Examples Of Compromises During The Constitutional Convention

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As tensions between the North and the South rose on the issues of slavery and states’ rights, numerous compromises were proposed to ease the conflict. Such compromises included the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Crittenden Compromise. These compromises had intentions of defining where slavery was permitted and clarifying states’ rights. They were only temporary fixes to a more pressing issue. Between the Missouri Compromise and the Crittenden Compromise, a series of events changed the political atmosphere of the United States and prevented any more compromises on the institution of slavery from being passed.

The implementation of the Three-Fifths Compromise would greatly increase the representation and political power of slave-owning states.This would allow for the South to garner enough power at the political level, giving them control in Presidential

There are a number of compromises that can be found in the U.S constitution, all having had a major role in shaping what we all know today as the United States of America. With so many important compromises it is hard to chose just one. That being said, the compromise which I intend to discuss is the three-fifths compromise. This compromise is important in our history and is a pretty controversial matter.Three-fifths compromise was important for both the northern and southern states. The main question that was brought up for this subject was if slaves should be counted in census to determine the number of congressional delegates a state should recieve.

During that time, slavery was an issue in the United States. The Southern states wanted their population, including their slave population to be counted toward their representation in the House of Representatives, the reason for this was because the higher the population, the more representatives they would receive; on the other hand, the Southern States did not want their slave population counted toward their taxes, this was because, the higher the population, the more taxes the south would have to pay; the Northern States disagreed with the Southern States on both matters, there were fewer slave states in the north so the sum of the slaves and the ordinary people would not help the northern states earn representation. Secondly, the northern states felt that if the southern states were allowed to count slaves as part of their population for representation, they should also be counted for taxation. The solution for this confusion was the Three-Fifths Compromise, which each slave would count as three-fifths of a person for both representation and taxation

In 1787 the Northwest Ordinance was passed. It helped form new states and governed them. Then the confederate government had almost no control. The United States went into a depression, farmers had their land taken away, shays rebellion came, and slavery became a topic of debate. This led to the constitutional convention. Many plans were proposed, but only compromises were accepted. Two important compromises were the Great Compromise, and the three-fifths compromise. The Great Compromise made a two house legislature, and the three-fifths compromise made slaves count as three-fifths of a free person when counting population. During the convention they also agreed that congress couldn’t interfere with slavery until 1808. They also

The Articles of Confederation caused many problems for our founding fathers. There were many important factors that were abandoned in order to run a functional nation. Some of the problems were: no federal army, no national currency, the federal government could not tax, there were no centralized courts for interstate crimes, and it was extremely difficult to pass a law and almost impossible to pass an amendment. Lucky for us our founding fathers met in Philadelphia and discussed how they can approve on the Confederation. Eventually they came up with the Constitution of Independence and the Bill of Rights. Before the Constitution was created there was a lot of arguing and compromising done. Without compromise it would be impossible to

This may have balanced the slave to non-slave state count in the union but it also basically flat out divided the nation based on slavery. Instead of solving the problem it was a temporarily solution that eventually lead to struggles between the North and the South over the introduction of future western states into the union on the issue of slavery. The passing of this compromise was solely due to the people in Congress, and the president and had nothing to do with the Constitution what so ever.

The Articles of Confederation was created as a result of a young nations’ distrust for a powerful centralized government based on their experience with Great Britain, it was their first attempt at organized government in America. The states individually were given too much power, while the central power of government was very limited. Somewhat the founding fathers hoped to have the states working together as a nation for a common cause instead, states were working against each other. Currency was inconsistent and different from state to state, creating laws or ratifying the Articles was nearby impossible. There is no doubt that some good things came out of the Articles of Confederation because it did not allow Congress to regulate commerce

The free states were equal in political power to the slave states, this made it hard to come to decisive decisions when each state wanted their own way.. If more slave states were added, pro-slavery states would have more power in Congress. The Southern states had more representatives due to the three-fifths of slave law. The issue of slavery continues to build and the Federal government couldn’t make a decision on the matter, fearing that states would secede the Union. No laws on ending or promoting slavery were created, the only laws created were short term fixes for pleasing both views. Compromises were made in the hopes of solving the slavery issue like a Union. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 would have upset the balance of Congress because Missouri wants to enter the Union as a slave state. It is decided that Missouri will enter a slave state, but the rest of the land gained through Manifest Destiny will be divided at the 36’30’ attitude. All the land North will be free while all the area South will be slave states. The Compromise of 1850 was for states applying for statehood, such as California, Utah, and New

To quote Kenneth C. Davis, “We wouldn’t be here as a country without that… Washington D.C as a city wouldn’t exist without compromise (Doc. J).” The 3 ways America was successful with Compromise from 1774-1865 were with Amendments, Slavery, and The Constitution. To begin, Amendments are a form of successful compromise because it’s a group decision. Everyone needs to agree on the choice of correction.

The Constitutional Convention was held at Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. The purpose of the convention was to revise the articles of confederation. However, what happened instead was an entirely new system of government being created to replace the failed articles. The true results that came forth from the convention is known today as the United States Constitution. Many topics were discussed during the convention, many which have been changed or altered in the decades after the convention. Nevertheless, some stayed as they were since the conventions. The most debated topics at the convention were; how to elect the senate, how “proportional representation” was to be defined, whether to divide the executive power between three individuals or all to the president. How to elect the president, how long he can run and if he can run for reelection, what offences can be impeachable, the fugitive slave clause, if to abolish the slave trade, and whether if judges should be chosen by the legislative or executive branch. These topics were the main points that were the most debated during the convention, many which have been revised and edited to fit with different times and circumstances that have happened in American history. These topics have been at the forefront of many debates since then, and have led to other major and tragic events in our history. However, without the convention, we as American’s would not have the system of government we have today which has

The missour compromise, north wanted the state to be free of slaves while south wanted it to be involved with slavery. Now in the end, it was decided that Maine was to be the free state and Missouri was given the ok to adopt a constitution having no restrictions on slavery. This compromise was the foundation of conflict for the north and south regarding slavery. The kansas-nebraska allowed each territory to make the decision on the issue of slavery. This compromie violated the first compromise, missouri. Because of this violence begin in many parts of America, and later became better known as the civil war. Third compromise was the nullification, power to nullify, or invalidate any federal law in which the state thinks it is unconstiutional.

According to the (Crittenden Compromise document) The compromise had six amendments and four resolutions that ultimately favored the south. This compromise told northern states that they had to follow the fugitive slave act, most northerners followed the new compromise. It also said that slavery could not be banned in states where it already exists. Southerners loved this compromise because it was not interfering with slave trading. However, The civil war could not have been avoided because of the election of 1860. According to the (chart of election of 1860) When president lincoln was elected southerners were furious! Seven states left the union, and tensions grew even higher. Some southerners would have bonfires with lincoln's fake body because of what had happened. During the election 9 states did not have lincoln on the ballot, mostly southern states. The civil war could not have been avoided because of the election of

The three-fifths compromise is when they counted the slave’s percentage of the population. The problem was that more slaves where in the south’s where their population would be more than the North’s. So they knew that sooner or later they would have to make both sides happy if they didn’t want another war on their hands. Therefore, they decided to count the slaves but only three fifths of them. So it gave the South some what they wanted, but also didn’t give it fully what they wanted- which goes the same with the North.