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Representing Slaves in The Constitution
The South Wanted Slaves counted...
Wanted slaves to count for more votes
Did not want to pay taxes on slaves
Northern States thought slaves should...
Slaves should not be counted as part
of the population Southerners should pay taxes on their slaves
Why did they feel this way?
Why did they feel this way?
There were a lot of slaves in the south
North had little to no slaves so it would
and counting them would give the south
not help them. Slaves were property
more power in the government
and should be taxed The COMPROMISE
3/5 Compromise: slaves would count as 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation constitution packet­with answers 13.notebook
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Representing Slaves in The Constitution
CONTINUED...
Let's Do The Math...
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 = 12
50 Slaves = 30
100 Slaves = 60
1000 Slaves = 600
Opinions in the South
South 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?
Slavery was necessary to their economy.
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The Debate over Representation
The Two Plans
The Virginia Plan
-3 branches of government
- bicameral legislature
- representation based on state
New Jersey Plan
-one part legislature
-every state receives same
# votes
population
The GREAT COMPROMISE
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
Tariff = tax on trade
Southern Plantation Owners
Northern Businessmen
Anti tariff because it would
Pro tariff to protect their
hurt their economy that relied
industries from foreign
on trade
competitors
The COMPROMISE
Tariffs on foreign imports
No tariffs on American exports
On the Map: Write in what was/wasn't taxed due to the Commerce Compromise
Europe
America
No tariffs
Tariffs
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Name: ______________________
Instructions: Fill in the boxes below, use the clues to help you!
Three Branches of the Government Created by the
Constitution
Write in the NAME of each branch
Legislative
Executive
Judicial
Write in the RESPONSIBILITY of each branch
make the laws
Enforce the laws
Interpret/Explain
Laws
Capital Building
White House
WHO makes up each branch?
Congress
President & his
cabinet
Senate
House
of
Rep
Supreme Court
WHO makes up each branch?
Supreme Courts
and the lower
courts
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King Cotton
LOWCOUNTRY COTTON:
Pre- 1793
Type grown: long staple cotton
Labor Force: slaves
Lucrative? VERY $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
VS.
UPCOUNTRY COTTON:
Pre- 1793
Type grown: short staple cotton
Labor Force: small farmers, some slaves
Lucrative? no, because the sticky seeds were too hard
to remove
In 1793 the
cotton gin
was invented.
This invention removed the sticky seeds
from the cotton plant
This effected the UPCOUNTRY by increase in cotton
plantations
This effected the institution of SLAVERY by
increase in slavery
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Economic and Political Tensions in South Carolina
The Upcountry
Where did they
live?
Who were
they?
Representation
(power) in the
General Assembly
Location of the
state Capital
northwest part of the state
-small farmers -traders
The Lowcountry
mostly the coastal regions of SC
-English decent
-Scotts Irish
less representation in Assembly-
Majority control in the
despite the fact that the white pop Assembly
was similar to Lowcountry
centrally located
charleston
Where did each side
want it located?
Economy
How do they
make their
money?
Federalists or
Anti-Federalists?
Feelings about
the Federal
Constitution
trading
-large plantations
small farming
-merchants/trade
Anti Federalists
Against ratifying Constitution b/c it created too strong of a
central government
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?
Unresolved issues over the NW
territories (MI, OH, IL, IN, WI)
What land was this conflict
concerning?
-Northwest territory of the US present day great lakes area
-Britain was still using land for the fur
trade and kept good relationship with
the Native Americans
Why did America begin taxing on imported/exported good following the war?
because the war was expensive and the US needed to make some money
How did SC respond to these tariffs?
What's STATE'S RIGHTS?
-angry about the taxes because they
Theory that a state government
saw it as a punishment to the states
should have more power than the
who relied on agriculture and made
them
federal government
dependent on Industrial North