The Issue
This group of people was at the center of the 3/5 Compromise.
Who were enslaved people?
The 3/5 Compromise decided how enslaved people would be counted for this.
What is representation?
Southern states wanted enslaved people counted for this reason.
What is to gain more power in Congress?
This term means the number of representatives a state has.
What is representation?
The compromise increased power for this region.
What is the South?
Northern states argued enslaved people should NOT be counted for this reason.
What is because they were not treated as citizens?
Enslaved people were counted as this fraction of a person.
What is 3/5?
This part of Congress was directly affected by the compromise.
What is the House of Representatives?
This is the total population count used for representation.
What is the census?
The compromise showed this major conflict in the U.S.
What is disagreement over slavery?
The disagreement over counting enslaved people happened during this event.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
The compromise allowed Southern states to gain more of this.
What is political power?
Enslaved people could NOT do this, even though they were counted.
What is vote?
This word means having the right to vote.
What is suffrage?
The compromise is considered unfair because it treated people as this.
What is property (or less than full humans)?
Southern states wanted enslaved people counted for representation BUT not for this.
What is taxation?
The 3/5 Compromise was part of this larger document.
What is the Constitution?
This group gained more representatives because of the compromise.
Who were Southern states?
This system divides power between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
The compromise delayed dealing with this major issue.
What is slavery?
Explain why Northern and Southern states disagreed about counting enslaved people.
What is the North opposed giving power based on enslaved people, while the South wanted more representation?
Explain how the 3/5 Compromise worked.
What is every 5 enslaved people counted as 3 for representation and taxation?
Why was it unfair to enslaved people?
What is they were counted for power but had no rights?
This amendment later ended slavery in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Explain one long-term effect of the 3/5 Compromise.
What is it increased Southern power and contributed to tensions leading to the Civil War?