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Representing Slaves in The Constitution

The South Wanted Slaves counted... Northern States thought slaves should...

The COMPROMISE

Why did they feel this way? Why did they feel this way?

Wanted slaves to count for more votes

Did not want to pay taxes on slaves

Slaves should not be counted as part

of the population 

Southerners should pay taxes on their 

slaves

There were a lot of slaves in the south

and counting them would give the south

more power in the government

North had little to no slaves so it would

not help them.  Slaves were property

and should be taxed 

3/5 Compromise:  slaves would count as 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation 

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Representing Slaves in The Constitution CONTINUED...

If each slave counts as 3/5 of a person how many would be counted for each of the following numbers of slaves??

20 Slaves =50 Slaves = 30 100 Slaves = 601000 Slaves = 600

Let's Do The Math...

Opinions in the SouthSouth Carolina Delegate, John Rutledge, had this to say about the issue of Slavery:

“The people of these States will never be such fools as to give up such important an interest as slavery”

 What do you think he meant by this?

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Slavery was necessary to their economy.

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The Debate over Representation The Two Plans

The GREAT COMPROMISE

The Virginia Plan

-3 branches of government

- bicameral legislature

- representation based on state

population

New Jersey Plan

-one part legislature

-every state receives same

# votes

1. created bicameral legislature

a. Senate - each state gets 2 senators

b. House of Rep. - representation is based on state population

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Commerce and The Constitution

Southern Plantation Owners Northern Businessmen

The COMPROMISE

EuropeAmerica

Tariff = tax on trade

On the Map: Write in what was/wasn't taxed due to the Commerce Compromise

Anti tariff because it would

hurt their economy that relied

on trade

Pro tariff to protect their

industries from foreign

competitors

Tariffs on foreign imports

No tariffs on American exports

No tariffs

Tariffs

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Congress

Three Branches of the Government Created by the Constitution

Instructions: Fill in the boxes below, use the clues to help you!Name: ______________________

Write in the NAME of each branch

Capital Building White House Supreme Court

WHO makes up each branch?WHO makes up each branch?

Write in the RESPONSIBILITY of each branch

Legislative

make the laws

Senate House

of

Rep

Executive

Enforce the laws

President & his

cabinet

Judicial

Interpret/Explain

Laws

Supreme Courts

and the lower

courts

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King CottonLOWCOUNTRY COTTON:

Type grown: long staple cotton

Labor Force: slaves

Lucrative? VERY $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

UPCOUNTRY COTTON:

Type grown:

Labor Force:

Lucrative?

Pre- 1793

In 1793 the was invented.

This invention

This effected the UPCOUNTRY by

This effected the institution of SLAVERY by

VS.Pre- 1793

short staple cotton

small farmers, some slaves

no, because the sticky seeds were too hard

to remove

cotton gin

removed the sticky seeds from the cotton plant

increase in cotton plantations

increase in slavery

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The Upcountry The Lowcountry

Economic and Political Tensions in South Carolina

Representation (power) in the

General Assembly

Location of the state Capital

Where did each sidewant it located?

EconomyHow do theymake their

money?

Feelings about the Federal Constitution

Federalists orAnti-Federalists?

Where did they live?

Who were they?

northwest part of the state

-small farmers

-Scotts Irish

-traders

less representation in Assembly-

despite the fact that the white pop

was similar to Lowcountry

centrally located

trading

small farming

Anti Federalists

Against ratifying Constitution -

b/c it created too strong of a

central government

mostly the coastal regions of SC

-English decent

Majority control in the Assembly

charleston

-large plantations

-merchants/trade

Federalists

they supported the constitution b/c it an improvement over the Articles of Confederation

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The War of 1812

Why did The U.S. and Britain go to war again in 1812?

What land was this conflict concerning?

Why did America begin taxing on imported/exported good following the war?

How did SC respond to these tariffs? What's STATE'S RIGHTS?

Unresolved issues over the NW

territories (MI, OH, IL, IN, WI)

-Britain was still using land for the fur

trade and kept good relationship with

the Native Americans

-Northwest territory of the US - present day great lakes area

because the war was expensive and the US needed to make some money

-angry about the taxes because they

saw it as a punishment to the states

who relied on agriculture and made them

dependent on Industrial North

Theory that a state government

should have more power than the

federal government