Compromise
Created to solve problems caused by difference of economies
Commerce Compromise
Slaves were commonly used in this half of the country
The South shipped cash crops to this place
Great Britain
The side that benefitted from the Atlantic Slave Trade continuing until 1808
South
Slavery
Slavery was the practice of taking free people and depriving them their rights; the South’s main trade source
The compromise stated that slaves would be counted as ____ of a person when considering the population
3/5
These people held the belief that a particular practice in the South should be eradicated across the country.
Northeners
Main component of Southern Economy
Agriculture (Extra 100 for saying tobacco, cotton, and indigo)
Tariffs were not required for trade between states. Does this benefit the north or south?
South
People sent from each state to participate in the Constitutional Convention
Delegate
Tariffs can be placed on imports from these places
Foreign Nations
Internationally imported goods were less expensive than local goods. True or false?
True
Common occupations in the North
Farmers, fishermen, merchants, and bankers
Effect of the ⅗ clause/compromise (negative for South)
Southern states pay more taxes due to higher population
Tariff
A tax on goods and products imported from other nations
Fugitive slave clause
A slave that escapes to a state in which slavery is not allowed has to be returned to their state
The south would not accept the new nation if slavery was abolished. True or False?
True
Northern economy was ---- compared to Southern economy
Strong, powerful, diverse
Result of Southern delegates' new fears of the federal government controlling commerce
Commerce compromise
Manufacturing
Items of trade produced in factories; the north’s main trade source
Article I Section 9 of the Constitution (Hint: It relates to The Slave-Trade Compromise.)
The national government could not prohibit the slave trade until 1808
Northerners believe the new _____ should control _____ between the states and foreign countries
National government, trade
Southerners’ beliefs on tariffs
Unfairly benefiting Northerners and Great Britain
Impact of the 3/5 slave clause
The first step for slaves to be seen as people
The person who said, “It seems now to be pretty well understood that the real difference of interests lies not between the large and small but between the northern and southern states. The institution of slavery and its consequences form the line of discrimination.”
James Madison