3/5 Compromise

What does the U.S. Constitution represent in American law?

• A collection of suggestions for governance

• A guideline that states can choose to follow

• The central legal document of the land

• A historical document with no current legal standing

Why did the Founding Fathers not include the word 'slave' in the Constitution?

• It was included in the original draft but removed later

• Because they planned to abolish slavery immediately

• They forgot to include it

• To avoid moral judgment by history

How did the Founding Fathers view the issue of slavery when drafting the Constitution?

• As a necessary evil to maintain economic stability

• They were unanimously against it but felt powerless to stop it

• As an institution that would naturally phase out on its own

• They did not consider it an issue at the time

What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

• A tax policy related to property

• A decision to count all enslaved people as full citizens for representation

• A clause defining enslaved individuals as 3/5 of a human for legislative representation

• An agreement to end slavery after 60 years

What was the purpose of the Slave Trade Clause in the Constitution?

• To immediately abolish the slave trade

• To allow states to decide on the importation of enslaved people until 1808

• To encourage the slave trade internationally

• To tax the slave trade heavily to discourage it