot of slaves. Some states had more
then there were
2. The south wanted to
3. The northern states
slaves should
.
a
for
purposes in order to have a
voice in the government.
and said that
for representation since
they did not count as citizens.
4. The south fought back saying that if slaves did not count for representation
purposes then they would
have a
in the
government.
5. At the time in our country, 1 representative was the voice for
people. So for every 30,000 people, there
was 1 representative for that state.
6. The
the number of people means the more
representatives which means the state has bigger
in
how the government runs. More control for a state means they get what
they want.
Taxation
1. Taxation is a tax
on a
.
2. The north
3. The south did
to count all
for the purpose of taxes.
want to count any
for the purpose of
.
So What Did They Do?
1. No one would budge on the representation and taxation issue so a
had to be done.
2. A compromise is a
made in the
that makes
of an issue
sides
.
The Three-Fifths Compromise
1. The Constitutional Convention reached an
that
would
count as
of a
for the purposes of determining representation.
2. For example,
slaves would be equivalent to
people.
3. The delegates did not want to use the word "slave" in the document, they
stated that "
" would count as
one and "
"
would count as three-fifths of a person.
Other Compromises
1. The Constitutional Convention also agreed that the issue of slavery could
not be
for
years.
2. The reason this compromise was made was because the south
that the north would try and
slavery through lawmaking.
3. Slavery could not be discussed or debated until 1807, 20 years after 1787.
Conclusion
1. The Three-Fifths Compromise remained in effect until the end of the Civil
War. After the conclusion of the war, the
was passed that made all
slaves
, and
therefore they were counted as full citizens for the purpose of
representation.
2. We will discuss the 13th amendment in a future lesson.