Author Question: The three-fifths compromise a. gave slave states the 50 percent of the seats in the House of ... (Read 30 times)

bobypop · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

The three-fifths compromise

a. gave slave states the 50 percent of the seats in the House of Representatives they were hoping for.
b. dismantled the institution of slavery in the South.
c. assured the ratification of the new constitution.
d. assured that the new constitution would not be ratified.
e. provided a final resolution for the issue of slavery.

Question 2

What did the Declaration of Independence say about the institution of slavery?

a. Nothing.
b. All slaves were to be freed immediately.
c. George III was responsible for the slave trade.
d. The writers of the document were freeing their slaves.
e. All slaves would have input into the government.