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Northern States
Three-Fifths Compromise
Southern States
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What is the northern states prospective on the issue of counting slaves?
The north felt that each slave should not be counted at all because they were thought of and treated as property. They felt that property shouldn't be represented.
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What is the cause of the three-fifths compromise?
The Three-Fifths Compromise is when five citizens were equivalent to five votes, but five slaves were equivalent to three votes.
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What is the southern states prospective on the issue of counting slaves?
The south felt that each slave should be counted as a full person and have an equal weight in counting people because a majority of the southern population was made up of slaves.
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Why did the north want slaves to count for nothing?
They didn't want slaves to be counted as anything because it would make the south overpower the north with representation.
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What is the cause of the three-fifths compromise?
The states argued over the idea of counting slaves in the census for representation in government and the solution was the three-fifths compromise.
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What is the largest slave holding state at the time?
Virginia.
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What were the benefits of the three-fifths compromise for the norhern states?
1. Northern states were happy because slaves didn't get a full vote, and weren't counted completely. 2. They were happy that they at least were able to compromise with the south. 3. Etc..
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What is one of the benefits of the three-fifths compromise?
1) got the states to stop arguing. 2) helped the congress make decisions in government. 3) etc.
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What were the benefits of the three-fifths compromise for the southern states?
1. Slaves were counted partially, so the southern states were happy that they got partially what they wanted. 2. Southern states had more representatives, due to five slaves counting as three citizens. 3. Etc.
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What were the disadvantages of the three-fifths compromise for the northern states?
1. Slaves were counted partially, so the north was upset that they didn't get what they wanted. 2. Southern states had more representatives, due to five slaves counting as three citizens, which was unfair to the north. 3. Etc.
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What is a disadvantage of the three-fifths compromise?
1.although slaves were represented in the census they had no say in the decisions that were being made with their votes 2.there was still tension on both sides because neither got exactly what they wanted 3.etc.
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What were the disadvantages of the three-fifths compromise for the southern states?
1. Southerners were upset because slaves didn't get a full vote, and weren't counted completely. 2. Southern states now have more representatives than before, but they could have had more if each slave counted as one, instead of five counting as three. 3. Etc.
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What were the north's feelings about the result of slaves being counted as 3/5?
They were upset because they didn't get what they wanted and because the south had more votes than the north.
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What else did the three-fifths compromise accomplish?
The three-fifths compromise also determined the amount of direct taxes Congress might make a state pay.
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What were the south's feelings about the result of slaves being counted as 3/5?
They were happy because slaves were represented partially, which gave them more votes. Now the south can overpower the north.